2022 Best Value Other Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Other Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Natural Resources Conservation (Other) is the 327th most popular major in the country with 130 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, natural resources conservation (other) graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $22,000 and had an average of $23,531 in loans still to pay off.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 92 natural resources conservation (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Other Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in natural resources conservation (other). The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great natural resources conservation (other) programs and cost less that 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 resources conservation (other) program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Other Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation (Other) (Income $30-$48k)

#1

University of California - Davis

Davis, California

#1 in overall quality

$10,769 Average Net Price

$30,228 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Davis. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Other Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. UC Davis is a public institution located in Davis, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UC Davis, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Natural Resources Conservation (Other) Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of California - Davis is $10,769 for bachelor’s degree other conservation students whose families make $30-$48k.

The low student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

Read more about Natural Resources Conservation (Other) at University of California - Davis

#2

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas

#2 in overall quality

$15,089 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kansas State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Other Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k. This large school is located in Manhattan, Kansas, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s other conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at K -State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Natural Resources Conservation (Other) Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $15,089 for bachelor’s degree other conservation students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend K -State.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full K -State Natural Resources Conservation (Other) Report

#3

Northland College

Ashland, Wisconsin

#3 in overall quality

$16,187 Average Net Price

$25,194 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northland College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Other Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k. Northland is a small school located in Ashland, Wisconsin that handed out 7 bachelors’s other conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

Northland also took the #3 spot in our “Best Natural Resources Conservation (Other) Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $16,187 for bachelor’s degree other conservation students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Northland.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read more about Natural Resources Conservation (Other) at Northland

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 Lynn Betts.

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