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

1 Ranked Colleges
7 Degrees Awarded
$22,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master's in Nevada For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Nevada For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Nevada, there were 112 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,700 and $20,125 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 7 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,581 and $45,224 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality natural resources and 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 and conservation program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Nevada For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

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

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation (Income $0-$30k) in Nevada

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nevada - Reno. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Nevada For Those Making $0-$30k. Reno, Nevada is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s natural resources and conservation degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

UNR also took the #1 spot in our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in Nevada” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UNR are $21,971.

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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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  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Lynn Betts.

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