2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Water, Wetlands, & Marine Resources Management (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 320 people earned their degree in water, wetlands, and marine resources management, making the major the 702nd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 112 water, wetlands, and marine resources management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 57 water, wetlands, and marine resources management graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in water, wetlands, and marine resources management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality water, wetlands, and marine resources 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 water, wetlands, and marine resources management program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree water, wetlands, and marine resources management students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Water, Wetlands, & Marine Resources Management (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

#1

University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Wilmington, North Carolina

$21,286 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Wilmington. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Wilmington, North Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s water, wetlands, and marine resources management degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

UNCW did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Water, Wetlands, & Marine Resources Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Carolina at Wilmington are $21,286.

Full UNCW Water, Wetlands, & Marine Resources Management Report

#2

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

#2 in overall quality

$22,242 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nova Southeastern University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. NUS Florida is a large school located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida that handed out 3 masters’s water, wetlands, and marine resources management degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NUS Florida, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Water, Wetlands, & Marine Resources Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at NUS Florida are $22,242, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full NUS Florida Water, Wetlands, & Marine Resources Management Report

#3

University of Miami

Coral Gables, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$40,220 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Miami. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. U Miami is a fairly large school located in Coral Gables, Florida that handed out 46 masters’s water, wetlands, and marine resources management degrees in 2019-2020.

U Miami did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Water, Wetlands, & Marine Resources Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Miami are $40,220, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Water, Wetlands, & Marine Resources Management at University of Miami

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Water, Wetlands, & Marine Resources 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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