Employment Data

Our graduates are actively making a difference in the world at nonprofits, NGOs, intergovernmental agencies, government agencies, businesses, entrepreneurial startups, and in academia.

Class of 2024 Master’s Graduates

The Office of Career and Professional Development conducts a survey six months after graduation each year, to determine the academic and employment activities of recent YSE graduates.

The survey is a snapshot at 6 months post graduation, and includes only alumni who have participated in the survey.

First Destination By Sector

Class of 2024, Six Months Post-Graduation

First Destination — by Sector
Class of 2024, Six Months Post-Graduation
Sector Respondents Percent
Academic (K – Higher Education) 11 13%
Further Study 10 11%
Government / Intergovernmental/Public Sector 10 11%
Not-for-Profit / Non-Governmental Organization 29 33%
Private (Business / Consulting / Law) 28 32%
Total 88 100%

First Destination Salaries

Class of 2024, Six Months Post-Graduation
Salary Ranges — by Sector
Class of 2024, Six Months Post-Graduation
Sector Respondents Median Range
Academia (K-Higher Ed) 9 $40-50k $30-100k
Government/Intergovernmental/Public Sector 10 $60-70k $30-150k
Not-for-Profit/Non-Governmental Organization 29 $70-80k $30-150k
Private (Business/Consulting/Law) 27 $80-90k $30-170k+
Total 75 $70-80k $30-170k+

Destination and Position Listings

  • Hixon Center for Urban Sustainability, Postgraduate Associate/Director of Communications and External Relations, New Haven, CT
  • Massachusetts Institute of Tecnnology (MIT), GIS & Statistics Librarian, Cambridge, MA
  • Oregon State University, Assistant Professor of Practice – Extension Forester, St. Helens, OR
  • The Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Sustainability Initiative (JEDSI) at the Yale School of the Environment, Research Associate, New Haven, CT
  • Urban Resources Initiative, Yale School of the Environment, GreenSkills Manager, New Haven, CT
  • Yale Center for Geospatial Solutions, Earth Observation Lab Assistant, New Haven, CT
  • Yale School Forests, Forest Manager, New Haven, CT
  • Yale School of the Environment, Post-graduate Associate, New Haven, CT
  • Yale School of the Environment, Postgraduate Associate, New Haven, CT
  • Yale University, Postgraduate Associate, New Haven, CT
  • Yale University, Research Assistant, New Haven, CT

  • Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands / US Army, Climate Policy Analyst, Washington, DC
  • Federal Transit Administration, Deputy Program Manager, Washington, DC
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Knauss Fellow – Policy Analyst, Silver Spring, MD
  • Natural Resources Conservation Service, Natural Resources Specialist, Washington, DC
  • New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, Forester II, New York City, NY
  • PT PLN (Persero), Senior Officer of Change Management Strategy, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • U.S. Forest Service, Forester, Redding, CA
  • United States Geological Survey, Student Contractor, Bozeman, MT
  • US Environmental Protection Agency, ORISE Fellow, Washington, DC
  • Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, Chief Policy Advisor, Richmond, VA

