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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation (Income $0-$30k) in Vermont

4 Ranked Colleges
390 Degrees Awarded
$12,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor's in Vermont For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

Natural Resources & Conservation is the 26th most popular major in the country with 30,341 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, natural resources and conservation graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,196 and had an average of $25,077 in loans still to pay off.

Across Vermont, there were 426 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 390 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in natural resources and conservation. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great natural resources and conservation programs and cost less that 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 and conservation program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation (Income $0-$30k) in Vermont

#1

Middlebury College

Middlebury, Vermont
#1 in overall quality
$6,161 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Middlebury College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $0-$30k list. Middlebury, Vermont is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s natural resources and conservation degrees to 49 students in 2019-2020.

Middlebury did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” list. The yearly cost to attend Middlebury is $6,161 for Vermont Bachelor’s Degree Natural Resources & Conservation students whose families make $0-$30k.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

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#2

University of Vermont

Burlington, Vermont
#2 in overall quality
$12,015 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Vermont. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $0-$30k list. UVM is located in Burlington, Vermont and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 275 bachelors’s natural resources and conservation degrees to qualified students.

UVM also took the #2 spot in our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” ranking. It costs about $12,015 for vermont bachelor’s degree natural resources & conservation students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UVM.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 2.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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#3

Northern Vermont University

Johnson, Vermont
#4 in overall quality
$12,931 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Vermont University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Johnson, Vermont, this small public school handed out 12 degrees to qualified bachelors’s natural resources and conservation students in 2019-2020.

Northern Vermont University also made our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $12,931 for vermont bachelor’s degree natural resources & conservation students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Northern Vermont University.

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#4

Saint Michael's College

Colchester, Vermont
#3 in overall quality
$18,905 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Michael’s College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $0-$30k. Saint Michael’s is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Colchester, Vermont. It awarded 29 bachelors’s natural resources and conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

Saint Michael’s also took the #3 spot in our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Saint Michael’s is $18,905 for vermont bachelor’s degree natural resources & conservation students whose families make $0-$30k.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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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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