2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation in Kansas (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 Master’s in Kansas 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 Kansas, there were 138 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $22,474 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 25 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,499 and $30,950 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

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

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

#1

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas

#1 in overall quality

$24,115 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Master’s in Kansas For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Manhattan, Kansas, this large public school awarded 21 degrees to qualified masters’s natural resources and conservation students in 2019-2020.

K -State also made our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Master’s Degree Schools in Kansas” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at K -State are $24,115, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Natural Resources & Conservation at Kansas State University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation in the Plains States 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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