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2023 Best Value Natural Resource Management Schools in Oregon

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$10,998 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$38,978 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Natural Resource Management School for You

In 2020-2021, 79 degrees and certificates were awarded to natural resource management students who went to a Oregon college or university. This makes it the #34 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Natural Resource Management Schools in Oregon ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Oregon 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Natural Resource Management Schools in Oregon

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Natural Resource Management Colleges.

Best Oregon Schools for Affordable Quality in Natural Resource Management

#1

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR
$12,188 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Oregon State University to be the best value school for natural resource management students who want to pursue a degree in Oregon. Oregon State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Corvallis.

Oregon State undergraduate students pay an average of $12,188 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Oregon State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Natural Resource Management Schools in Oregon list.

Full Natural Resource Management at Oregon State University Report

$9,807 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Portland State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best natural resource management schools in Oregon. Located in the city of Portland, Portland State University is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Portland State University undergraduate students pay an average of $9,807 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Natural Resource Management at Portland State University Report

Best Value Natural Resource Management Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Natural Resource Management Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 8
Washington 0
Hawaii 19

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

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 2 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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