2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation in the New England Region
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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 the New England region, there were 2,839 natural resources conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,243 and $27,510 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 63 natural resources conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,889 and $109,372 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Conservation Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in natural resources conservation. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent natural resources conservation programs, but they also cost less that 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 Doctorate in the New England Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Conservation Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region.
Top 7 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation in the New England Region
Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Conservation Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Durham, New Hampshire, this fairly large public school handed out 12 degrees to qualified doctorate’s conservation students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNH, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus are $29,970, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Conservation Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region list. UMaine is a public institution located in Orono, Maine. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 8 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.
UMaine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UMaine are $28,352.
Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Conservation Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Massachusetts Amherst is a large public school situated in Amherst, Massachusetts. It awarded 9 doctorate’s conservation degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMass Amherst, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMass Amherst are $32,341, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Conservation Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Vermont landed the #4 spot on the list. Burlington, Vermont is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s conservation degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.
UVM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UVM are $33,326, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Antioch University - New England. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Conservation Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region list. Keene, New Hampshire is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s conservation degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.
Antioch University - New England also took the #6 spot in our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Antioch University - New England are $24,934, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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Yale University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Conservation Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region ranking. Located in New Haven, Connecticut, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 13 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s conservation students in 2019-2020.
Yale not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Yale University are $44,500.
University of Massachusetts - Boston landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Conservation Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region ranking. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s conservation degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMass Boston, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Massachusetts - Boston are $36,485.
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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.
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