2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental/Natural Resource Economics (Income $75-$110k)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Natural Resource Economics Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Environmental/Natural Resource Economics is the 947th most popular major in the country with 146 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 environmental/natural resource economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent environmental/natural resource economics programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the environmental/natural resource economics program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The natural resource economics school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Natural Resource Economics Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $75-$110k”.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Natural Resource Economics Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Natural Resource Economics Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental/Natural Resource Economics (Income $75-$110k)

#1

West Virginia University

Morgantown, West Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$26,154 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Natural Resource Economics Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, West Virginia University landed the #1 spot on the list. Morgantown, West Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s natural resource economics degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

WVU also made our “Best Environmental/Natural Resource Economics Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at WVU are $26,154, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Environmental/Natural Resource Economics at West Virginia University

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Brian M. Powell.

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