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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Master’s in Oklahoma For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Oklahoma, there were 146 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,800 and $19,125 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 44 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Oklahoma For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in natural resources and conservation. 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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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 Master’s in Oklahoma For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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

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

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

#1

Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

Stillwater, Oklahoma

$23,963 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Oklahoma For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and it awarded 12 masters’s natural resources and conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

OSU also made our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in Oklahoma” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at OSU are $23,963, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Oklahoma State University - Main Campus Natural Resources & Conservation Report

#2

University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

Norman, Oklahoma

#1 in overall quality

$23,236 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Oklahoma For Those Getting Aid list. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is a large school located in Norman, Oklahoma that handed out 21 masters’s natural resources and conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Oklahoma did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in Oklahoma” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus are $23,236, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Natural Resources & Conservation at University of Oklahoma

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation in the Southwest Region (With Aid)
• 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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