2023 Best Value Other Conservation Schools For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Other Conservation Schools For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Natural Resources Conservation (Other) is the 328th most popular major in the country with 151 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, natural resources conservation (other) graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $27,873 and had an average of $27,000 in loans still to pay off.

For this year’s “Best Value Other Conservation Schools For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in natural resources conservation (other). The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great natural resources conservation (other) 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 (other) program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Other Conservation Schools For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for other conservation students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation (Other) (With Aid)

1

Northland College
Ashland, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$19,936 Average Net Price

$29,761 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northland College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Other Conservation Schools For Those Getting Aid. Northland is a private not-for-profit institution located in Ashland, Wisconsin. The school has a small population, and it awarded 25 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our other conservation students with aid list, Northland has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Natural Resources Conservation (Other) Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Northland College is $19,936 for other conservation students with aid.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on Natural Resources Conservation (Other) at Northland

2

Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon

#2 in overall quality

$21,508 Average Net Price

$43,202 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oregon State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Other Conservation Schools For Those Getting Aid. Oregon State University is a large public school situated in Corvallis, Oregon. It awarded 10 ’s other conservation degrees in 2020-2021.

Oregon State also made our “Best Natural Resources Conservation (Other) Schools” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $21,508 for Other Conservation students with aid per year to attend Oregon State University.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Natural Resources Conservation (Other) at Oregon State

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.