2022 Best Value Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation in North Dakota (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Conservation Schools in North Dakota For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 22,202 people earned their degree in natural resources conservation, making the major the 50th most popular in the United States. 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 North Dakota, there were 19 natural resources conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality natural resources conservation programs that also have a lower cost than 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Conservation Schools in North Dakota For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Conservation Schools in North Dakota For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for north dakota conservation students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation in North Dakota (With Aid)

#1

Valley City State University

Valley City, North Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$11,981 Average Net Price

$40,750 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Valley City State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Conservation Schools in North Dakota For Those Getting Aid list. Valley City, North Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s conservation degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Valley City State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Schools in North Dakota” list. The yearly cost to attend Valley City State University is $11,981 for North Dakota Conservation students with aid.

Read full report on Natural Resources Conservation at Valley City State University

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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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