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2023 Best Value Natural Resource Management Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$34,058 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.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Natural Resource Management Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region 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.

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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Natural Resource Management

Our 2023 rankings named Colorado State University - Fort Collins the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for natural resource management students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Colorado State are $29,043 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Colorado State is ranked #5 for overall quality for resource management in the Rocky Mountains Region .

Read full report on Natural Resource Management at Colorado State University - Fort Collins

#2

University of Denver

Denver, CO

The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Denver helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value natural resource management schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . DU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Denver.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at DU are $53,943 a year.

Read full report on Natural Resource Management at University of Denver

#3

University of Idaho

Moscow, ID

The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Idaho helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value natural resource management schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . U of I is a large public school located in the town of Moscow.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at U of I are $29,148 a year.

Full Natural Resource Management at University of Idaho Report

The excellent master’s degree programs at The University of Montana helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value natural resource management schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . UM is a large public school located in the small city of Missoula.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UM are $24,096 per year.

Read full report on Natural Resource Management at The University of Montana

Best Natural Resource Management Colleges by State

Explore the best natural resource management schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 264
Utah 11
Idaho 25
Montana 16

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

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 4 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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