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

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Getting Aid” 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.

For this year’s “Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Georgia For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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

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

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

#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 Getting Aid list. Located in Athens, Georgia, this large public school handed out 53 degrees to qualified masters’s natural resources and conservation students in 2019-2020.

UGA also made our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UGA are $27,476, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Natural Resources & Conservation at University of Georgia

#2

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia

$44,676 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Emory University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Getting Aid list. Emory is located in Atlanta, Georgia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 masters’s natural resources and conservation degrees to qualified students.

Emory did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Emory are $44,676, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Natural Resources & Conservation at Emory University

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• Best Value Master’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.

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

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