2022 Best Value Conservation Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Getting Aid

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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 West Virginia, there were 394 natural resources conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,500 and $26,246 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 natural resources conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Conservation Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Getting Aid” 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the natural resources conservation program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Conservation Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Conservation Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation in West Virginia (With Aid)

#1

Marshall University

Huntington, West Virginia

$21,162 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$60,320 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Conservation Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Marshall University landed the #1 spot on the list. Marshall University is a fairly large school located in Huntington, West Virginia that handed out 3 masters’s conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

Marshall University also took the #0 spot in our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in West Virginia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Marshall University are $21,162, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Natural Resources Conservation at Marshall University

#2

West Virginia University

Morgantown, West Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$26,154 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend West Virginia University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Conservation Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Getting Aid. WVU is a large school located in Morgantown, West Virginia that handed out 7 masters’s conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

WVU also made our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in West Virginia” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at WVU are $26,154.

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