2024 Best Colleges for Natural Resources Management and Policy

SUMMARY

Studying Natural Resources Management and Policy is a valuable choice and commonly a mandatory first step for undergraduates hoping to begin a career as a naturalist, a field planner, or a wetlands restoration specialist. In fact, natural resources management and policy is a very rare major coming in at the 185th most popular major. Last year, there were 1,307 natural resources management and policy graduates. In-state tuition for natural resources management and policy at private schools is, on average, 3.8 times more pricey than their public counterparts.

With only 80 institutions offering natural resources management and policy you might have limited options as to the institutions which will have a degree program for you. If you are looking to surround yourself with other natural resources management and policy undergrads, look at universities in Oregon which have the most students admitted to natural resources management and policy annually. More generally, the top region to study natural resources management and policy is in the Southeast region with Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College, West Virginia University, and Florida Gulf Coast University best representing the region. Interestingly, our selection for the top conference to study natural resources management and policy is the Big Ten Conference with Michigan State University, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, and Ohio State University-Main Campus representing the conference. On that topic, our choice for the best university for natural resources management and policy is Washington University in St Louis. You might also want to check out our list of best colleges.

The best school does not mean it is the 'best' school for you. There can be tons more factors to weigh when deciding on ​university. External stuff such as campus amenities, transportation services, and food might affect one's thoughts of which university to attend. Here at Authority, we examined the pros and cons for you. If, for example, you are interested in which natural resources management and policy university has the best campus, the answer is Rutgers University-New Brunswick. If you are primarily interested in which college has the finest campus, we have an entire list dedicated to that. We have carefully pored through government databases, professor reviews, student reviews, and more in order to compare every major in the United States in an unbiased and informative way. Here you can find our comprehensive list for the colleges with the best student life&nbspand from that list, our choice for the college with the best student life for natural resources management and policy is Washington University in St Louis. Curious why? Keep reading to find out more about our top choices. Many of our decisions will probably surprise you.

If price is a significant factor in your decision on where to go to school, you might be cautious about Washington University in St Louis. Washington University in St Louis&nbspappears to be the most expensive university for natural resources management and policy, at least for out of state enrollment. That being said, we have an entire list of the most expensive&nbspuniversities that might put the price tag at Washington University in St Louis&nbspinto perspective. Additionally, you could be interested to know that natural resources management and policy is the 282nd most expensive degree in the nation, with an average cost of $25,400. To zoom out a little, the most costly state for natural resources management and policy on our list is Missouri demonstrated with a cost of $54,250 at the main school in Missouri Washington University in St Louis. To zoom out even further, the most costly region of the country for natural resources management and policy is the Plains region which is best demonstrated with Washington University in St Louis with a cost of $54,250, and North Dakota State University-Main Campus with a cost of $12,413.

Our cheapest region for natural resources management and policy is the Southeast region which is represented by St Petersburg College with a cost of $7,774, Western Carolina University with a cost of $5,000, and Glenville State College with a cost of $7,020. In better news, the most affordable college for natural resources management and policy is Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. Authority.org's comprehensive list of the most affordable schools can be found here.

In-state students can anticipate paying about $10,600 for a degree in natural resources management and policy. That price balloons dramatically to a median of $25,200 for an out-of-state public-school undergrad. Our pick for the university with the best value for natural resources management and policy: Washington University in St Louis. On this page you will see our comprehensive list of the colleges we believe to be the best value&nbspoverall. With that said, this list is predicated on the assumption that you are an out-of-state student. A discussion of value changes when in-state tuition costs are considered, but we do not know where you live (and are not trying to collect that kind of data).

Earnings for natural resources management and policy majors can vary, but two years after completing the major students will often earn around $52,900. There can be much variation in salary; top earners can rake in up to $97,500. Right out of university, the lowest end jobs within the natural resources management and policy field make $28,000, which isn't that bad. The top earning grads for natural resources management and policy attended Washington University in St Louis&nbspand if you are looking for schools with all of the highest earning graduates, Authority has that too.

The all-around diversity of natural resources management and policy ranks near the bottom, ranking within only the 10th percentile of majors nationally. The university with the most composite diversity for natural resources management and policy is Washington University in St Louis&nbspand here you can find our general list for the colleges which have the most diversity. The overall financial diversity of Natural Resources Management and Policy only sits in the 69th percentile of all majors. Racial diversity is even less in the 7th percentile. White undergraduates make up the largest share at 81% of those studying natural resources management and policy. Additionally, 52% of students pursuing a natural resources management and policy major are men.

The median rating of natural resources management and policy's professors is 4.2 stars, a rating that is 5% higher than the average for all majors; which is a good score. If you are interested in the most popular natural resources management and policy professor in the country, consider looking up Charles Bamforth at University of California-Davis. It may be shocking, but the best rated natural resources management and policy professors by student are at University of California-Davis. As we incorporate data other than just rankings we find that the college possessing the overall best instructors for natural resources management and policy is Washington University in St Louis. You can find an explanation of our evolving ranking methodology for the best overall professors here, as well as some of the finest instructors nationwide.

Finally, the most difficult school to get into for natural resources management and policy is Washington University in St Louis. While we think of this list more as a novelty, we do have a detailed list for the hardest colleges to get into. That being said, we hope you understand that approaching university through a lens primarily built on superlatives can cause problems. We at Authority hope you read our more focused pages on different schools and peruse some of our helpful background articles on useful details to look out for as your school search continues.