2022 Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” 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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 environmental/natural resources management and policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$49,548 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. U-M is a public institution located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

U-M did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at U-M are $49,548.

Read more about Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy at U-M

#2

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$37,056 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Natural Resources Management and Policy Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan State University landed the #2 spot on the list. East Lansing, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s natural resources management and policy degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

Michigan State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State University are $37,056, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Michigan State Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy (With Aid)

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.

Credits

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

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