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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resource Management (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

4 Ranked Colleges
76 Degrees Awarded
$12,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Natural Resource Management is the 176th most popular major in the country with 2,905 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, natural resource management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $36,179 and had an average of $26,799 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 162 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,150 and $21,833 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 76 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in natural resource management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent natural resource management programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the natural resource management program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resource Management (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington University in St Louis landed the #1 spot on the list. Washington University in St Louis is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 17 bachelors’s resource management degrees in 2019-2020.

WUSTL not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $6,248 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Resource Management students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Washington University in St Louis.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

Full WUSTL Natural Resource Management Report

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Fargo, North Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s resource management degrees to 27 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at North Dakota State University, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for North Dakota State University - Main Campus is $12,544 for plains states region bachelor’s degree resource management students whose families make $30-$48k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.1% 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 North Dakota State University - Main Campus Natural Resource Management Report

#3

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Dakota State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k. South Dakota State is located in Brookings, South Dakota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 19 bachelors’s resource management degrees to qualified students.

South Dakota State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $16,273 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Resource Management students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend South Dakota State University.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Natural Resource Management at South Dakota State University

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #4 spot on the list. UNL is a large school located in Lincoln, Nebraska that handed out 5 bachelors’s resource management degrees in 2019-2020.

UNL also made our “Best Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend UNL is $13,508 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Resource Management students whose families make $30-$48k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.2% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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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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