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2023 Best Value Natural Resource Management Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

40 Colleges
$29,379 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$36,190 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Natural Resource Management School for You

Natural Resource Management is the #137 most popular major in the country with 1,073 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Natural Resource Management Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 40 schools in the United States to see which programs offered the best value experiences for resource management students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Natural Resource Management Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for resource management majors pursuing a .

Top 10 Best Natural Resource Management Schools

$7,360 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found American Public University System to be the best value school for natural resource management students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. Located in the town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

American Military University undergraduate students pay an average of $7,360 in tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means North Dakota State University - Main Campus is a great value for natural resource management students. Located in the medium-sized city of Fargo, North Dakota State University is a public school with a fairly large student population.

North Dakota State University undergraduate students pay an average of $14,876 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, North Dakota State University is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Natural Resource Management Schools list.

Full Natural Resource Management at North Dakota State University - Main Campus Report

$13,092 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Arizona State University - Skysong helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best natural resource management schools in the United States. ASU - Skysong is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Scottsdale.

ASU - Skysong undergraduate students pay an average of $13,092 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Natural Resource Management at Arizona State University - Skysong Report

#4

Unity College

Unity, ME
$12,640 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Unity College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Natural Resource Management Schools list. Unity is a small private not-for-profit school located in the remote area of Unity.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Unity are $12,640 a year.

Full Natural Resource Management at Unity College Report

#5

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Virginia Tech. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Natural Resource Management Schools list. Located in the city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public college with a very large student population.

Virginia Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $33,857 in tuition and fees each year.

Virginia Tech excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Natural Resource Management Schools list.

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$23,435 Average Tuition & Fees

Utah State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for natural resource management students. It came in at #6 on the list. USU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Logan.

USU undergraduate students pay an average of $23,435 in tuition and fees each year.

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University of Delaware did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for natural resource management students. It came in at #7 on the list. UD is a very large public school located in the suburb of Newark.

UD undergraduate students pay an average of $36,880 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UD also is in the top 15% of our Best Natural Resource Management Schools ranking.

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#8

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

With a ranking of #8, Texas Tech University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for natural resource management students. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Texas Tech are $24,121 per year.

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$47,808 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #9, Loyola University Chicago did quite well on this year’s best value schools for natural resource management students. Loyola Chicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

Loyola Chicago undergraduate students pay an average of $47,808 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Natural Resource Management at Loyola University Chicago Report

#10

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX
$22,559 Average Tuition & Fees

Texas State University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Natural Resource Management Schools ranking. Located in the small city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public school with a very large student population.

Texas State undergraduate students pay an average of $22,559 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Natural Resource Management at Texas State University

Natural Resource Management by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

One of 5 majors within the area of study, natural resource management has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Resource Management

Related Major Annual Graduates
Natural Resources Conservation 3,724
Forestry 486
Wildlife Management 323
Fisheries Sciences 106
Natural Resources Conservation (Other) 32

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Brian M. Powell.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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