Natural Resource Management at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

If you plan to study natural resource management, take a look at what SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

ESF is located in Syracuse, New York and approximately 2,127 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 46 resource management majors received their bachelor's degree from ESF.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Natural Resource Management section at the bottom of this page.

ESF Natural Resource Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Resource Management
• Master’s Degree in Resource Management
• Doctorate Degree in Resource Management

ESF Natural Resource Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the resource management progam at ESF compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The resource management major at ESF is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Natural Resource Management. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Natural Resource Management Doctor’s Degree Schools	1
Most Focused Natural Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools	1
Most Focused Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	3
Best Value Natural Resource Management Doctor’s Degree Schools	3
Most Focused Natural Resource Management Schools	4
Best Natural Resource Management Doctor’s Degree Schools	5
Most Popular Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	6
Best Value Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	6
Best Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	7
Best Value Natural Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools	9
Best Natural Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools	10
Most Popular Natural Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools	11
Most Popular Natural Resource Management Schools	12
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Best Natural Resource Management Schools	16
Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools	18
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Most Focused Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools	24
Most Popular Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools	40

In 2021, 1 student received their master’s degree in resource management from ESF. This is the #40 most popular school for resource management master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in resource management, making the school the #5 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of ESF Resource Management Graduates

The median salary of resource management students who receive their bachelor's degree at ESF is $35,553. This is 9% higher than $32,505, which is the national average for all resource management bachelor's degree recipients.

Resource Management Student Demographics at ESF

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the resource management majors at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry.

ESF Natural Resource Management Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 46 resource management majors earned their bachelor's degree from ESF. Of these graduates, 78% were men and 22% were women.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in resource management at ESF are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry with a bachelor's in resource management.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	41
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

ESF Natural Resource Management Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 1 student earned a master's degree in resource management from ESF.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry with a master's in resource management.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

ESF also has a doctoral program available in resource management. In 2021, 1 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Forestry
• Natural Resources Conservation

Careers That Resource Management Grads May Go Into

A degree in resource management can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	53,560	$74,860
Managers	16,600	$124,160
Police and Detective Supervisors	12,650	$115,940
Firefighters	11,880	$73,710
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Recreational Protective Service Workers	7,860	$27,630

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By DASonnenfeld under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.