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2023 Best Value Natural Resource Management Schools in North Carolina

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$25,538 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,891 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Natural Resource Management School for You

With 33 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, natural resource management is the #109 most popular major in North Carolina.

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.

The Best Value Natural Resource Management Schools in North Carolina ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in North Carolina 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 North Carolina

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

Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality in Natural Resource Management

Our analysis found North Carolina State University to be the best value school for natural resource management students who want to pursue a degree in North Carolina. Located in the city of Raleigh, NC State is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NC State are $9,131 per year.

NC State also made our Best Natural Resource Management Schools in North Carolina list, coming in at #4.

Full Natural Resource Management at North Carolina State University Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of North Carolina at Wilmington. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Natural Resource Management Schools in North Carolina list. UNCW is a large public school located in the midsize city of Wilmington.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNCW are $7,238 per year.

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#3

Duke University

Durham, NC
$60,244 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Duke University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Natural Resource Management Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the large city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Duke undergraduate students pay an average of $60,244 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Duke is ranked #1 for overall quality for resource management in North Carolina.

Full Natural Resource Management at Duke University Report

Best Value Natural Resource Management Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 131
Florida 57
Georgia 1
Tennessee 18
Alabama 13
Arkansas 6
West Virginia 122

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 3 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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