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2022 Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $75-$110k

1 Ranked Colleges
7 Degrees Awarded
$18,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master's in New Mexico For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 30,341 people earned their degree in natural resources and conservation, making the major the 26th most popular in the United States. 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 New Mexico, there were 99 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,100 and $14,338 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 7 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,864 and $37,250 respectively.

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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The natural resources & conservation school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $75-$110k”.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for new mexico master’s degree natural resources & conservation students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation (Income $75-$110k) in New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Making $75-$110k. NMSU Main Campus is a public institution located in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at New Mexico State University - Main Campus are $18,275.

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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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