2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resource Management (Income $30-$48k) in Florida

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in Florida For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 2,905 people earned their degree in natural resource management, making the major the 176th most popular in the United States. 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 Florida, there were 176 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,133 and $40,789 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 61 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,589 and $45,697 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in Florida For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in natural resource management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great natural resource management 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 natural resource management 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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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 Master’s in Florida For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in Florida For Those Making $30-$48k

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resource Management (Income $30-$48k) in Florida

#1

Florida International University

Miami, Florida

#2 in overall quality

$24,211 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$47,260 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida International University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in Florida For Those Making $30-$48k list. FIU is a large school located in Miami, Florida that handed out 11 masters’s resource management degrees in 2019-2020.

FIU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at FIU are $24,211, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full FIU Natural Resource Management Report

#2

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

$22,242 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$46,790 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nova Southeastern University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in Florida For Those Making $30-$48k list. Nova Southeastern University is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 masters’s resource management degrees to qualified students.

NUS Florida also made our “Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at Nova Southeastern University are $22,242, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Nova Southeastern University Natural Resource Management Report

#3

University of Miami

Coral Gables, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$40,220 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$40,281 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Miami. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in Florida For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Coral Gables, Florida, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 46 diplomas to qualified masters’s resource management students in 2019-2020.

U Miami did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Miami are $40,220, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Natural Resource Management at U Miami

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resource Management (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resource Management (Income $30-$48k)

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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