2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy is the 362nd most popular major in the country with 1,581 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 205 environmental/natural resources management and policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 9 environmental/natural resources management and policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in environmental/natural resources management and policy. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality environmental/natural resources management and policy programs that also have a lower cost than 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 resources management and policy program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k.
Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Michigan State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in East Lansing, Michigan, this large public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified masters’s natural resources management and policy students in 2019-2020.
Michigan State also made our “Best Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State University are $37,056, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Read full report on Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy at Michigan State
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Stevens Point, Wisconsin is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s natural resources management and policy degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.
UW - Stevens Point also took the #0 spot in our “Best Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point are $19,178.
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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%.
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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