Master's · Monterey, California
Is Natural Resources Conservation and Research at Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 12.8 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $80,752
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $78,201
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $59,880
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $63k (likely $63k – $63k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $9k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in CA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 12.8 years (likely 4.5–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$168k (likely −$272k – −$37k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$115k (likely −$318k – $135k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
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- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Master's)$128,688
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- International Relations and National Security Studies (Bachelor's)$92,728
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- Public Administration (Master's)$89,916
- Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations (Master's)$57,767
- Education, Other (Master's)$57,179
- Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language (Master's)$56,529
Natural Resources Conservation and Research at other schools in California
- University of San Francisco$102,274
- California State University-Fullerton$91,697
- University of California-Santa Barbara$88,781
- University of Southern California$78,598
- California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt$77,785
- California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo$72,317
- University of California-Irvine$69,266
- University of California-Davis$67,655