2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation in Massachusetts

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Master’s in Massachusetts” 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 Massachusetts, there were 1,083 natural resources conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,143 and $22,362 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 262 natural resources conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,240 and $41,137 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts” ranking analyzed 5 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the natural resources conservation program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation in Massachusetts

#1

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts

#3 in overall quality

$32,341 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$52,289 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts list. UMass Amherst is a large school located in Amherst, Massachusetts that handed out 18 masters’s conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

UMass Amherst did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Massachusetts Amherst are $32,341, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Natural Resources Conservation at UMass Amherst

#2

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$25,558 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern University landed the #2 spot on the list. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s conservation degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

Northeastern also made our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northeastern are $25,558, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Natural Resources Conservation at Northeastern University

#3

University of Massachusetts - Boston

Boston, Massachusetts

#5 in overall quality

$36,485 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts - Boston landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Massachusetts - Boston is a fairly large public school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 15 masters’s conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

UMass Boston did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMass Boston are $36,485, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Natural Resources Conservation at UMass Boston

#4

Clark University

Worcester, Massachusetts

#4 in overall quality

$47,730 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$52,107 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Clark University landed the #4 spot on the list. Clark is a private not-for-profit institution located in Worcester, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Clark also took the #4 spot in our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Clark are $47,730, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Natural Resources Conservation at Clark

#5

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$50,654 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$66,536 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Harvard University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 195 diplomas to qualified masters’s conservation students in 2019-2020.

Harvard not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard University are $50,654, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Harvard 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.

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