2022 Best Value Conservation Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid” 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 District of Columbia, there were 87 natural resources conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,950 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 37 natural resources conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,525 and $61,455 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Conservation Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Conservation Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia master’s degree conservation students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation in District of Columbia (With Aid)

#1

American University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$35,524 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$57,318 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend American University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Conservation Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid. American University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 28 masters’s conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

The American University also made our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at American University are $35,524, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Natural Resources Conservation at American University

#2

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

$31,824 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$64,493 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Conservation Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 9 masters’s conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

GWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at George Washington University are $31,824, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full GWU Natural Resources Conservation Report

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation (With Aid)

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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