2023 Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Natural Resources & Conservation Master's Degree School for You
Natural Resources & Conservation is the #24 most popular major in the country with 5,744 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 22 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for natural resources and 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.
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2023 Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for natural resources and conservation majors pursuing a master's degree.
Top 10 Best Natural Resources & Conservation Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Youngstown State University the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for natural resources and conservation students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of Youngstown, Youngstown State University is a public college with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Youngstown State University are $6,931 per year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University Global. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Purdue University Global is a fairly large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Purdue University Global are $10,582 per year.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Wisconsin - Green Bay is a great value for natural resources and conservation students working on their master’s degree. UW - Green Bay is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Green Bay.
UW - Green Bay graduate students pay an average of $19,126 in tuition and fees each year.
The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Illinois at Springfield helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value natural resources and conservation schools in the Great Lakes Region . UIS is a small public school located in the medium-sized city of Springfield.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UIS are $16,757 a year.
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Out of the 22 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan Technological University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Michigan Tech is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Houghton.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Michigan Tech are $22,981 per year.
Michigan Tech also claimed a spot on our Best Natural Resources & Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
With a ranking of #6, Loyola University Chicago did quite well on this year’s best value schools for natural resources and conservation students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Loyola Chicago are $19,894 per year.
University of Wisconsin - Madison came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public school with a very large student population.
UW - Madison graduate students pay an average of $25,501 in tuition and fees each year.
UW - Madison also claimed a spot on our Best Natural Resources & Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large city of Milwaukee, UWM is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UWM are $25,651 a year.
University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UW - Stevens Point is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of Stevens Point.
UW - Stevens Point graduate students pay an average of $19,209 in tuition and fees each year.
Ball State University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the city of Muncie, Ball State is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Ball State are $26,600 a year.
Ball State excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Natural Resources & Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
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Best Natural Resources & Conservation Colleges by State
Explore the best natural resources and conservation schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Illinois | 159 |
| Indiana | 94 |
| Ohio | 88 |
| Wisconsin | 132 |
| Michigan | 243 |
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Natural Resources & Conservation Related Majors for Natural Resources & Conservation
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 |
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 22 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.
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