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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$14,540 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,771 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 37 degrees and certificates were awarded to natural resources conservation students who went to a Minnesota college or university. This makes it the #80 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

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 Minnesota ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Minnesota to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for conservation 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. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named Bemidji State University the best value school in Minnesota for natural resources conservation students working on their master’s degree. Located in the remote town of Bemidji, Bemidji State University is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Bemidji State University are $9,586 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list. UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Minneapolis.

UMN Twin Cities graduate students pay an average of $19,494 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UMN Twin Cities also made our Best Natural Resources Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list, coming in at #2.

Full Natural Resources Conservation at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Report

Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 64
Iowa 6
Kansas 24
Nebraska 22
North Dakota 1
South Dakota 4

One of 5 majors within the area of study, natural resources conservation has other similar majors worth exploring.

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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