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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation in Nebraska (With Aid)

1 Ranked Colleges
17 Degrees Awarded
$19,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master's in Nebraska For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Nebraska, there were 159 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,125 and $39,708 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 17 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,407 and $40,167 respectively.

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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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 Nebraska For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation in Nebraska (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Nebraska For Those Getting Aid. University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a public institution located in Lincoln, Nebraska. The school has a large population, and it awarded 17 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UNL also made our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in Nebraska” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Nebraska - Lincoln are $19,513.

Read more about Natural Resources & Conservation at University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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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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