Natural Resources Conservation and Research programs in Illinois

3 schools in Illinois teach this, at certificate or associate level. The Department of Education publishes earnings for none of them, so the figures below are what the occupation itself pays.

What this work pays in Illinois

Compliance Officers in Illinois earn a median of $80,550 a year across 10,650 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads to	Median	Jobs in Illinois
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	$81,590	1,550
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health	$59,930	980
Forest and Conservation Technicians	$52,790	820
Conservation Scientists	$69,590	730
Foresters	$82,160	220

Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.

Schools

School	Credential	Median debt	Graduate earnings, 2 yrs	Graduates
Benedictine University Lisle	Undergraduate certificate	—	not published	0
Lewis and Clark Community College Godfrey	Undergraduate certificate	—	not published	2
Lewis and Clark Community College Godfrey	Associate's degree	—	not published	3

A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.

Email me when these figures change

The U.S. Department of Education publishes new cost, debt and earnings figures once a year, and every number on this page changes at once. One email when that happens for Natural Resources Conservation and Research — nothing else, and nothing in between.

Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.