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2023 Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Master's Degree Schools in Oregon

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$16,485 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,625 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Natural Resources & Conservation Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, natural resources and conservation students earned 297 degrees and certificates from an Oregon school, making the subject the 8th in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Master's Degree Schools in Oregon ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Oregon to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for natural resources and conservation students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon

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

Best Oregon Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Natural Resources & Conservation

#1

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR

Our 2023 rankings named Oregon State University the best value school in Oregon for natural resources and conservation students working on their master’s degree. Oregon State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Corvallis.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Oregon State are $15,569 per year.

Oregon State also made our Best Natural Resources & Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon list, coming in at #4.

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Out of the 4 schools in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Oregon University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Ashland, Southern Oregon University is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Southern Oregon University are $15,734 per year.

Full Natural Resources & Conservation at Southern Oregon University Report

Out of the 4 schools in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Portland State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Portland, Portland State University is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Portland State University are $16,518 a year.

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#4

University of Oregon

Eugene, OR

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Oregon is a great value for natural resources and conservation students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Eugene, UO is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UO graduate students pay an average of $18,120 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
California 512
Washington 130
Nevada 5
Hawaii 36
Alaska 22

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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