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Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Schools in Minnesota

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2023 Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Schools in Minnesota

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$12,530 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,520 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Natural Resources Conservation 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 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 Minnesota ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Minnesota 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 Minnesota

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

Best Minnesota Schools for Affordable Quality in Natural Resources Conservation

$9,806 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Bemidji State University to be the best value school for natural resources conservation students who want to pursue a degree in Minnesota. Located in the remote town of Bemidji, Bemidji State University is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Bemidji State University are $9,806 a year.

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$15,254 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best natural resources conservation schools in Minnesota. UMN Twin Cities is a very large public school located in the large city of Minneapolis.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMN Twin Cities are $15,254 per year.

UMN Twin Cities did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Natural Resources Conservation Schools in Minnesota list.

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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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