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2023 Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Schools in North Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$21,410 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,503 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Natural Resources Conservation School for You

In 2020-2021, 231 degrees and certificates were awarded to natural resources conservation students who went to a North Carolina college or university. This makes it the #24 most popular major in the state.

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.

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 North Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in North Carolina 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.

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 Schools in North Carolina

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

Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality in Natural Resources Conservation

Our analysis found North Carolina State University to be the best value school for natural resources conservation students who want to pursue a degree in North Carolina. NC State is a very large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NC State are $9,131 per year.

NC State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Natural Resources Conservation Schools in North Carolina list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Schools in North Carolina list. UNC Chapel Hill is a fairly large public school located in the city of Chapel Hill.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNC Chapel Hill are $9,028 per year.

UNC Chapel Hill not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Natural Resources Conservation Schools in North Carolina list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of North Carolina at Wilmington. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the medium-sized city of Wilmington, UNCW is a public school with a large student population.

UNCW undergraduate students pay an average of $7,238 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Duke University

Durham, NC

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Duke University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Schools in North Carolina list. Duke is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Durham.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Duke are $60,244 a year.

Duke did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Natural Resources Conservation Schools in North Carolina list.

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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
Georgia 22
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 4 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.

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