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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resource Management in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

6 Ranked Colleges
168 Degrees Awarded
$22,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

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 Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” 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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 265 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,100 and $19,969 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 168 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer 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.

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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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 Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resource Management in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. This small school is located in Syracuse, New York, and it awarded 63 bachelors’s resource management degrees in 2019-2020.

ESF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry is $19,737 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Resource Management students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%.

Read full report on Natural Resource Management at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

#2

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. Rutgers University - New Brunswick is a large public school situated in New Brunswick, New Jersey. It awarded 38 bachelors’s resource management degrees in 2019-2020.

Rutgers New Brunswick also took the #3 spot in our “Best Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Rutgers University - New Brunswick is $21,654 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree resource management students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

Full Rutgers University - New Brunswick Natural Resource Management Report

#3

University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Delaware. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. University of Delaware is a large school located in Newark, Delaware that handed out 3 bachelors’s resource management degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UD, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UD is $17,220 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree resource management students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%.

Read full report on Natural Resource Management at UD

#4

SUNY Cobleskill

Cobleskill, New York
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY Cobleskill. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. SUNY Cobleskill is a small public school situated in Cobleskill, New York. It awarded 6 bachelors’s resource management degrees in 2019-2020.

SUNY Cobleskill also made our “Best Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $16,647 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree resource management students with aid per year to attend SUNY Cobleskill.

Read full report on Natural Resource Management at SUNY Cobleskill

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science landed the #5 spot on the list. Paul Smith’s College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Paul Smiths, New York. It awarded 30 bachelors’s resource management degrees in 2019-2020.

Paul Smith’s College also took the #6 spot in our “Best Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science is $23,784 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree resource management students with aid.

Read more about Natural Resource Management at Paul Smith’s College

#6

Marist College

Poughkeepsie, New York

Marist College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #6. Marist is a private not-for-profit institution located in Poughkeepsie, New York. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Marist did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Marist College is $37,195 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree resource management students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.

Read more about Natural Resource Management at Marist College

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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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