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Best Value Natural Resource Management Schools in Illinois

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2023 Best Value Natural Resource Management Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$47,808 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Natural Resource Management School for You

In 2020-2021, 38 degrees and certificates were awarded to natural resource management students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #138 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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 Schools in Illinois ranking.

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.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Natural Resource Management Colleges.

Best Natural Resource Management School

$47,808 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Loyola University Chicago the best value school in Illinois for natural resource management students. Loyola Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

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

Full Natural Resource Management at Loyola University Chicago Report

Best Value Natural Resource Management Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Natural Resource Management Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 24
Indiana 0
Wisconsin 23

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 values are for the top school 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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