CIP 0302 · Bachelor's Degree · Florida Gulf Coast University

Natural Resources Management and Policy at Florida Gulf Coast University

Federal outcomes for bachelor's degree graduates of Florida Gulf Coast University. 21 completers in the most recent 4-year window (39 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $35,067.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$35,067
Florida CIP-4 median $55,112
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$21,615
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
21
39 most recent year
DEBT-TO-EARNINGS

What this program's debt costs its graduates

Annual debt service as a share of median 5-year-post-completion earnings, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation.

This program at Florida Gulf Coast University

8.2%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $21,615 amortized over 10 years vs. median 5-year earnings $35,067.

Statewide CIP-4 peer median

5.2%
0%8% · GE20%+

Same debt against the Florida CIP 0302 peer-median earnings $55,112.

SECTION 02 · PROGRAM HISTORY

How this program has shifted

Federal Field-of-Study history covers 2014–15 onward. Vintage-by-vintage values for earnings, debt, and completers.

DEBT · 20142018$21,615
$24,452$20,50020142018
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
COMPLETERS · 2014201921
392120142019
Annual completers (IPEDS C).IPEDS
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION

Estimate the financial outcome of this program

Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. Selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. This is an outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.

Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.

NET PRESENT VALUE
-$29,809
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Doesn’t reach breakeven within the horizon
graduationyear 0year 39
Cost per year
$9,954
HS-only baseline · FL
$35,400
Years to complete
4
CIP family
03

Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.

PEER COMPARISON · CIP 0302

Natural Resources Management and Policy across Florida institutions

Same CIP-4 code and credential level, all Florida Title-IV institutions where Scorecard publishes outcomes. Cohort floor is 30 students.

University of MiamiPEER$55,11217 gradsSt Petersburg CollegePEER$52,24727 grads
Florida Gulf Coast UniversityTHIS PROGRAM$35,06721 grads
SUPPRESSION & SELECTION

What this page tells you, and what it doesn't

Earnings are median annual earnings of federally aided students who completed this program at this institution, drawn from federal tax records. They describe cohorts. They do not predict your earnings, and they do not claim that this program caused those outcomes — selection effects (who enrolls, who finishes, what fields they enter) dominate cross-program differences. Em-dashes mean the federal data was suppressed because the cohort was below the 30-student floor.

Methodology →