2023 Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Schools in District of Columbia

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

Finding the Best Natural Resources Conservation School for You

With 59 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, natural resources conservation is the #60 most popular major in District of Columbia.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Schools in District of Columbia ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in District of Columbia to see which 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.

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 Resources Conservation Schools in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Colleges.

Best District of Columbia Schools for Affordable Quality in Natural Resources Conservation

#1

George Washington University

Washington, DC

19 Degrees

#2 in Quality in District of Columbia

$57,984 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named George Washington University the best value school in District of Columbia for natural resources conservation students. GWU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at GWU are $57,984 per year.

GWU also took the #2 spot in our Best Natural Resources Conservation Schools in District of Columbia rankings.

Read full report on Natural Resources Conservation at George Washington University

#2

American University

Washington, DC

40 Degrees

#3 in Quality in District of Columbia

$51,334 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, American University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Washington, The American University is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at The American University are $51,334 a year.

The American University did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Natural Resources Conservation Schools in District of Columbia list.

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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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