by our College Data Analytics TeamThose considering environmental/natural resource economics, you may also want to explore other closely related fields of study. Here you will find 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 resource economics, based on the NCES CIP-to-SOC career crosswalk. They are ranked by the number of shared occupations.
| Similar Major | Shared Careers | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Applied Economics | 4 | 368 |
| Development Economics and International Development | 4 | 375 |
| Econometrics and Quantitative Economics | 4 | 22,727 |
| Economics, General | 4 | 21,627 |
| Political Economy | 4 | 266 |
| Economics and Computer Science | 3 | 128 |
| Economics and Foreign Language/Literature | 3 | — |
| Economics, Other | 3 | 250 |
| International Economics | 3 | 281 |
| Philosophy, Politics, and Economics | 3 | 164 |
A specialization within Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy, environmental/natural resource economics shares its foundations with the other majors in that field.
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