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2023 Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Schools in South Dakota

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$9,299 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Natural Resources Conservation School for You

With 4 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, natural resources conservation is the #71 most popular major in South Dakota.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Natural Resources Conservation Schools in South Dakota ranking.

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.

Check out the conservation programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Natural Resources Conservation School

$9,299 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found South Dakota State University to be the best value school for natural resources conservation students who want to pursue a degree in South Dakota. Located in the town of Brookings, South Dakota State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at South Dakota State are $9,299 per year.

South Dakota State also made our Best Natural Resources Conservation Schools in South Dakota list, coming in at #3.

Read full report on Natural Resources Conservation at South Dakota State University

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
Minnesota 37
Iowa 6
Kansas 24
Nebraska 22
North Dakota 1

One of 5 majors within the area of study, natural resources conservation has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Conservation

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 values are for the top school 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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