2014 Master’s Degree Graduates
Six Months after Graduation First Destination
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Postgraduate Associate, New Haven, CT Royal University of Bhutan, College of Science & Technology, Chukha, Bhutan Sacred Hearts Schools, Lahaina, HI University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA Wgeningen and Sikkim Universities, Katmandu, Nepal Yale Center for Business and the Environment, New Haven, CT Yale Center for Business and Environment, New Haven, CT Yale Center for Business and the Environment, Research Analyst, New Haven, CT Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy, New Haven, CT Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, New Haven, CT Yale Project on Climate Change Communication, New Haven, CT Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry, Research Assistant, New Haven, CT Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, New Haven, CT Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Tropical Resources Institute, Research Fellow, Sinharaja, Sri Lanka Yale University Forests, New Haven, CT Yale University, New Haven, CT Yale University, Urban Ecology & Design Lab, New Haven, CT
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BlackStartup, Founding Member & CEO, San Francisco, CA Citiesense LLC, Chief Executive Officer, New Haven, CT Freelance Producer, Salt Lake City, UT Futurepast, Vice President of Research and Development, Washington, DC Private Environmental Consultant, Trumbull, CT Governmental, Tribal, Multi-­‐National & Public Sector •
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Administrative Conference of the United States, Attorney Advisor, Washington, DC Antigua & Barbuda Government, Gruber Fellow, Environment Division, Project Coordinator, St. Johns, Antigua Ateneo School of Government, Director, Manila, Philippines Chief Justice Dana Fabe, Law Clerk, Anchorage, AK City of San Mateo, Managing Arborist, San Mateo, CA Connecticut Supreme Court, Law Clerk, Hartford, CT Yale SCHOOL OF FORESTRY & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
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Consejo Civil Mexicano para la Silvicultura Sostenible, Public Policy Specialist, Mexico City, MX National Environment Commission, Senior Legal Officer, Thimphu, Bhutan New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, Urban Forester, New York City, NY NOAA/Integrated Services, Inc., Fisheries Biologist, Gloucester, MA North Carolina Clean Energy Technology Center, Energy Policy Intern, Raleigh-­‐Durham, NC Regional Center for Woodland Stewardship, Extension Forester, Nord Pas De Calais, France The Forests Dialogue, Korean Forest Service, Forest Manager, Seoul, Korea United Nations, Adviser, New York, NY United Nations Development Programme, Researcher, Energy and Environment Group, Bangkok, Thailand U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Presidential Management Fellow, Salt Lake City, UT U.S. Department of Interior, Geological Survey, Hydrologist, Houston, TX U.S. Forest Service, Ecosystem Services and Markets, Presidential Management Fellow, Natural Resources Specialist, Washington, DC U.S. Forest Service, Forest Manager, Los Gatos, CA U.S. Forest Service, Forester, Waldport, OR U.S. Forest Service, International Office, Supervisory Forester, Washington, DC U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Energy Division, Presidential Management Fellow, Washington, DC NGOs/Not-­‐For-­‐Profit •
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African Wildlife Fund, Conservation Management Trainee, Nairobi, Kenya Calgary Zoo, Conservation Research Fellow, Calgary, Alberta Connecticut Audubon Society, Director of the Coastal Center at Milford Point, Milford, CT Connecticut Fund for the Environment/Save the Sound, Green Infrastructure Program Manager, New Haven, CT DC Water, Green Infrastructure Planning Coordinator, Washington, DC Eastern Shore Land Conservancy, Coastal Resilience Specialist, Queenstown, MD Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC), Audit Program Manager, Alexandria, VA Energy Innovation, LLC, Policy Analyst, San Francisco, CA FAFO Research Foundation, China Sustainable Finance Campaigner, Beijing, China Field Innovation Team, Creative Director Green Alliance, Policy Advisor, London, UK International Institute for Sustainable Development, Sr. Researcher, Thimphu Monitor 360, Senior Consultant, Washington, DC National Young Farmers Coalition, Land Access Campaign Manager, Hudson, NY New Ecology, Inc., Senior Associate, Boston, MA Pivot Point, Program Specialist, Portland, OR Sierra Club, International Clean Energy Access, Associate Campaign Representative, San Francisco, CA Snow Leopard Conservation Center, Executive Director, Tibet, China Yale SCHOOL OF FORESTRY & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
