2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation (Income $48-$75k) in New Hampshire

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master’s in New Hampshire For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 New Hampshire, there were 661 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,767 and $29,536 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 67 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,323 and $42,175 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master’s in New Hampshire For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the natural resources and conservation 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.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master’s in New Hampshire For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master’s in New Hampshire For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new hampshire master’s degree natural resources & conservation students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation (Income $48-$75k) in New Hampshire

#1

University of New Hampshire - Main Campus

Durham, New Hampshire

#1 in overall quality

$29,970 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master’s in New Hampshire For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Durham, New Hampshire, and it awarded 15 masters’s natural resources and conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

UNH also made our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus are $29,970, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Plymouth State University

Plymouth, New Hampshire

$14,550 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Plymouth State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master’s in New Hampshire For Those Making $48-$75k list. Plymouth State is a small public school situated in Plymouth, New Hampshire. It awarded 3 masters’s natural resources and conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

Plymouth State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Plymouth State University are $14,550.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation (Income $48-$75k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation (Income $48-$75k)

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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