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2022 Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools in Alaska For Those Getting Aid

1 Ranked Colleges
106 Degrees Awarded
$10,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools in Alaska For Those Getting Aid

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 in Alaska For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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.

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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools in Alaska For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.

Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools in Alaska For Those Getting Aid

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

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

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools in Alaska For Those Getting Aid. University of Alaska Fairbanks is a medium-sized public school situated in Fairbanks, Alaska. It awarded 60 ’s natural resources and conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

UAF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Schools in Alaska” list. It costs about $10,333 for Alaska Natural Resources & Conservation students with aid per year to attend UAF.

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

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