2023 Best Value Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation (Other)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Other Conservation Schools” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 151 people earned their degree in natural resources conservation (other), making the major the 328th most popular in the United States. 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” 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the natural resources conservation (other) program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The other conservation school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Other Conservation Schools”.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Value Other Conservation Schools

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

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

1

Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon

#2 in overall quality

$21,508 Average Net Price

$43,202 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Best Value Other Conservation Schools list. Oregon State University is a large school located in Corvallis, Oregon that handed out 10 ’s other conservation degrees in 2020-2021.

Oregon State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Natural Resources Conservation (Other) Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Oregon State is $21,508 for Other Conservation students.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.

Full Oregon State Natural Resources Conservation (Other) Report

2

Northland College
Ashland, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$19,936 Average Net Price

$29,761 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northland College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Other Conservation Schools list. Northland College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Ashland, Wisconsin. It awarded 25 ’s other conservation degrees in 2020-2021.

Northland also took the #1 spot in our “Best Natural Resources Conservation (Other) Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Northland College is $19,936 for Other Conservation students.

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 College

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.