Bachelor's · Buffalo, New York
Is Natural Resources Conservation and Research at University at Buffalo worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Graduates typically don't earn back the cost within 20 years, compared with the no-degree baseline.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $36,866
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $18,897
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $92k (likely $92k – $118k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $663 a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in NY
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- Not within 20 years in most scenarios
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$269k (likely −$339k – −$204k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$263k (likely −$380k – −$123k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 73%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at University at Buffalo
- Dentistry (First professional)$198,110
- Pharmacology and Toxicology (Doctoral)$180,229
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Doctoral)$156,779
- Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (First professional)$137,101
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$126,513
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$114,480
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Doctoral)$112,025
- Chemistry (Doctoral)$109,414
- Computer Engineering (Bachelor's)$109,221
- Engineering-Related Fields (Master's)$106,183
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$105,160
- Chemical Engineering (Master's)$102,730
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