Master's · Yellow Springs, Ohio
Is Natural Resources Conservation and Research at Antioch University 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
- $50,028
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $56,468
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $51,250
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $54k (likely $54k – $54k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$7k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in OH
- 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
- −$295k (likely −$367k – −$217k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$322k (likely −$477k – −$147k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at Antioch University
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Doctoral)$102,991
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Doctoral)$86,442
- Psychology, General (Master's)$79,347
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$79,072
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$71,113
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Master's)$69,748
- Education, General (Master's)$67,918
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Bachelor's)$66,596
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions (Master's)$59,927
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions (Graduate certificate)$59,866
- Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies (Master's)$57,116
- Psychology, General (Bachelor's)$51,702
Natural Resources Conservation and Research at other schools in Ohio
- Ohio State University-Main Campus$63,595
- Miami University-Oxford$58,386
- Ohio University-Main Campus$51,822