If you are interested in environmental/natural resources management and policy, you may also want to explore other closely related fields of study. The sections below cover majors with similar career paths, related concentrations and specializations, and the most popular similar majors, ranked by annual graduates.
Programs here prepare graduates for occupations that overlap with those of environmental/natural resources management and policy, based on the NCES CIP-to-SOC career crosswalk. Ordered by the number of shared occupations.
| Similar Major | Shared Careers | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Forest Management/Forest Resources Management | 3 | 252 |
| Forest Sciences and Biology | 3 | 393 |
| Forestry, General | 3 | 1,181 |
| Natural Resources/Conservation, General | 3 | 2,739 |
| Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture | 2 | 769 |
| Ecology | 2 | 1,201 |
| Forest Resources Production and Management | 2 | 48 |
| Forestry, Other | 2 | 75 |
| Range Science and Management | 2 | 153 |
| Urban Forestry | 2 | 89 |
As a more focused area within Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy, environmental/natural resources management and policy shares its foundations with the other majors in that field.
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