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.
Degree Statistics
This program is offered at 18 institutions across the United States, with a total of 661 degrees awarded annually.
Certificates Below Bachelor's
19
certificates awarded
Bachelor's Degrees
127
degrees awarded
Post-Baccalaureate Certificates
47
certificates awarded
Master's Degrees
19
degrees awarded
Doctoral Degrees
2
degrees awarded
Other Awards
447
awards given
Top Schools for Environmental Natural Resource Economics
These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.
| Rank | Institution | Degrees |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Chicago Chicago, IL | 138 |
| 2 | University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI | 138 |
| 3 | Michigan State University East Lansing, MI | 90 |
| 4 | Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL | 84 |
| 5 | Oregon State University Corvallis, OR | 54 |
| 6 | University of Delaware Newark, DE | 24 |
| 7 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN | 24 |
| 8 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Durham, NH | 21 |
| 9 | Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Cupey Campus San Juan, PR | 21 |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Stevens Point, WI | 16 |
| 11 | Western Washington University Bellingham, WA | 12 |
| 12 | Tuskegee University Tuskegee, AL | 9 |
| 13 | West Virginia University Morgantown, WV | 9 |
| 14 | University of Toledo Toledo, OH | 8 |
| 15 | Rowan University Glassboro, NJ | 4 |
| 16 | Utah State University Logan, UT | 3 |
| 17 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ | 3 |
| 18 | Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS | 3 |