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2023 Best Value Natural Resource Management Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

6 Colleges
$36,005 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$34,404 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.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Natural Resource Management Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 6 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value programs for resource management students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Natural Resource Management Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Natural Resource Management

$47,808 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Loyola University Chicago to be the best value school for natural resource management students who want to pursue a degree in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the large city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Loyola Chicago are $47,808 a year.

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$17,035 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best natural resource management schools in the Great Lakes Region . UW - Stevens Point is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Stevens Point.

UW - Stevens Point undergraduate students pay an average of $17,035 in tuition and fees each year.

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$21,475 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best natural resource management schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of Milwaukee, UWM is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UWM undergraduate students pay an average of $21,475 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Natural Resource Management Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UW - Madison are $38,608 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UW - Madison also did well on our Best Natural Resource Management Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#5

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Michigan State University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Natural Resource Management Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Michigan State is a very large public school located in the city of East Lansing.

Michigan State undergraduate students pay an average of $41,290 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Michigan State also is in the top 10% of our Best Natural Resource Management Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor 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. Located in the city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at U-M are $55,097 a year.

U-M excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Natural Resource Management Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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Best Natural Resource Management Colleges by State

Explore the best natural resource management colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 24
Illinois 38
Indiana 0
Wisconsin 23

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Natural Resource Management is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.

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 6 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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