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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$36,067 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,625 Avg Salary

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

With 364 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, natural resources and conservation is the #20 most popular major in Massachusetts.

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 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 Massachusetts ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named Northeastern University the best value school in Massachusetts for natural resources and conservation students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Northeastern are $26,095 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Northeastern is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Natural Resources & Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. UMass Amherst is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Amherst.

UMass Amherst graduate students pay an average of $16,251 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Massachusetts - Boston. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. UMass Boston is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Boston.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMass Boston are $18,938 per year.

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#4

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

The excellent master’s degree programs at Harvard University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value natural resources and conservation schools in Massachusetts. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Harvard are $52,170 per year.

Harvard not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Natural Resources & Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list.

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#5

Clark University

Worcester, MA

Out of the 6 schools in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Clark University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Clark is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Worcester.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Clark are $47,730 a year.

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#6

Tufts University

Medford, MA

Tufts University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree natural resources and conservation programs. Located in the suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Tufts are $55,216 per year.

Tufts not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Natural Resources & Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list.

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Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Rhode Island 20
Connecticut 166
New Hampshire 98
Maine 65
Vermont 23

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 6 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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