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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation (Income Over $110k) in Alaska

1 Ranked Colleges
24 Degrees Awarded
$24,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Vallue Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master's in Alaska For Those Making Over $110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Vallue Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making Over $110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 30,341 people earned their degree in natural resources and conservation, making the major the 26th most popular in the United States. 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 Alaska, there were 106 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 24 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,325 and $26,561 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent natural resources and conservation programs, but they also 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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Best Vallue Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for alaska master’s degree natural resources & conservation students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation (Income Over $110k) in Alaska

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. The school came in at #1 for the Best Vallue Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making Over $110k. Located in Fairbanks, Alaska, this medium-sized public school awarded 16 degrees to qualified masters’s natural resources and conservation students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UAF, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in Alaska” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UAF are $24,287.

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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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