2022 Best Value Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Water, Wetlands, & Marine Resources Management is the 702nd most popular major in the country with 320 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 57 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 29 water, wetlands, and marine resources management graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in water, wetlands, and marine resources management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent water, wetlands, and marine resources 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 water, wetlands, and marine resources management program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree water, wetlands, and marine resources management students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Water, Wetlands, & Marine Resources Management (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Madison, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$25,523 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Madison, Wisconsin, this large public school handed out 12 degrees to qualified masters’s water, wetlands, and marine resources management students in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison also made our “Best Water, Wetlands, & Marine Resources Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Madison are $25,523, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Wisconsin - Madison Water, Wetlands, & Marine Resources Management Report

#2

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

#2 in overall quality

$25,295 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee is a large school located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that handed out 17 masters’s water, wetlands, and marine resources management degrees in 2019-2020.

UWM also took the #2 spot in our “Best Water, Wetlands, & Marine Resources Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee are $25,295, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Water, Wetlands, & Marine Resources Management at UWM

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Water, Wetlands, & Marine Resources Management (Income $48-$75k)

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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