2022 Best Value Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Louisiana For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Louisiana, there were 112 natural resources conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,100 and $23,250 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 20 natural resources conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,288 and $46,372 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Louisiana For Those Making $75-$110k” 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 Louisiana For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation (Income $75-$110k) in Louisiana

#1

University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Lafayette, Louisiana

$23,865 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana For Those Making $75-$110k. Lafayette, Louisiana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s conservation degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

UL Lafayette not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UL Lafayette are $23,865, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Louisiana at Lafayette Natural Resources Conservation Report

#2

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

#1 in overall quality

$29,970 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana For Those Making $75-$110k list. Louisiana State University is a large public school situated in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It awarded 18 masters’s conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

Louisiana State University also made our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College are $29,970, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Natural Resources Conservation at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation (Income $75-$110k)

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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