Environmental Studies
Add ComparisonIn 2024, the locations with the highest concentration of Environmental Studies degree recipients are Madison, WI, University of California-Santa Barbara, CA, and Boulder, CO. In 2024, the locations with a relatively high number of Environmental Studies degree recipients are Gunnison, CO, Brevard, NC, and Keene, NH. The most common degree awarded to students studying Environmental Studies is a bachelors degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Environmental Studies and the types of students that study this field. University of California-Santa Barbara awards the most degrees in Environmental Studies in the US, but Antioch University-New England and Eckerd College have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Environmental Studies.
Tuition costs for Environmental Studies majors are, on average, $8,261 for in-state public colleges, and $49,352 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Environmental Studies programs are Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above institutions (309 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (5,989 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Environmental Studies, is Public, 4-year or above (5,989 completions in 2024).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Environmental Studies programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
University of California-Santa Barbara has the most Environmental Studies degree recipients, with 352 degrees awarded in 2024.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Environmental Studies.
Out of all institutions that offer Environmental Studies programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Antioch University-New England has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Environmental Studies, with 16.3%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Environmental Studies by year.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Natural Resources & Conservation graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Natural Resources & Conservation majors is $84,960 and the most common occupations are Other managers, Conservation scientists & foresters, and Environmental scientists and specialists, including health.
The industry that employs the most Natural Resources & Conservation majors is Administration of environmental quality & housing programs, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Furniture & home furnishing merchant wholesalers.
The average salary for Natural Resources & Conservation majors is $84,960 and the most common occupations are Other managers, Conservation scientists & foresters, and Environmental scientists and specialists, including health.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Natural Resources & Conservation majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Natural Resources & Conservation majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Natural Resources & Conservation majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations for Natural Resources & Conservation majors, by number of employees, are Other managers, Conservation scientists & foresters, and Environmental scientists and specialists, including health.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Natural Resources & Conservation majors working as Conservation scientists & foresters, Biological scientists, and Environmental scientists & geoscientists.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Natural Resources & Conservation majors are Surgeons, Prepress technicians & workers, and Diagnostic medical sonographers.
The number of Natural Resources & Conservation graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 5.41%, from 435,778 in 2023 to 459,370 in 2024.
The largest single share of Natural Resources & Conservation graduates go on to work as Other managers (6.36%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Natural Resources & Conservation by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Natural Resources & Conservation majors, by number of employees, are Administration of environmental quality & housing programs, Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, and Elementary & secondary schools.
The highest paying industries of Natural Resources & Conservation majors, by average wage, are Furniture & home furnishing merchant wholesalers, Other transportation equipment manufacturing, and Paper & paper products merchant wholesalers.
The number of Natural Resources & Conservation graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 5.41%, from 435,778 in 2023 to 459,370 in 2024.
The industry which employs the most Natural Resources & Conservation graduates by share is Administration of environmental quality & housing programs, followed by Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Natural Resources & Conservation.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Natural Resources & Conservation majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Natural Resources & Conservation majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Natural Resources & Conservation in the United States.
The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Natural Resources & Conservation is 39.6.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Female employees are more likely to hold Natural Resources & Conservation degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Natural Resources & Conservation (6,527 students).
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Natural Resources & Conservation. The most common ages of employees with this major are 26 and 32 years old, which represent 3.92% and 3.86% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Environmental Studies are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Natural Resources & Conservation are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Doctorate degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Environmental Studies.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Environmental Studies for each race & ethnicity.
In 2024, White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Environmental Studies.
White Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Serbia that hold Natural Resources & Conservation degrees (8.91 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is China (3,798 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Environmental Studies field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Environmental Studies majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Environmental Studies majors need more than the average amount of Operation and Control, Negotiation, and Service Orientation.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Environmental Studies majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Operation and Control is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, and Speaking are the three most important skills for people in the field.
