If you love the outdoors and would like to protect wild places for future generations then a degree in environment studies might be the perfect career field for you. As human populations increase and natural resources and habitats become more limited, there is a dire need for adequately trained conservation professionals in natural resources conservation.

Some of the career paths you could choose are Wildlife Conservation, Endangered Species Management, Forest Ecology and Conservation, Fisheries Management and Conservation just to name a few.

Choosing a college to complete your degree can be challenging. Understand many colleges vary according to cost, size, specialization and environment. It is important to assess your own needs and priorities when choosing a college program.

We are providing you with a National Ranking of Natural Resources and Conservation Colleges in the U.S.. We have focused our ranking on 5 main criteria;  Tuition cost, Financial aid, Admission Rate, Graduation Rate and Number of Students Enrolled.

We know that rankings are not the only criteria to use when choosing your Natural Resources and Conservation College but we hope we can assist you in making a more informed decision.

Ranking	College	Tuition	Financial Aid	Admission Rate	Graduation Rate	Students	Website
1	Gainesville State College	$2,570	$8,153	83%	100%	12	www.gsc.edu
2	University of Virginia-Main Campus	$10,828	$17,570	33%	97%	68	www.virginia.edu/
3	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	$11,837	$17,153	51%	96%	82	www.umich.edu
4	University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras Campus	$1,878	$7,890	24%	91%	5	www.uprrp.edu
5	University of Florida	$5,044	$12,011	43%	96%	108	www.ufl.edu/
6	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	$8,701	$15,714	58%	93%	150	washington.edu
7	The University of Texas at El Paso	$8,020	$17,512	99%	71%	7	www.utep.edu
8	University of Puerto Rico-Humacao	$2,876	$7,566	41%	88%	6	www.uprh.edu
9	Utah State University	$4,828	$10,252	98%	74%	12	www.usu.edu
10	Nevada State College	$3,563	$15,554	81%	66%	2	nsc.nevada.edu
11	Texas A&M University	$8,387	$14,168	69%	93%	217	www.tamu.edu
12	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	$15,250	$12,016	52%	93%	133	www.psu.edu/
13	University of Idaho	$5,402	$20,070	79%	77%	111	www.uidaho.edu
14	Shepherd University	$5,234	$17,076	94%	66%	17	shepherd.edu
15	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	$12,582	$15,019	59%	91%	73	www.rutgers.edu/
16	University of Georgia	$8,736	$12,759	54%	94%	48	www.uga.edu
17	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	$6,665	$14,119	32%	96%	52	www.unc.edu
18	Arkansas Tech University	$4,804	$11,779	91%	71%	13	www.atu.edu
19	West Virginia University	$5,406	$16,923	88%	80%	71	www.wvu.edu/
20	University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff	$5,033	$17,697	30%	64%	7	www.uapb.edu
21	Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus	$3,900	$10,955	60%	61%	2	www.enmu.edu
22	McNeese State University	$3,987	$11,160	68%	67%	11	mcneese.edu
23	University of Wisconsin-Madison	$8,983	$12,223	67%	94%	22	www.wisc.edu
24	Ohio State University-Main Campus	$9,420	$13,696	62%	92%	78	www.osu.edu
25	Metropolitan State College of Denver	$4,093	$10,730	72%	67%	45	www.mscd.edu
26	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	$9,459	$13,543	67%	91%	126	www.vt.edu
27	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	$13,096	$14,315	67%	93%	57	www.illinois.edu/
28	University of Delaware	$10,208	$16,799	51%	89%	38	www.udel.edu/
29	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	$12,288	$12,108	48%	90%	139	www.umn.edu
30	The University of Montana	$5,476	$12,116	94%	73%	107	www.umt.edu
31	University of North Carolina at Pembroke	$4,140	$11,331	79%	68%	4	www.uncp.edu
32	Missouri State University	$6,276	$20,497	77%	76%	30	missouristate.edu
33	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	$6,529	$13,711	55%	91%	74	www.ncsu.edu
34	The University of West Florida	$4,154	$12,232	69%	79%	27	www.uwf.edu
35	University of Maryland-College Park	$8,416	$13,728	45%	93%	14	www.umd.edu
36	Clemson University	$11,908	$16,436	63%	90%	57	www.clemson.edu
37	Northeastern State University	$4,385	$12,104	74%	63%	2	www.nsuok.edu
38	Miami University-Oxford	$12,786	$16,766	78%	89%	9	miami.muohio.edu
39	Northern Kentucky University	$7,128	$18,521	66%	67%	7	www.nku.edu
40	Lyndon State College	$9,096	$11,799	98%	61%	6	lyndonstate.edu