Attending Cornell is a pretty expensive proposition – is Natural Resources a major I should consider given the cost?
This question can be re-phrased as follows: given that most students graduate from Cornell with a sizeable debt, is NR a major which will allow you to get a well-paying job to let you pay off that debt? Or, should you take a ‘specialized’ major where starting salaries are higher? The answer to this very practical question is not entirely easy. Yes, attending Cornell is expensive, and yes, many students do graduate with a significant debt load. While the starting salary base for students with NR degrees is generally lower than it is for some ‘technical specialties’ (e.g., engineering), employment prospects are still quite good – especially given the increasing concerns of human impacts on the environment. Moreover, the broad training you will receive in NR gives you considerable flexibility to work in a number of fields (see the link to ‘future prospects’ on the undergraduate program page). While ‘specialized’ jobs initially pay better, in a precarious economy, a broader set of marketab
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