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2023 Best Value Natural Resource Management Schools in West Virginia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$7,360 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$37,542 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Natural Resource Management School for You

Natural Resource Management is the #21 most popular major in West Virginia with 122 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. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Value Natural Resource Management Schools in West Virginia ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in West Virginia 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.

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 Schools in West Virginia

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

Best West Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality in Natural Resource Management

Our 2023 rankings named American Public University System the best value school in West Virginia for natural resource management students. Located in the fringe town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at American Military University are $7,360 per year.

American Military University also took the #2 spot in our Best Natural Resource Management Schools in West Virginia rankings.

Full Natural Resource Management at American Public University System Report

#2

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV
$9,144 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend West Virginia University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Natural Resource Management Schools in West Virginia list. Located in the small city of Morgantown, WVU is a public college with a very large student population.

WVU undergraduate students pay an average of $9,144 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

WVU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Natural Resource Management Schools in West Virginia list.

Full Natural Resource Management at West Virginia University Report

Best Value Natural Resource Management Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 131
Florida 57
Georgia 1
North Carolina 33
Tennessee 18
Alabama 13
Arkansas 6

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 2 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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