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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$14,661 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,625 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 130 degrees and certificates were awarded to natural resources and conservation students who went to a Washington college or university. This makes it the #18 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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 Master's Degree Schools in Washington ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Washington 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

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

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for natural resources and conservation majors pursuing a master's degree.

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

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

Wazzu graduate students pay an average of $13,740 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Washington - Seattle Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value natural resources and conservation schools in Washington. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UW Seattle are $17,754 per year.

UW Seattle also made our Best Natural Resources & Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in Washington list, coming in at #3.

Full Natural Resources & Conservation at University of Washington - Seattle Campus Report

The excellent master’s degree programs at Western Washington University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value natural resources and conservation schools in Washington. WWU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Bellingham.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at WWU are $12,490 per year.

Read full report on Natural Resources & Conservation at Western Washington University

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
Oregon 297
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

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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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