2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking.

Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism is the 865th most popular major in the country with 170 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 23 environmental/natural resource recreation and tourism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 environmental/natural resource recreation and tourism graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great environmental/natural resource recreation and tourism programs and 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 recreation and tourism program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree natural resource recreation and tourism students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$37,056 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in East Lansing, Michigan, this large public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified masters’s natural resource recreation and tourism students in 2019-2020.

Michigan State also made our “Best Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State are $37,056, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism at Michigan State

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism (Income $48-$75k)

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.

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

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