  • Associate, Rocky Mountain Institute, Boulder, CO, USA
  • Avni Center for Sustainability, Environment Specialist/Co-founder, Kathmandu, Bagmati
  • Bia Forest, Head of Strategy and Fundraising (On Contract)
  • CLASP, Climate Manager, Washington, DC
  • Clean Virginia, Good Governance Director, Charlottesville, VA
  • Climate Cardinals, COO, New York, NY
  • Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural Land Trust, Additive Conservation Manager, Steamboat Springs, CO
  • Consensus Building Institute, Associate, Cambridge, MA
  • Conservation Finance Network, Director of Partnerships
  • Elemental Impact, Senior Investment Manager, New York, NY
  • Environmental Defense Fund, Research Analyst, Climate Innovation
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Forest Innovation Consultant, Rome, Italy
  • Forest Trends Association, Associate, Washington DC
  • Groundwork Bridgeport, Inc., Deputy Director, Bridgeport, CT
  • Groundwork USA, Communications Manager
  • Highlands Center for Climate, Conservation & Connectivity, Executive Director, Warwick, NY
  • Natural Resources Defense Council, Environmental Law Fellow, New York, NY
  • New England Forestry Foundation, Southern New England Program Forester, Littleton, MA
  • NextGen Policy, Climate Policy Advisor, Sacramento, CA
  • North Carolina Clean Energy Fund, Program Director, Durham, NC
  • Paris Agreement Article 6 Implementation Partnership Center, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Policy Researcher, Hayama, Kanagawa
  • Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Visiting Researcher, Kyoto, Japan
  • Rhode Island Sea Grant Legal Program/Marine Affairs Institute, Staff Attorney, Bristol, RI
  • Ruffed Grouse Society, Public Lands Forester, Rutland, VT
  • San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, Conservation Program Specialist, San Diego, CA
  • TechnoServe, Manager – Strategic Initiatives, Frederick, MD
  • The Center for Applied Environmental Law and Policy, Attorney
  • The Nature Conservancy, Urban Forest Network Coordinator, New Haven, CT
  • Tobin Center for Economic Policy, Climate Fellow, New Haven, CT
  • World Wildlife Foundation, Strategy and Monitoring Specialist, Lima, Peru

  • Associate Consultant/Project Management, Independent
  • Anew Climate, Forest Carbon Analyst, Seattle, WA
  • Anthesis Group, Nature Solutions Consultant, Trumbull, CT
  • Apex Clean Energy, GIS Developer, Charlottesville, VA
  • Arup, Sustainable Investment Advisory Consultant, San Francisco, CA
  • Bloomberg, Wind Analyst, London, UK
  • Camphora Pte. Ltd., Graduate Ecologist, Singapore
  • Cella Mineral Storage, Founder’s Associate, Brooklyn, NY
  • Charles River Associates, Associate, Washington DC
  • Climate Action Now, Director of Outreach
  • ClimeCo, Associate Manager – Sustainability Advisory, Seattle, WA
  • EY-Parthenon, Director, Houston, TX
  • Fernleaf, Resilience Specialist, Asheville, NC
  • GoldenGrid Corp./GoldenMax Energy Inc., Project Manager/Head of Operation
  • Green Mountain Power, Distributed Energy Resources Leader, Colchester, VT
  • Institutional Shareholder Services- Corporate , Sustainable Finance Consultant , Toronto , ON, Canada
  • LandYield, Operations Manager, Chattanooga, TN
  • Marathon Capital, Associate, Chicago, IL
  • Marathon Capital, Associate, Chicago, IL
  • Mendocino Redwood Company, Forestry Inventory Cruiser, Ukiah, CA
  • Molg, Chief of Staff, Sterling, VA
  • Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Analyst, Shenzhen, China
  • Okovate Sustainable Energy, Chief Agriculture Officer, New Haven, CT
  • Resource Innovations, Equitable Electrification Lead
  • Resource Management Service, Investment Analyst, Birmingham, AL
  • Saudi Aramco, Senior Engineer, Riyadh, Central Province, Saudi Arabia
  • SCS Global Services, Technical Specialist I, Textile Exchange
  • Stillmeadow Community Fellowship, Urban Forestry Workforce Trainer, Baltimore, MD

  • Colorado State University, PhD, Soil and Crop Sciences, Fort Collins, CO
  • Cornell University, PhD, Applied Economics and Management, Ithaca, NY
  • Princeton University, PhD, School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton, NJ
  • University of California – Santa Cruz, PhD, Environmental Studies, Santa Cruz, CA
  • University of California, Berkeley, PhD, ESPM, Berkeley, CA
  • University of California, Berkeley, PhD, Jurisprudence and Social Policy, Berkeley, CA
  • Yale University, PhD, Forestry, New Haven, CT
  • Yale University, School of the Environment, PhD, New Haven, CT
  • Yale University, School of the Environment, PhD, New Haven, CT
  • Yale University, School of the Environment, PhD, New Haven, CT

Employment Data Archive