2022 Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Idaho

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Bachelor’s in Idaho” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Idaho, there were 322 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,460 and $27,422 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 233 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,211 and $23,934 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Idaho” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in natural resources and conservation. 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the natural resources and conservation program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Idaho

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Idaho.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation in Idaho

#1

Brigham Young University - Idaho

Rexburg, Idaho

#4 in overall quality

$7,167 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Idaho that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Idaho landed the #1 spot on the list. Rexburg, Idaho is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s natural resources and conservation degrees to 28 students in 2019-2020.

BYU - I did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Idaho” list. The yearly cost to attend BYU - I is $7,167 for Idaho Bachelor’s Degree Natural Resources & Conservation students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full BYU - I Natural Resources & Conservation Report

#2

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho

#2 in overall quality

$14,132 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Idaho. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Idaho. University of Idaho is a fairly large school located in Moscow, Idaho that handed out 133 bachelors’s natural resources and conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

U of I also took the #2 spot in our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Idaho” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for U of I is $14,132 for idaho bachelor’s degree natural resources & conservation students.

Read more about Natural Resources & Conservation at University of Idaho

#3

Boise State University

Boise, Idaho

#3 in overall quality

$15,787 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Idaho that were part of this year’s ranking, Boise State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Boise State University is a large school located in Boise, Idaho that handed out 63 bachelors’s natural resources and conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

Boise State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Idaho” list. The yearly cost to attend Boise State is $15,787 for Idaho Bachelor’s Degree Natural Resources & Conservation students.

Read full report on Natural Resources & Conservation at Boise State

#4

The College of Idaho

Caldwell, Idaho

#1 in overall quality

$21,005 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The College of Idaho. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Idaho. Located in Caldwell, Idaho, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s natural resources and conservation students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at The College of Idaho, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Idaho” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for The College of Idaho is $21,005 for Idaho Bachelor’s Degree Natural Resources & Conservation students.

The low student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%.

Read full report on Natural Resources & Conservation at The College of Idaho

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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.

Credits

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

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