2022 Best Value Conservation Schools for a Doctorate in Kansas

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Conservation Schools for a Doctorate in Kansas” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Kansas, there were 114 natural resources conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $20,712 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 natural resources conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,017 and $87,459 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great natural resources conservation programs and 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Conservation Schools for a Doctorate in Kansas” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.

Best Value Conservation Schools for a Doctorate in Kansas

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

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation in Kansas

#1

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas

#1 in overall quality

$24,115 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Conservation Schools for a Doctorate in Kansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the #1 spot on the list. K -State is a public institution located in Manhattan, Kansas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

K -State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kansas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Kansas State University are $24,115, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full K -State Natural Resources Conservation Report

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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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