Education & Training
Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy
What can you do with this education or training? Here are the careers it prepares you for, what graduates typically earn and owe, and how many colleges offer it.
Careers this leads to
- Compliance Officers Bachelor's degree
- Conservation Scientists Bachelor's degree
- Coroners Bachelor's degree
- Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary Master's degree
- Customs and Border Protection Officers Certificate or apprenticeship
- Customs Brokers Certificate or apprenticeship
- Detectives and Criminal Investigators Certificate or apprenticeship
- Economics Teachers, Postsecondary Doctoral or professional degree
- Economists Master's degree
- Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling Bachelor's degree
- Firefighters High school diploma
- First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers Certificate or apprenticeship
- First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives High school diploma
- Fish and Game Wardens Certificate or apprenticeship
- Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists Certificate or apprenticeship
- Foresters Bachelor's degree
- Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary Doctoral or professional degree
- Government Property Inspectors and Investigators Associate degree
- Intelligence Analysts Bachelor's degree
- Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers High school diploma
- Loss Prevention Managers Bachelor's degree
- Park Naturalists Bachelor's degree
- Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers Certificate or apprenticeship
- Police Identification and Records Officers Certificate or apprenticeship
- Range Managers Bachelor's degree
- Regulatory Affairs Managers Bachelor's degree
- Regulatory Affairs Specialists Bachelor's degree
- Social Science Research Assistants Bachelor's degree
- Transportation Planners Bachelor's degree
Pay and debt by degree
| Degree or certificate | Yearly pay 1 year after finishing | Yearly pay 4 years after finishing | Typical debt | Colleges offering it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Certificate | $40,682 | $63,891 | $10,051 | 57 |
| Associate degree | $30,131 | $42,420 | $11,500 | 41 |
| Bachelor's degree | $43,021 | $53,631 | $19,968 | 96 |
| Master's degree | $57,376 | $68,968 | $30,405 | 75 |
| Doctoral degree | — | — | — | 22 |
Median earnings of graduates who got federal student aid, and median federal loan debt at graduation, typical across U.S. colleges. Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education. Each college can differ a lot: take the quiz to see colleges near you.