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2023 Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Schools in Tennessee

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$10,965 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$29,306 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Natural Resources Conservation School for You

Natural Resources Conservation is the #86 most popular major in Tennessee with 23 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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.

The Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Schools in Tennessee ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Tennessee 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. 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 Tennessee

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

Best Tennessee Schools for Affordable Quality in Natural Resources Conservation

$9,848 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga to be the best value school for natural resources conservation students who want to pursue a degree in Tennessee. Located in the medium-sized city of Chattanooga, UT Chattanooga is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UT Chattanooga are $9,848 a year.

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$13,244 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Knoxville, UT Knoxville is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UT Knoxville are $13,244 per year.

UT Knoxville not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Natural Resources Conservation Schools in Tennessee list.

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$9,802 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Tennessee Technological University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best natural resources conservation schools in Tennessee. Located in the town of Cookeville, Tennessee Tech University is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Tennessee Tech University undergraduate students pay an average of $9,802 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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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
Kentucky 8
Louisiana 18
Alabama 47
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 3 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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