2022 Best Value Resource Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

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 an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” 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 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 associate degree level specifically, there were 20 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

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.

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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Resource Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Resource Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Resource Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Natural Resource Management (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Vermilion Community College

Ely, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$16,823 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Resource Management Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Vermilion Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Ely, Minnesota, and it awarded 14 associates’s resource management degrees in 2019-2020.

Vermilion Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Natural Resource Management Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Vermilion Community College is $16,823 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Resource Management students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read full report on Natural Resource Management at Vermilion Community College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Natural Resource Management (Income $75-$110k)

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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