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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental/Natural Resource Economics (Income Over $110k)

5 Ranked Colleges
91 Degrees Awarded
$25,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Natural Resource Economics Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making Over $110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue Natural Resource Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 146 people earned their degree in environmental/natural resource economics, making the major the 947th most popular in the United States.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 91 environmental/natural resource economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Natural Resource Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making Over $110k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in environmental/natural resource economics. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality environmental/natural resource economics programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the environmental/natural resource economics program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Vallue Natural Resource Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Natural Resource Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental/Natural Resource Economics (Income Over $110k)

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Natural Resource Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making Over $110k list. Utah State University is located in Logan, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s natural resource economics degrees to qualified students.

USU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Environmental/Natural Resource Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for USU is $13,634 for bachelor’s degree natural resource economics students whose families make more than $110k.

Full Utah State University Environmental/Natural Resource Economics Report

#2

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rhode Island. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Vallue Natural Resource Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making Over $110k list. This fairly large school is located in Kingston, Rhode Island, and it awarded 38 bachelors’s natural resource economics degrees in 2019-2020.

URI also made our “Best Environmental/Natural Resource Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for University of Rhode Island is $20,607 for bachelor’s degree natural resource economics students whose families make more than $110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full URI Environmental/Natural Resource Economics Report

#3

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Vallue Natural Resource Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making Over $110k list. Michigan State University is a large school located in East Lansing, Michigan that handed out 20 bachelors’s natural resource economics degrees in 2019-2020.

Michigan State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Environmental/Natural Resource Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Michigan State is $19,173 for bachelor’s degree natural resource economics students whose families make more than $110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Michigan State University Environmental/Natural Resource Economics Report

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Natural Resource Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Knoxville, Tennessee, this large public school awarded 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s natural resource economics students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Knoxville, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Environmental/Natural Resource Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UT Knoxville is $18,825 for Bachelor’s Degree Natural Resource Economics students whose families make more than $110k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Natural Resource Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Durham, New Hampshire, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s natural resource economics degrees in 2019-2020.

UNH not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Environmental/Natural Resource Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $24,067 for Bachelor’s Degree Natural Resource Economics students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full UNH Environmental/Natural Resource Economics Report

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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%.

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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.

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