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2022 Best Value Natural Resource Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
91 Degrees Awarded
$19,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Natural Resource Economics Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Natural Resource Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

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 Value Natural Resource Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in environmental/natural resource economics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great environmental/natural resource economics programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the environmental/natural resource economics program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Natural Resource Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Natural Resource Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental/Natural Resource Economics (With Aid)

#1

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 #1 on our 2022 Best Value Natural Resource Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. URI is a fairly large public school situated in Kingston, Rhode Island. It awarded 38 bachelors’s natural resource economics degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree natural resource economics students with aid list, URI has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Environmental/Natural Resource Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Rhode Island is $20,607 for bachelor’s degree natural resource economics students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Environmental/Natural Resource Economics at University of Rhode Island

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Natural Resource Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Logan, Utah, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s natural resource economics degrees in 2019-2020.

USU also took the #5 spot in our “Best Environmental/Natural Resource Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $13,634 for Bachelor’s Degree Natural Resource Economics students with aid per year to attend Utah State University.

Read more about Environmental/Natural Resource Economics at Utah State University

#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 Value Natural Resource Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid 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.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree natural resource economics students with aid list, Michigan State has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Environmental/Natural Resource Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $19,173 for Bachelor’s Degree Natural Resource Economics students with aid per year to attend Michigan State.

With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%.

Full Michigan State University Environmental/Natural Resource Economics Report

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Natural Resource Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid. UNH is a fairly large school located in Durham, New Hampshire that handed out 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. The yearly cost to attend UNH is $24,067 for Bachelor’s Degree Natural Resource Economics students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Environmental/Natural Resource Economics at UNH

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Natural Resource Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is a large school located in Knoxville, Tennessee that handed out 6 bachelors’s natural resource economics degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Knoxville also took the #4 spot in our “Best Environmental/Natural Resource Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $18,825 for bachelor’s degree natural resource economics students with aid per year to attend UT Knoxville.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full The University of Tennessee - Knoxville 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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