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CIP 03.0204 · CLASSIFICATION 2020

Environmental/Natural Resource Economics.

A program that focuses on the application of economic concepts and methods to the analysis of issues such as air and water pollution, land use planning, waste disposal, invasive species and pest control, conservation policies, and related environmental problems. Includes instruction in cost-benefit analysis, environmental impact assessment, evaluation and assessment of alternative resource management strategies, policy evaluation and monitoring, and descriptive and analytic tools for studying how environmental developments affect the economic system.

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These institutions reported at least one first-major completion in this field in the connected reporting years ending 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. This shows historical award activity, not a complete list of available programs or an assurance that a course is accepting applications.

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Sources: NCES CIP 2020 classification and C2023_A.zip, C2024_A.zip, C2025_A.zip, C2020_A.zip, C2021_A.zip, C2022_A.zip, C2024_A.zip.

Connected Environmental/Natural Resource Economics award observations

Each row describes one ending year and award level for CIP 03.0204. Institution counts overlap across levels and years. Award counts are historical first-major awards, not unique people, available places, programme quality or a graduation rate.

Year endingAward levelReporting institutionsPositive awards
2025Bachelor degree8269
2025Postbaccalaureate certificate38
2025Master degree418
2025Doctorate — research26
2025Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year522
2024Bachelor degree7114
2024Postbaccalaureate certificate342
2024Master degree49
2024Doctorate — research15
2024Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year512
2023Bachelor degree8127
2023Postbaccalaureate certificate247
2023Master degree419
2023Doctorate — research12
2023Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year519
2022Bachelor degree591
2022Postbaccalaureate certificate232
2022Master degree26
2022Doctorate — research12
2022Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year35
2021Bachelor degree673
2021Postbaccalaureate certificate125
2021Master degree36
2021Doctorate — research12
2021Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year310
2020Bachelor degree587
2020Postbaccalaureate certificate325
2020Master degree37
2020Doctorate — research19
2020Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year214

A year ending 2025 describes July 2024–June 2025. Do not add different years to estimate an entering class or current enrolment. Follow an institution's field link below to inspect the exact records.

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CIP 03.0204 is a reporting classification. The official definition above explains its scope, while a university may use a different programme title. Related fields in classification family 03 can involve different curricula and award levels.

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Institutions with reported graduates

22 institutions

Related fields

Natural Resources/Conservation, General. ↗

Environmental Studies. ↗

Environmental Science. ↗

Natural Resources Conservation and Research, Other. ↗

Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy, General. ↗

Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management. ↗