2022 Best Value Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Natural Resources Conservation is the 50th most popular major in the country with 22,202 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Wisconsin, there were 797 natural resources conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,214 and $26,424 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 70 natural resources conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in natural resources conservation. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great natural resources conservation programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

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Best Value Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation (Income $30-$48k) in Wisconsin

#1

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Madison, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$25,523 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Wisconsin - Madison is located in Madison, Wisconsin and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 44 masters’s conservation degrees to qualified students.

UW - Madison not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Madison are $25,523, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

University of Wisconsin - Green Bay

Green Bay, Wisconsin

#2 in overall quality

$19,126 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$43,240 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Green Bay. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $30-$48k. UW - Green Bay is a public institution located in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 18 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Green Bay not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Green Bay are $19,126, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Natural Resources Conservation at UW - Green Bay

#3

University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point

Stevens Point, Wisconsin

$19,178 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$44,032 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, this medium-sized public school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified masters’s conservation students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW - Stevens Point, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point are $19,178, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation (Income $30-$48k)

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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