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The Mountain Pact, Founder and Executive Director, South Lake Tahoe, CA The Nature Conservancy, Conservation GIS Analyst, Harrisburg, PA The Pew Charitable Trusts, Advisor, Global Shark Conservation Campaign, NY, NY The Regulatory Assistance Project, Consultant, Montpelier, VT The Wilderness Society, Arctic Lands Conservation Specialist, Anchorage, AK Utah Clean Energy, Program and Policy Associate, Salt Lake City, Utah Western Conservation Foundation, Wyss Fellow, Washington, DC Wildlife Conservation Society, Program Officer, North America, Bozeman, MT World Resources Institute, Research Analyst, Washington, DC World Wildlife Fund, Conservation Finance Consultant, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam World Wildlife Fund, Uganda Researcher, Beijing, China Private Sector: Consulting •
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AECOM/ENSR, Project Manager, Stamford, CT AECOM, Environmental Scientist, Destin, Florida Barbara J. Goldsmith & Company LLC Environmental Management, Environmental Projects Consultant, Washington, DC Boston Consulting Group, Consultant, Boston, MA DAI, Deputy Team Leader, Bukavu South and North Kivu Deloitte Consulting, Strategy and Operations Consulting Analyst, Auckland DNV GL, Senior Energy Analyst, Boston, MA DNV GL, Sustainability Consultant, Oakland, CA Energy and Environmental Economics, Inc., Associate Consultant, San Francisco, CA High Noon Advisors, Consultant, Berkeley, California Industrial Economics, Associate, Cambridge, MA •
Innosight, Associate Consultant, Boston, MA •
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Meister Consultants Group, Fellow, Boston, MA Navigant Consulting, Senior Consultant, Folsom, CA Next Level Consulting, Educational Consultant, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China RLR Consultants, Associate, Englewood Cliffs, NJ Roux Associates, Staff Assistant Environmental Scientist, Woburn, MA •
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Aletheia, LLP, Partner, Washington, DC Apple, Environmental Analyst, Cupertino, CA Arctas Capital, Associate, Houston, TX Cairn Pacific, LLC, Vice President-­‐ Development, Portland, OR Cleantech Marketing Group, Marketing Manager, San Francisco, CA Climate Focus B.V., Research Fellow, Washington, DC Enesa Energia, New Business Manager, Mexico City, MX Equilibrium Capital, Consultant, Portland, OR ExoNova, Founder and Managing Partner, Buenos Ares, Argentina Yale SCHOOL OF FORESTRY & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
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Nippon Steel/Sumikin Research Institute, Researcher, Environment and Energy Department, Chiba, Japan Opower, Client Associate -­‐ Rotational Program, San Francisco, CA OrderAhead, Operations Analyst, San Francisco, CA Pacific Gas and Electric Company, MBA Rotational Leadership Assoc., San Francisco, CA Palate App, Co-­‐founder and Developer, San Francisco, CA Socrata, Data Analyst, Washington, DC Sodexo, Sustainability, Support Specialist, Bethesda, MD SSG Advisors, Project Analyst, Burlington, VT Stumptown Coffee Roasters, Sourcing Relationship Manager, Portland, OR SunEdison, Manager, Corporate & Finance Projects, San Francisco. CA Sungevity, Solar Consultant, Oakland, CA Terrapin Bright Green, Consultant, New York City, NY Weyerhaeuser, Analyst-­‐ Valuation and Acquisition Specialist, Seattle, WA Further Study •
