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2023 Best Value Natural Resource Management Master's Degree Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

34 Colleges
$25,970 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$44,985 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Natural Resource Management Master's Degree 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.

The Best Value Natural Resource Management Master's Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 34 schools in the United States to see which master's degree 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 Master’s Degree Schools in the United States

Check out the resource management master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Natural Resource Management Master's Degree Schools

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

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at American Military University are $7,050 per year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at North Dakota State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value natural resource management schools in the United States. Located in the midsize city of Fargo, North Dakota State University is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at North Dakota State University are $12,028 per year.

North Dakota State University excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Arizona State University - Skysong. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools list. ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Scottsdale.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at ASU - Skysong are $9,982 a year.

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#4

Unity College

Unity, ME

Out of the 34 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Unity College landed the # 4 spot on the 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 graduate students at Unity are $9,750 a year.

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#5

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

Out of the 34 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Tech landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Virginia Tech are $31,443 a year.

Virginia Tech also claimed a spot on our Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.

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University of Delaware came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools ranking. UD is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Newark.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UD are $18,128 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UD also is in the top 10% of our Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools ranking.

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#7

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Texas Tech University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools list. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lubbock.

Texas Tech graduate students pay an average of $17,698 in tuition and fees each year.

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North Carolina State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools ranking. NC State is a very large public school located in the city of Raleigh.

NC State graduate students pay an average of $29,690 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, NC State also is in the top 10% of our Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools ranking.

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University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the town of Stevens Point, UW - Stevens Point is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UW - Stevens Point are $19,209 a year.

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University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree natural resource management programs. UWM is a fairly large public school located in the city of Milwaukee.

UWM graduate students pay an average of $25,651 in tuition and fees each year.

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Natural Resource Management by Region

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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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