2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation in Alaska (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alaska For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Alaska, there were 106 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 59 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,942 and $21,197 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality natural resources and conservation programs that also have a lower cost than 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. 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 Bachelor’s in Alaska For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alaska For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alaska For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation in Alaska (With Aid)

#1

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks, Alaska

#1 in overall quality

$10,333 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alaska For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Fairbanks, Alaska, this medium-sized public school handed out 35 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s natural resources and conservation students in 2019-2020.

UAF not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Alaska” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Alaska Fairbanks is $10,333 for Alaska Bachelor’s Degree Natural Resources & Conservation students with aid.

Full UAF Natural Resources & Conservation Report

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• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation (With Aid)

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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