2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resource Management (Income $75-$110k) in Texas

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Texas, there were 152 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,050 and $20,895 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 19 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 Texas For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in natural resource management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality natural resource management programs that also have a lower cost than 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resource Management (Income $75-$110k) in Texas

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$17,530 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #1 spot on the list. Lubbock, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s resource management degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech also made our “Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Tech are $17,530, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Natural Resource Management at Texas Tech

#2

Texas A&M University - College Station

College Station, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$22,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$46,087 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $75-$110k. Texas A&M College Station is a large public school situated in College Station, Texas. It awarded 9 masters’s resource management degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A&M College Station, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M College Station are $22,743, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Natural Resource Management at Texas A&M College Station

#3

Saint Edward's University

Austin, Texas

$29,530 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$20,140 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Edward’s University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in Texas For Those Making $75-$110k. St. Edward’s University is located in Austin, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 masters’s resource management degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at St. Edward’s University, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at St. Edward’s University are $29,530, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Saint Edward’s University Natural Resource Management Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resource Management (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region
• Best Value Master’s 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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