Environment & natural resources

Natural Resources Conservation and Research

University at Buffalo · Buffalo, NY

Medium evidenceMatched peers12 institutions · same subjectSee the evidence

The degree in numbers

Cost & earnings.

Annual tuition$30,572Institution-level tuition; programme fees may differ · before aid
Grouped debt estimate$22,242Same subject at 12 matched peer institutions · bachelor's

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$32,048
Same subject · national$31,598
Environment & natural resources · national$32,711

Behind the number

Your comparison group.

Medium evidence

Same subject at 12 matched peer institutions · bachelor's

Grouped estimate. Middle half of comparison values: $29,747–$37,208.

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 ArkansasNatural Resources Conservation and Research$31,527
University at AlbanyNatural Resources Conservation and Research$37,568
University of California-Santa CruzNatural Resources Conservation and Research$29,913
University of DelawareNatural Resources Conservation and Research$32,569
Texas Tech UniversityNatural Resources Conservation and Research$29,250
University of California-RiversideNatural Resources Conservation and Research$30,409
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical CollegeNatural Resources Conservation and Research$37,208
CUNY Queens CollegeNatural Resources Conservation and Research$37,779
University of North Carolina WilmingtonNatural Resources Conservation and Research$25,967
University of Oklahoma-Norman CampusNatural Resources Conservation and Research$26,739
University of HoustonNatural Resources Conservation and Research$36,848
The University of AlabamaNatural Resources Conservation and Research$37,208
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 ↗