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Arizona State University, PhD Student, Tempe, AZ Duke University, PhD Student, Durham, NC Fox International Fellowship, University of Tokyo, Japan Fox International Fellowship, Mexico City, Mexico Portland State University, PhD Student, Portland, OR South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD Southern Illinois University, PhD Student, Carbondale, IL University of Minnesota Law School, Law Student, Minneapolis, MN Vermont Law, Law Student, South Royalton, VT Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, PhD Student, New Haven, CT Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, PhD Student, New Haven, CT Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, PhD Student, New Haven, CT Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, PhD Student, New Haven, CT Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, PhD Student, New Haven, CT Yale School of Law, Law Student, New Haven, CT Employment for 2014 P.h.D. Graduates
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University of Wisconsin-­‐Madison School of Human Ecology, Madison, WI University of Toronto, Department of Political Science, Canada University of Arizona, School of Government & Public Policy, Tucson, AZ University of Michigan, School of Natural Resources and Environment, Ann Arbor, MI Colby College, Waterville, ME Iowa State University, Department of Economics, Ames, IA University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC Fluidigm Corporation, San Francisco, CA Universitas Tanjungpura, Indonesia Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, N Iowa State University, Ames, IA American University, Washington, DC Yale SCHOOL OF FORESTRY & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
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Class of 2014 Master’s Degree Graduates
Employment by Sector
All Master’s Degrees – 128 Graduates * Sector Academic (K-­‐Higher Education) Further Study Government/Public Sector Not-­‐For-­‐Profit/Non-­‐Governmental Private (Business/Consulting) Self Employed Total Number of Percentage of Graduates Class 15 12% 14 11% 21 16% 32 25% 40 31% 6 5% 128 100% Master of Environmental Science (MESc) – 32 Graduates Sector Academic (K-­‐Higher Education) Further Study Government/Public Sector Not-­‐For-­‐Profit/Non-­‐Governmental Private (Business/Consulting) Self Employed Total Number of Graduates 6 8 2 12 3 1 32 Percentage of Class 19% 25% 6% 38% 9% 3% 100% Master of Environment Management (MEM) – 85 Graduates Sector Academic (K-­‐Higher Education) Further Study Government/Public Sector Not-­‐For-­‐Profit/Non-­‐Governmental Private (Business/Consulting) Self Employed Total Number of Graduates 8 4 14 19 35 5 85 Percentage of Class 9% 5% 16% 22% 41% 6% 100% Yale SCHOOL OF FORESTRY & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
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Master of Forestry (MF) – 8 Graduates Sector Academic (K-­‐Higher Education) Further Study Government/Public Sector Not-­‐For-­‐Profit/Non-­‐Governmental Private (Business/Consulting) Total Number of Graduates 1 0 5 1 1 8 Percentage of Class 13% 0% 63% 13% 13% 100% Master of Forest Science (MFS) – 3 Graduates Sector Academic (K-­‐Higher Education) Further Study Government/Public Sector Not-­‐For-­‐Profit/Non-­‐Governmental Private (Business/Consulting) Total Number of Graduates 0 2 0 0 1 3 Percentage of Class 0% 67% 0% 0% 33% 100% * Figures based on 128 responses out of a total graduating class of 143
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Class of 2014 Master’s Degree Graduates
Salary Break Down
Average Salary Range By Sector * Sector Academic Government/ Public Sector Not-­‐for-­‐profit/ NGO Private (Business/ Consulting) Self-­‐Employed Average Range (US$) $50,000 -­‐ $60,000 $50,000 -­‐ $60,000 $40,000 -­‐ $50,000 $70,000 -­‐ $80,000 $30,000 -­‐ $40,000 * Salary information is from persons with first-­‐time jobs as well as seasoned professionals * Salary figures are based on information from 53 graduates * All salary figures are in $ US Yale SCHOOL OF FORESTRY & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
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Average Salary Range for All Respondents * Salary Range 30K-­‐ 40K 40K-­‐50K 50K-­‐60K 60K-­‐70K 70K-­‐80K 80K-­‐100K 100K-­‐130K Total Number of Graduates 6 10 15 6 7 4 5 53 Percentage of Class 11.5% 19% 28% 11.5% 13% 8% 9% 100% * Salary information is from persons with first-­‐time jobs as well as seasoned professionals * Salary figures are based on information from 53 graduates * All salary figures are in $ US Yale SCHOOL OF FORESTRY & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
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