2023 Best Value Natural Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Natural Resource Management Graduate Certificate 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.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Natural Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 15 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate 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.
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2023 Best Value Natural Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for resource management majors pursuing a graduate certificate.
Top 10 Best Natural Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools
Our analysis found American Public University System to be the best value school for natural resource management students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the United States. Located in the fringe town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.
American Military University graduate students pay an average of $7,050 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, American Military University is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Natural Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools list.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Virginia Tech is a great value for natural resource management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Virginia Tech are $31,443 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Virginia Tech also did well on our Best Natural Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
Out of the 15 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. USU is a very large public school located in the small city of Logan.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at USU are $23,225 per year.
In addition to its great value ranking, USU is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Natural Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools list.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Texas Tech University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value natural resource management schools in the United States. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Lubbock.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 per year.
Out of the 15 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Loyola University Chicago landed the # 5 spot on the list. Loyola Chicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Loyola Chicago are $19,894 per year.
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Texas State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Natural Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the small city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas State are $17,220 per year.
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With a ranking of #7, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point did quite well on this year’s best value schools for natural resource management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the distant town of Stevens Point, UW - Stevens Point is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UW - Stevens Point are $19,209 per year.
Colorado State University - Fort Collins did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for natural resource management students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Colorado State is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Colorado State are $29,043 a year.
Colorado State excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Natural Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools list.
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Natural Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools list. ESF is a small public school located in the medium-sized city of Syracuse.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at ESF are $24,950 per year.
University of Georgia landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate natural resource management programs. Located in the midsize city of Athens, UGA is a public college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UGA are $27,464 per year.
UGA also claimed a spot on our Best Natural Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
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Natural Resource Management Related Majors for Resource Management
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 |
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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 15 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.
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