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2023 Best Value Natural Resource Management Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$28,511 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$38,460 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.

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

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 Middle Atlantic Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which 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 Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Natural Resource Management Colleges.

Best Middle Atlantic Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Natural Resource Management

Our 2023 rankings named University of Delaware the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for natural resource management students. Located in the suburb of Newark, UD is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UD are $36,880 per year.

UD excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Natural Resource Management Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

Full Natural Resource Management at University of Delaware Report

$19,966 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Natural Resource Management Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the city of Syracuse, ESF is a public school with a small student population.

ESF undergraduate students pay an average of $19,966 in tuition and fees each year.

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#3

SUNY Oneonta

Oneonta, NY
$18,696 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means SUNY Oneonta is a great value for natural resource management students. SUNY Oneonta is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Oneonta.

SUNY Oneonta undergraduate students pay an average of $18,696 in tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY
$28,375 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Stony Brook University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Natural Resource Management Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the suburb of Stony Brook, SUNY Stony Brook is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at SUNY Stony Brook are $28,375 a year.

Full Natural Resource Management at Stony Brook University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Natural Resource Management Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. UMCP is a very large public school located in the large suburb of College Park.

UMCP undergraduate students pay an average of $38,638 in tuition and fees each year.

UMCP excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Natural Resource Management Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

Full Natural Resource Management at University of Maryland - College Park Report

Best Natural Resource Management Colleges by State

Explore the best natural resource management schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 23
Pennsylvania 11
Maryland 16
New Jersey 0
District of Columbia 2
Delaware 4

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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 5 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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