2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resource Management in Idaho (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Idaho For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Idaho, there were 70 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,800 and $30,491 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 42 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,676 and $37,720 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality natural resource management programs that also have a lower cost than 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 the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in Idaho For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in Idaho For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for idaho master’s degree resource management students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resource Management in Idaho (With Aid)

#1

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho

#1 in overall quality

$29,112 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$37,748 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Resource Management Schools for a Master’s in Idaho For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Idaho landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Moscow, Idaho, this fairly large public school awarded 42 diplomas to qualified masters’s resource management students in 2019-2020.

U of I also made our “Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in Idaho” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Idaho are $29,112.

Read full report on Natural Resource Management at U of I

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resource Management (With Aid)

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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