Highest Earning Master's Natural Resources Programs

These are the highest earning master's natural resources programs, ranked by median earnings. The ranking includes 50 programs, with American University leading at $104,878.

Rank	Institution	Program	State	Earnings	Completers
1	American University	Natural Resources Conservation	DC	$104,878	50
2	University of San Francisco	Natural Resources Conservation	CA	$102,274	26
3	Yale University	Natural Resources Conservation	CT	$100,347	157
4	Columbia University in the City of New York	Natural Resources Conservation	NY	$98,458	52
5	Duke University	Natural Resources Conservation	NC	$96,411	188
6	University of Houston-Clear Lake	Natural Resources Conservation	TX	$94,092	9
7	University of Idaho	Natural Resources Conservation	ID	$92,396	51
8	California State University-Fullerton	Natural Resources Conservation	CA	$91,697	13
9	Webster University	Natural Resources Conservation	MO	$89,701	18
10	University of California-Santa Barbara	Natural Resources Conservation	CA	$88,781	79
11	University of Denver	Natural Resources Management	CO	$88,331	166
12	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	Natural Resources Conservation	MI	$87,988	250
13	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Natural Resources Management	VA	$85,049	94
14	Harvard University	Natural Resources Conservation	MA	$84,831	149
15	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	Natural Resources Conservation	MN	$83,567	11
16	Montana State University	Natural Resources Management	MT	$83,329	18
17	University of Pennsylvania	Natural Resources Conservation	PA	$83,058	141
18	University of Colorado Boulder	Natural Resources Conservation	CO	$81,568	103
19	The University of Texas at Arlington	Natural Resources Conservation	TX	$81,015	5
20	College of Charleston	Natural Resources Conservation	SC	$79,857	17
21	Washington State University	Natural Resources Conservation	WA	$77,903	10
22	California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt	Natural Resources Conservation	CA	$77,785	37
23	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus	Natural Resources Conservation	CO	$77,438	27
24	University of Wyoming	Natural Resources Conservation	WY	$77,033	16
25	Clark University	Natural Resources Conservation	MA	$75,449	26
26	Indiana University-Bloomington	Natural Resources Conservation	IN	$75,331	43
27	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	Natural Resources Conservation	MA	$74,899	18
28	Arizona State University Campus Immersion	Natural Resources Conservation	AZ	$74,674	41
29	Arizona State University Digital Immersion	Natural Resources Conservation	AZ	$74,674	94
30	Oregon State University	Forestry	OR	$74,416	31
31	Virginia Commonwealth University	Natural Resources Conservation	VA	$73,253	9
32	University of Florida	Forestry	FL	$72,807	34
33	Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey	Natural Resources Conservation	CA	$72,805	29
34	University of New Haven	Natural Resources Conservation	CT	$72,783	10
35	University of Wisconsin-Madison	Natural Resources Management	WI	$71,621	7
36	University of Arizona	Natural Resources Conservation	AZ	$70,131	25
37	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	Natural Resources Conservation	NC	$70,041	56
38	Colorado State University-Fort Collins	Natural Resources Conservation	CO	$69,954	67
39	Texas A&M University-College Station	Natural Resources Conservation	TX	$69,636	19
40	Oregon State University	Natural Resources Management	OR	$68,968	56
41	University of Rhode Island	Natural Resources Management	RI	$68,281	35
42	University of Florida	Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management	FL	$67,836	23
43	North Dakota State University-Main Campus	Natural Resources Management	ND	$67,825	6
44	Western Colorado University	Natural Resources Conservation	CO	$67,308	41
45	University of Wisconsin-Madison	Natural Resources Conservation	WI	$67,161	40
46	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus	Natural Resources Conservation	NH	$66,537	11
47	University of Missouri-Columbia	Natural Resources Conservation	MO	$66,434	27
48	Florida Gulf Coast University	Natural Resources Conservation	FL	$66,340	12
49	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	Natural Resources Management	WI	$65,292	11
50	Colorado State University-Fort Collins	Natural Resources Management	CO	$64,235	73

Methodology

Programs ranked by highest earning. Only includes master's programs in CIP family 03 (Natural Resources) with at least 10 completers. Data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.