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2023 Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools in Illinois

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$23,184 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,825 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Natural Resources & Conservation School for You

With 159 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, natural resources and conservation is the #26 most popular major in Illinois.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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.

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 Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value programs for natural resources and conservation students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.

2023 Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Colleges.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality in Natural Resources & Conservation

$12,053 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Illinois at Springfield the best value school in Illinois for natural resources and conservation students. UIS is a small public school located in the city of Springfield.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UIS are $12,053 per year.

Full Natural Resources & Conservation at University of Illinois at Springfield Report

$17,634 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools in Illinois list. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UIUC are $17,634 per year.

UIUC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Natural Resources & Conservation Schools in Illinois list.

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$47,808 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Loyola University Chicago helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best natural resources and conservation schools in Illinois. Located in the city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

Loyola Chicago undergraduate students pay an average of $47,808 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Natural Resources & Conservation at Loyola University Chicago Report

$15,240 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools in Illinois list. SIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Carbondale.

SIUC undergraduate students pay an average of $15,240 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 94
Ohio 88
Wisconsin 132
Michigan 243

Natural Resources & Conservation Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Natural Resources Conservation 3,724
Natural Resource Management 1,073
Forestry 486
Wildlife Management 323
Fisheries Sciences 106
Natural Resources Conservation (Other) 32

Majors Similar to Natural Resources & Conservation

Related Major Annual Graduates
Engineering 61,791
Computer & Information Sciences 60,971
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 28,851
Mathematics & Statistics 15,127
Physical Sciences 12,705

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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