Bachelor's · Queens, New York
Is Natural Resources Conservation and Research at St. John's University-New York 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 10.5 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $39,505
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $52,548
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- Not enough borrowers to report
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $104k (likely $104k – $128k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $14k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in NY
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 10.5 years (likely 6.2–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$161k (likely −$264k – −$45k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $28k (likely −$178k – $275k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 69%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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AP classes
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Other majors at St. John's University-New York
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- Law (First professional)$112,325
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$109,990
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Bachelor's)$109,396
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Natural Resources Conservation and Research at other schools in New York
- Fordham University$71,430
- Colgate University$70,760
- Cornell University$68,088
- CUNY Queens College$65,863
- Hobart William Smith Colleges$61,905
- SUNY Maritime College$61,388
- Syracuse University$60,456
- University at Albany$58,784
- Binghamton University$55,579
- State University of New York at Plattsburgh$54,099