Environment & natural resources

Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians

Appalachian State University · Boone, NC

Medium evidenceMatched peers12 institutions · related subjectsSee the evidence

The degree in numbers

Cost & earnings.

Annual tuition$24,537Institution-level tuition; programme fees may differ · before aid
Reported median debt$23,969Reported for this university and degree
Annual credentials awarded52Average of available recent award years; not the earnings sample size.

Earnings context

One career stage.
A clearer comparison.

USD · Bachelor's · 2 years after completion
Same source release. National references exclude this degree.

Selected degree estimate$29,785
Environment & natural resources · national$32,711

Behind the number

Your comparison group.

Medium evidence

Related subjects at 12 matched peer institutions · bachelor's

Grouped estimate. Middle half of comparison values: $26,237–$34,326.

Historical earnings archive. College Scorecard legacy FOS archive (file dated 2022-01-19; cohorts vary). Do not interpret this as today's graduate salary. Further study and career changes are not modelled by this early-career figure.

Bachelor's outcomes · 2 years after completion
Institution & subjectReported earnings
University of KansasNatural Resources Conservation and Research$26,585
Iowa State UniversityForestry, Natural Resources Conservation and Research$35,546
George Mason UniversityNatural Resources Conservation and Research, Sustainability Studies$36,314
University of Cincinnati-Main CampusNatural Resources Conservation and Research$23,227
Stockton UniversityNatural Resources Conservation and Research, Sustainability Studies$30,127
Colorado State University-Fort CollinsForestry, Natural Resources Conservation and Research$29,443
University of OregonNatural Resources Conservation and Research$21,781
University of IowaNatural Resources Conservation and Research$33,993
Kent State University at KentNatural Resources Conservation and Research$32,284
University of New Hampshire-Main CampusNatural Resources Conservation and Research$35,327
University of UtahNatural Resources Conservation and Research$25,194
Salisbury UniversityNatural Resources Conservation and Research$27,874
How matching & uncertainty work

We first look for the same subject code (or exact subject name), qualification, country, currency, source release and earnings horizon. Peer institutions are matched using admissions selectivity, completion rates, undergraduate size and institution type, with a small preference for the same region. These are institutional proxies, not a ranking of programme quality.

If subject-matched peers are sparse, we try related subjects at closely matched universities, related degrees at this university, then an explicitly labelled national reference. We never multiply a salary by a university prestige score.

Peer and national estimates give each reporting institution one vote, after taking the median of its related programmes. Shared branch-campus outcomes count once. The middle-half range describes variation between reporting institutions. It is not an individual salary range or a statistical confidence interval.

Evidence labels describe match quality and coverage, not validated prediction accuracy. Admissions and size are undergraduate institutional measures, so graduate-degree comparisons are especially approximate.

Historical cohort outcomes are not promised salaries or a causal effect of attending this programme. College Scorecard earnings cover eligible federal-aid recipients, not every graduate or international student. Source definitions ↗