2022 Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 West Virginia, there were 142 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,700 and $23,750 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 85 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.

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 natural resource management program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resource Management (Income $30-$48k) in West Virginia

#1

American Public University System

Charles Town, West Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$7,050 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American Public University System. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k list. American Military University is a private for-profit institution located in Charles Town, West Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 84 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

American Military University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in West Virginia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at American Military University are $7,050, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full American Military University Natural Resource Management Report

#2

West Virginia University

Morgantown, West Virginia

$26,154 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, West Virginia University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Morgantown, West Virginia, this large public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s resource management students in 2019-2020.

WVU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in West Virginia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at WVU are $26,154, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Natural Resource Management at WVU

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• 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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