Bachelor's · Oakland, California
Is Natural Resources Conservation and Research at Northeastern University Oakland worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 5.6 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $51,479
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $75,481
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $19,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $116k (likely $116k – $159k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $36k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in CA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 5.6 years (likely 4.5–7.4)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $5k (likely −$103k – $114k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $433k (likely $241k – $676k)
- Today's dollars
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- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$163,708
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Master's)$145,909
- Business/Commerce, General (Bachelor's)$113,620
- Economics (Bachelor's)$101,423
- Public Administration (Master's)$87,852
- Design and Applied Arts (Bachelor's)$87,336
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Bachelor's)$80,233
- Communication and Media Studies (Bachelor's)$80,191
- Biology, General (Bachelor's)$78,327
- Political Science and Government (Bachelor's)$73,539
- Sociology (Bachelor's)$69,585
- English Language and Literature, General (Bachelor's)$67,877
Natural Resources Conservation and Research at other schools in California
- University of Southern California$78,731
- University of California-Berkeley$78,624
- University of California-Los Angeles$75,927
- Santa Clara University$72,889
- California State University-Chico$69,531
- Sonoma State University$69,077
- University of California-San Diego$69,061
- California State University-Sacramento$67,795
- University of California-Davis$65,983
- University of California-Riverside$64,944