2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation (Income $75-$110k) in Georgia

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 Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Making $75-$110k” 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 Georgia, there were 463 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,450 and $20,986 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 65 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,988 and $43,995 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the natural resources and conservation program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Making $75-$110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation (Income $75-$110k) in Georgia

#1

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$27,476 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Making $75-$110k list. UGA is a large school located in Athens, Georgia that handed out 53 masters’s natural resources and conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

UGA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UGA are $27,476.

Read more about Natural Resources & Conservation at UGA

#2

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia

$44,676 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Emory University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s natural resources and conservation students in 2019-2020.

Emory also took the #0 spot in our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Emory are $44,676, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Emory University Natural Resources & Conservation Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation (Income $75-$110k)

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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