2022 Best Value Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Making $48-$75k

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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 Georgia, there were 160 natural resources conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,000 and $24,904 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 21 natural resources conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,988 and $43,995 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Making $48-$75k” 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation (Income $48-$75k) in Georgia

#1

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia

$44,676 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Emory University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 3 degrees to qualified masters’s conservation students in 2019-2020.

Emory also made our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list, coming in at #0. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Emory are $44,676.

Read more about Natural Resources Conservation at Emory

#2

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$27,476 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$39,369 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Georgia landed the #2 spot on the list. UGA is a public institution located in Athens, Georgia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UGA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Georgia are $27,476, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Georgia Natural Resources Conservation Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation (Income $48-$75k)

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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