2022 Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k

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 Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy is the 362nd most popular major in the country with 1,581 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across North Carolina, there were 56 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 24 environmental/natural resources management and policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,088 and $45,388 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in environmental/natural resources management and policy. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent environmental/natural resources management and policy 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 resources management and policy 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 Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina 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 North Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy (Income $0-$30k) in North Carolina

#1

Duke University

Durham, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$59,140 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duke University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k list. Duke University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Durham, North Carolina. It awarded 16 masters’s natural resources management and policy degrees in 2019-2020.

Duke did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Duke are $59,140.

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#2

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

$28,999 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k. North Carolina State University is a large school located in Raleigh, North Carolina that handed out 8 masters’s natural resources management and policy degrees in 2019-2020.

NC State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at NC State are $28,999, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy (Income $0-$30k)

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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