2022 Best Value Conservation Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Conservation Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 North Carolina, there were 1,005 natural resources conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,313 and $22,163 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 28 natural resources conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,103 and $114,434 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Conservation Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Conservation Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Conservation Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation in North Carolina

#1

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$30,248 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Conservation Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill landed the #1 spot on the list. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a large public school situated in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. It awarded 17 doctorate’s conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

UNC Chapel Hill also took the #1 spot in our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are $30,248.

Full UNC Chapel Hill Natural Resources Conservation Report

#2

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$28,999 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Conservation Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina. Raleigh, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s conservation degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

NC State also made our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at North Carolina State University are $28,999, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Natural Resources Conservation at North Carolina State University

#3

Duke University

Durham, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$59,140 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Duke University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Conservation Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Durham, North Carolina. It awarded 3 doctorate’s conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

Duke also made our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Duke are $59,140, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Natural Resources Conservation at Duke

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation

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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