2022 Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Natural Resources & Conservation is the 26th most popular major in the country with 30,341 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, natural resources and conservation graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,196 and had an average of $25,077 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 1,830 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,070 and $31,094 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 160 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in natural resources and conservation. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great natural resources and conservation programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the natural resources and conservation 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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Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Itasca Community College

Grand Rapids, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$9,828 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Itasca Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Itasca Community College is a small school located in Grand Rapids, Minnesota that handed out 7 associates’s natural resources and conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Itasca Community College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $9,828 for plains states region associate degree natural resources & conservation students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Itasca Community College.

Read full report on Natural Resources & Conservation at Itasca Community College

#2

Vermilion Community College

Ely, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$10,764 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Vermilion Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Vermilion Community College is a small public school situated in Ely, Minnesota. It awarded 49 associates’s natural resources and conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

Vermilion Community College also made our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $10,764 for plains states region associate degree natural resources & conservation students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Vermilion Community College.

Full Vermilion Community College Natural Resources & Conservation Report

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation (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.

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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Lynn Betts.

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