2022 Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Maine, there were 481 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,914 and $30,431 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 44 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,633 and $49,829 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in natural resources and conservation. 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 for a Master’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. 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 for a Master’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine master’s degree natural resources & conservation students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation in Maine (With Aid)

#1

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

$28,352 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid list. This fairly large school is located in Orono, Maine, and it awarded 21 masters’s natural resources and conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMaine, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMaine are $28,352, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Natural Resources & Conservation at UMaine

#2

Unity College

Unity, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$9,750 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Unity College landed the #2 spot on the list. Unity College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Unity, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 23 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Unity not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Unity are $9,750, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Natural Resources & Conservation at Unity College

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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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