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2023 Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Master's Degree Schools in Georgia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$28,420 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,771 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Natural Resources Conservation Master's Degree School for You

Natural Resources Conservation is the #128 most popular major in Georgia with 22 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Master's Degree Schools in Georgia ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Georgia to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for conservation students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Resources Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia

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

Best Georgia Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Natural Resources Conservation

#1

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

Our 2023 rankings named University of Georgia the best value school in Georgia for natural resources conservation students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Athens, UGA is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UGA graduate students pay an average of $11,156 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UGA also took the #3 spot in our Best Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia rankings.

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#2

Emory University

Atlanta, GA

The excellent master’s degree programs at Emory University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value natural resources conservation schools in Georgia. Emory is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Atlanta.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Emory are $45,684 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Emory is ranked #2 for overall quality for conservation in Georgia.

Full Natural Resources Conservation at Emory University Report

Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 89
Florida 64
North Carolina 231
Tennessee 23
Kentucky 8
Louisiana 18
Alabama 47
South Carolina 28
Mississippi 11
Arkansas 6
West Virginia 35

Natural Resources Conservation is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Natural Resource Management 1,073
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 Lynn Betts.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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