Master's · Natural Resources and Conservation

Natural Resources Conservation and Research (Master's): earnings by school

75 schools report graduate earnings for this major.

Median across schools, 1 year out
$61,167
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Median across schools, 4 years out
$72,805
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical debt
$40,920
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort

Across 57 schools reporting 4-year earnings, the middle half of programs pay graduates between $62,984 and $81,568. The school matters less than you might think for this major.

Schools, highest earnings first

School1 year4 yearsDebt
American University DC$71,013$104,878$33,750
University of San Francisco CA$79,325$102,274—
Yale University CT$74,462$100,347$48,501
Columbia University in the City of New York NY$75,506$98,458$41,000
Duke University NC$73,924$96,411$54,073
University of Houston-Clear Lake TX—$94,092—
University of Idaho ID$75,271$92,396$24,798
California State University-Fullerton CA$65,933$91,697—
Webster University MO$91,133$89,701—
University of California-Santa Barbara CA$68,643$88,781$31,000
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI$67,170$87,988$41,000
Harvard University MA$65,181$84,831$61,185
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN—$83,567—
University of Pennsylvania PA$67,178$83,058$63,531
University of Colorado Boulder CO$63,011$81,568$51,832
The University of Texas at Arlington TX—$81,015—
College of Charleston SC$58,037$79,857$41,000
University of Southern California CA$78,598——
Washington State University WA—$77,903—
California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt CA$61,167$77,785—
American Public University System WV—$77,714—
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus CO$57,049$77,438—
University of Wyoming WY—$77,033—
Clark University MA$52,500$75,449—
Indiana University-Bloomington IN$58,485$75,331$40,863
Oregon State University OR$75,080——
Oregon State University-Cascades Campus OR$75,080——
University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA—$74,899—
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ$62,793$74,674$25,700
Arizona State University Digital Immersion AZ$62,793$74,674$25,700
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus OK$74,461—$41,000
Virginia Commonwealth University VA—$73,253—
Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey CA$75,180$72,805$59,880
Middlebury College VT$75,180$72,805$59,880
University of New Haven CT—$72,783—
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo CA$72,317——
University of Arizona AZ$56,404$70,131—
North Carolina State University at Raleigh NC$60,134$70,041$41,000
Colorado State University-Fort Collins CO$60,210$69,954$24,327
Texas A&M University-College Station TX$40,853$69,636—
Western Washington University WA$69,594——
University of California-Irvine CA$69,266——
Northeastern University MA$68,871—$40,976
George Washington University DC$67,868——
University of California-Davis CA$67,655—$20,500
Western Colorado University CO$51,804$67,308$34,980
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI$52,667$67,161$20,500
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus NH—$66,537—
University of Missouri-Columbia MO—$66,434—
Florida Gulf Coast University FL$50,709$66,340—
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College LA$65,415——
Ohio State University-Main Campus OH$50,543$63,595—
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL$52,793$63,098—
Central Washington University WA—$62,984—
The University of Texas at San Antonio TX—$61,139—
University of South Florida FL—$60,986—
Loyola University Chicago IL$60,630—$36,617
Duquesne University PA$57,012$60,629—
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania PA$45,880$60,161$24,999
University of Illinois Springfield IL$56,520$59,629—
Oklahoma State University-Main Campus OK$59,526——
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point WI—$58,863—
Miami University-Oxford OH$57,916$58,386—
University of Hawaii at Hilo HI$41,164$57,469—
University of Georgia GA$56,745——
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay WI$51,390$55,232—
University of North Carolina Wilmington NC—$53,362—
University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA$53,347—$28,153
Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi TX—$52,844—
Antioch University-New England NH$46,576$52,571$51,250
Antioch University OH$46,576$52,571$51,250
Auburn University AL$52,089—$20,500
Ohio University-Main Campus OH—$51,822—
Prescott College AZ$49,719——
Unity Environmental University ME$43,733—$22,670