2022 Best Value Natural Resources/Conservation, General Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Natural Resources/Conservation, General Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Natural Resources/Conservation, General is the 240th most popular major in the country with 2,750 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 444 natural resources/conservation, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 22 natural resources/conservation, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Natural Resources/Conservation, General Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the natural resources/conservation, general program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Natural Resources/Conservation, General Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Natural Resources/Conservation, General Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region.

Top 4 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources/Conservation, General in the Southeast Region

#1

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi

#3 in overall quality

$23,950 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Natural Resources/Conservation, General Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region list. Mississippi State is a public institution located in Mississippi State, Mississippi. The school has a large population, and it awarded 10 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Mississippi State also took the #3 spot in our “Best Natural Resources/Conservation, General Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mississippi State are $23,950, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$28,999 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Natural Resources/Conservation, General Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region. This large school is located in Raleigh, North Carolina, and it awarded 7 doctorate’s natural resources/conservation, general degrees in 2019-2020.

NC State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Natural Resources/Conservation, General Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at NC State are $28,999.

Full NC State Natural Resources/Conservation, General Report

#3

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

#2 in overall quality

$29,970 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Natural Resources/Conservation, General Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region. This large school is located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s natural resources/conservation, general degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region doctor’s degree natural resources/conservation, general students list, Louisiana State University has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Natural Resources/Conservation, General Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Louisiana State University are $29,970, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee

#4 in overall quality

$31,798 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Natural Resources/Conservation, General Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region list. Knoxville, Tennessee is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s natural resources/conservation, general degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

UT Knoxville also made our “Best Natural Resources/Conservation, General Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UT Knoxville are $31,798.

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources/Conservation, General

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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