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2023 Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools in District of Columbia

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$54,659 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$44,329 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Natural Resources & Conservation School for You

Natural Resources & Conservation is the #27 most popular major in District of Columbia with 61 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools in District of Columbia ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in District of Columbia 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 District of Columbia

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

Best District of Columbia Schools for Affordable Quality in Natural Resources & Conservation

Our 2023 rankings named George Washington University the best value school in District of Columbia for natural resources and conservation students. GWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

GWU undergraduate students pay an average of $57,984 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

GWU also took the #2 spot in our Best Natural Resources & Conservation Schools in District of Columbia rankings.

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

#2

American University

Washington, DC

The excellent programs at American University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best natural resources and conservation schools in District of Columbia. Located in the city of Washington, The American University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at The American University are $51,334 a year.

The American University also took the #3 spot in our Best Natural Resources & Conservation Schools in District of Columbia rankings.

Read full report on Natural Resources & Conservation at American University

Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 234
Pennsylvania 170
Maryland 31
New Jersey 36
Delaware 14

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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 2 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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