Bachelor's · Baltimore, Maryland
Is Natural Resources Conservation and Research at University of Maryland-Baltimore County worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 7.8 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $55,804
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $59,438
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $21,061
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $107k (likely $107k – $144k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $19k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MD
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 7.8 years (likely 5.4–12.2)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$121k (likely −$215k – −$30k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $89k (likely −$70k – $261k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 68%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- not reported / ≤ 20%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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Other majors at University of Maryland-Baltimore County
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other (Graduate certificate)$135,262
- Information Science/Studies (Master's)$129,398
- Engineering-Related Fields (Master's)$128,766
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Doctoral)$121,493
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other (Master's)$113,688
- Computer Engineering (Bachelor's)$113,299
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$105,706
- Information Science/Studies (Bachelor's)$95,435
- Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's)$95,078
- Chemical Engineering (Bachelor's)$91,547
- Mathematics (Bachelor's)$88,967
- Economics (Bachelor's)$79,729
Natural Resources Conservation and Research at other schools in Maryland
- University of Maryland Global Campus$77,259
- University of Maryland-College Park$59,329
- Towson University$57,388
- St. Mary's College of Maryland$56,619
- Salisbury University$49,706
- Washington College$46,831
- McDaniel College$31,897