2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation (Income $0-$30k) in Maine

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 22,202 people earned their degree in natural resources conservation, making the major the 50th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, natural resources conservation graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,654 and had an average of $25,969 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 294 natural resources conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,350 and $32,378 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 27 natural resources conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,633 and $49,829 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in natural resources conservation. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality natural resources conservation programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the natural resources conservation program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine master’s degree conservation students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation (Income $0-$30k) in Maine

#1

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

$28,352 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Orono, Maine, and it awarded 8 masters’s conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine also took the #0 spot in our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maine are $28,352.

Read more about Natural Resources Conservation at UMaine

#2

Unity College

Unity, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$9,750 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Unity College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k list. Unity is located in Unity, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 19 masters’s conservation degrees to qualified students.

Unity also took the #1 spot in our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Unity College are $9,750, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Natural Resources Conservation at Unity College

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation (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.

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

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