r/OregonStateUniv • u/Wade_Doesnt_Burnnn • 4d ago

What are the possibilities with a Natural Resources degree?

Outside of jobs with USFS, what are the possibilities? How difficult is it to find stable, good-paying jobs?

Curious to see what people in this major are doing… I talked to an advisor and was told the NR degree essentially overlaps with Sustainability, so you can get two degrees at the same time (or double-major, whatever it is considered as)

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u/kmarie987 Forestry 3d ago

I think it really depends on what you choose as your NR specialization and what you want to be doing. It’s a very broad field. You could go into parks, policy, enforcement, etc.

I’ve found that I didn’t need the BS in NR to get into many positions and most of my higher ranking coworkers don’t even have a degree at all. Of my NR classmates from OSU, we all have wildly different careers within the field because we had different focuses.

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u/Wade_Doesnt_Burnnn 3d ago

Okay, thank you so much for that info! Good to know. I have the GI Bill, so I want a degree as a personal goal and I can’t pick which subject because everything sounds cool to learn about haha

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u/ForestWhisker 3d ago

Oh didn’t realize you’re a Vet, look up the Mt, Adam’s Institute for more internships, those are vets only. Erica, the lady who you’ll be in contact with if you apply is great.

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u/Wade_Doesnt_Burnnn 3d ago

Nice! Thanks!