2022 Best Value Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Oklahoma

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Oklahoma” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Oklahoma, there were 112 natural resources conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,800 and $19,125 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 33 natural resources conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Oklahoma” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in natural resources conservation. 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Oklahoma” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Oklahoma

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation in Oklahoma

#1

Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

Stillwater, Oklahoma

#2 in overall quality

$23,963 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$60,161 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Oklahoma that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Stillwater, Oklahoma is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s conservation degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at OSU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in Oklahoma” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at OSU are $23,963, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full OSU Natural Resources Conservation Report

#2

University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

Norman, Oklahoma

#1 in overall quality

$23,236 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Oklahoma list. This large school is located in Norman, Oklahoma, and it awarded 21 masters’s conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Oklahoma, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in Oklahoma” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus are $23,236, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Natural Resources Conservation at University of Oklahoma

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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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