Bachelor's · Paul Smiths, New York
Is Natural Resources Conservation and Research at Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 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
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $55,166
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $21,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $101k (likely $101k – $101k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $17k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in NY
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 7.8 years (likely 5.2–12.4)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$106k (likely −$188k – −$8k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $104k (likely −$59k – $304k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 46%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science
- Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy (Bachelor's)$53,788
- Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management (Bachelor's)$50,171
- Forestry (Associate's)$49,950
- Forestry (Bachelor's)$49,291
- Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General (Bachelor's)$46,834
- Culinary Arts and Related Services (Bachelor's)$42,652
- Culinary Arts and Related Services (Associate's)$41,909
- Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies (Bachelor's)$41,797
Natural Resources Conservation and Research at other schools in New York
- Fordham University$71,430
- Colgate University$70,760
- Cornell University$68,088
- CUNY Queens College$65,863
- Hobart William Smith Colleges$61,905
- SUNY Maritime College$61,388
- Syracuse University$60,456
- University at Albany$58,784
- Binghamton University$55,579
- State University of New York at Plattsburgh$54,099