2022 Best Value Natural Resources/Conservation, General Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Natural Resources/Conservation, General Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 2,750 people earned their degree in natural resources/conservation, general, making the major the 240th most popular in the United States.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 177 natural resources/conservation, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 50 natural resources/conservation, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,560 and $37,817 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Natural Resources/Conservation, General Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in natural resources/conservation, general. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent natural resources/conservation, general programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the natural resources/conservation, general program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Natural Resources/Conservation, General Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Natural Resources/Conservation, General Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources/Conservation, General (Income $0-$30k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

Colorado State University - Fort Collins

Fort Collins, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$28,055 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Natural Resources/Conservation, General Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Fort Collins, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s natural resources/conservation, general degrees to 38 students in 2019-2020.

Colorado State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Natural Resources/Conservation, General Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado State are $28,055.

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#2

Montana State University

Bozeman, Montana

$21,446 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Natural Resources/Conservation, General Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Montana State University landed the #2 spot on the list. MSU Bozeman is a fairly large public school situated in Bozeman, Montana. It awarded 1 masters’s natural resources/conservation, general degrees in 2019-2020.

MSU Bozeman also took the #0 spot in our “Best Natural Resources/Conservation, General Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at MSU Bozeman are $21,446, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

The University of Montana

Missoula, Montana

#2 in overall quality

$23,242 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Montana. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Natural Resources/Conservation, General Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k. The University of Montana is a medium-sized public school situated in Missoula, Montana. It awarded 11 masters’s natural resources/conservation, general degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UM, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Natural Resources/Conservation, General Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UM are $23,242.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources/Conservation, General (Income $0-$30k)

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Lynn Betts.

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