Median earnings of natural resources conservation and research graduates (master's degree) one year after graduation, at 57 colleges. National median: $61,167, rising to $72,805 after four years.
| # | College | State | Earnings after 1 yr | After 4 yrs | Median debt |
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| 1 | Webster University | MO | $91,133 | $89,701 | — |
| 2 | University of San Francisco | CA | $79,325 | $102,274 | — |
| 3 | University of Southern California | CA | $78,598 | — | — |
| 4 | Columbia University in the City of New York | NY | $75,506 | $98,458 | $41,000 |
| 5 | University of Idaho | ID | $75,271 | $92,396 | $24,798 |
| 6 | Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey | CA | $75,180 | $72,805 | $59,880 |
| 7 | Middlebury College | VT | $75,180 | $72,805 | $59,880 |
| 8 | Oregon State University | OR | $75,080 | — | — |
| 9 | Oregon State University-Cascades Campus | OR | $75,080 | — | — |
| 10 | Yale University | CT | $74,462 | $100,347 | $48,501 |
| 11 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | OK | $74,461 | — | $41,000 |
| 12 | Duke University | NC | $73,924 | $96,411 | $54,073 |
| 13 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | CA | $72,317 | — | — |
| 14 | American University | DC | $71,013 | $104,878 | $33,750 |
| 15 | Western Washington University | WA | $69,594 | — | — |
| 16 | University of California-Irvine | CA | $69,266 | — | — |
| 17 | Northeastern University | MA | $68,871 | — | $40,976 |
| 18 | University of California-Santa Barbara | CA | $68,643 | $88,781 | $31,000 |
| 19 | George Washington University | DC | $67,868 | — | — |
| 20 | University of California-Davis | CA | $67,655 | — | $20,500 |
| 21 | University of Pennsylvania | PA | $67,178 | $83,058 | $63,531 |
| 22 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | MI | $67,170 | $87,988 | $41,000 |
| 23 | California State University-Fullerton | CA | $65,933 | $91,697 | — |
| 24 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | LA | $65,415 | — | — |
| 25 | Harvard University | MA | $65,181 | $84,831 | $61,185 |
| 26 | University of Colorado Boulder | CO | $63,011 | $81,568 | $51,832 |
| 27 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | AZ | $62,793 | $74,674 | $25,700 |
| 28 | Arizona State University Digital Immersion | AZ | $62,793 | $74,674 | $25,700 |
| 29 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | CA | $61,167 | $77,785 | — |
| 30 | Loyola University Chicago | IL | $60,630 | — | $36,617 |
| 31 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | CO | $60,210 | $69,954 | $24,327 |
| 32 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | NC | $60,134 | $70,041 | $41,000 |
| 33 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | OK | $59,526 | $72,419 | — |
| 34 | Indiana University-Bloomington | IN | $58,485 | $75,331 | $40,863 |
| 35 | College of Charleston | SC | $58,037 | $79,857 | $41,000 |
| 36 | Miami University-Oxford | OH | $57,916 | $58,386 | — |
| 37 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | CO | $57,049 | $77,438 | — |
| 38 | Duquesne University | PA | $57,012 | $60,629 | — |
| 39 | University of Georgia | GA | $56,745 | — | — |
| 40 | University of Illinois Springfield | IL | $56,520 | $59,629 | — |
| 41 | University of Arizona | AZ | $56,404 | $70,131 | — |
| 42 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | WA | $53,347 | — | $28,153 |
| 43 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | IL | $52,793 | $63,098 | — |
| 44 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | WI | $52,667 | $67,161 | $20,500 |
| 45 | Clark University | MA | $52,500 | $75,449 | — |
| 46 | Auburn University | AL | $52,089 | — | $20,500 |
| 47 | Western Colorado University | CO | $51,804 | $67,308 | $34,980 |
| 48 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | WI | $51,390 | $55,232 | — |
| 49 | Florida Gulf Coast University | FL | $50,709 | $66,340 | — |
| 50 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | OH | $50,543 | $63,595 | — |
| 51 | Prescott College | AZ | $49,719 | — | — |
| 52 | Antioch University-New England | NH | $46,576 | $52,571 | $51,250 |
| 53 | Antioch University | OH | $46,576 | $52,571 | $51,250 |
| 54 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | PA | $45,880 | $60,161 | $24,999 |
| 55 | Unity Environmental University | ME | $43,733 | — | $22,670 |
| 56 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | HI | $41,164 | $57,469 | — |
| 57 | Texas A&M University-College Station | TX | $40,853 | $69,636 | — |
Earnings are median annual earnings of graduates who received federal financial aid, measured by the U.S. Department of Education. Colleges with too few graduates are not shown.
Frequently asked questions
How much do natural resources conservation and research graduates earn?
The median college reports $61,167 in earnings one year after a master's degree in natural resources conservation and research and $72,805 four years after. The highest is $91,133 at Webster University.
How much student debt do natural resources conservation and research graduates have?
The median federal loan debt for this degree is about $41,000 at the typical college.