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2023 Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Schools in Alabama

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$8,801 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$43,433 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Natural Resources Conservation School for You

In 2020-2021, 47 degrees and certificates were awarded to natural resources conservation students who went to a Alabama college or university. This makes it the #67 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Schools in Alabama to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Alabama to see which ones offered the best value 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. 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 Schools in Alabama

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

Best Alabama Schools for Affordable Quality in Natural Resources Conservation

#1

Columbia Southern University

Orange Beach, AL
$5,775 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Columbia Southern University the best value school in Alabama for natural resources conservation students. Columbia Southern University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the town of Orange Beach.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Columbia Southern University are $5,775 a year.

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#2

Auburn University

Auburn, AL
$11,826 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, Auburn University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Auburn is a very large public school located in the city of Auburn.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Auburn are $11,826 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Auburn is ranked #1 for overall quality for conservation in Alabama.

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Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 89
Florida 64
Georgia 22
North Carolina 231
Tennessee 23
Kentucky 8
Louisiana 18
South Carolina 28
Mississippi 11
Arkansas 6
West Virginia 35

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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