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
| 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
| 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