2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation in Nevada

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Nevada” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 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.

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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 Nevada” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Nevada

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation in Nevada

#1

University of Nevada - Reno

Reno, Nevada

#1 in overall quality

$21,971 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Nevada that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nevada - Reno landed the #1 spot on the list. UNR is a large public school situated in Reno, Nevada. It awarded 7 masters’s natural resources and conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

UNR did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in Nevada” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNR are $21,971, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Natural Resources & Conservation at University of Nevada - Reno

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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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