2022 Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Montana For Those Making $30-$48k

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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 Montana, there were 324 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,560 and $21,595 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 55 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,863 and $41,012 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Montana For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in natural resources and conservation. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent natural resources and conservation programs, but they also 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 and conservation program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Montana For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Montana For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation (Income $30-$48k) in Montana

#1

Montana State University

Bozeman, Montana

#1 in overall quality

$21,446 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Montana For Those Making $30-$48k list. Bozeman, Montana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s natural resources and conservation degrees to 30 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at MSU Bozeman, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in Montana” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Montana State University are $21,446.

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#2

The University of Montana

Missoula, Montana

$23,242 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Montana. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Montana For Those Making $30-$48k. This medium-sized school is located in Missoula, Montana, and it awarded 25 masters’s natural resources and conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

UM also took the #0 spot in our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in Montana” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UM are $23,242, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation (Income $30-$48k) in the Rocky Mountains Region
• Best Value Master’s 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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