Environment, Economics and Ecology (with placement year)
35MEDIAN PAY, 15 MO£29,500
SATISFACTION79%
CONTINUATION90%
PROFESSIONAL JOBS68%
DESTINATION-WEIGHTEDAI is already used for about 35% of the work its graduates go into (Moderate).
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Environment, Economics and Ecology (with placement year)
BSc · University of York · 4 years
The pay story
- £29,500Median, 15 months after graduating (HESA Graduate Outcomes)
- £26,000Median, 3 years out (LEO)
- £34,000Median, 5 years out (LEO)
That 15-month median sits at the 84th percentile of 378 Geography and Earth Sciences courses nationally (ties counted as half, so a course on the median never reads as below it).
Graduate voice
- 90%Found their work meaningful
- 75%Felt on track with their career
- 68%In professional-level work
Where the pay comes from
- 72 / 100Information Technology Professionals · 4% of graduatescards →
- 60 / 100Business, Research and Administrative Professionals · 4% of graduatescards →
- 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 6% of graduatescards →
- 52 / 100Finance Professionals · 4% of graduatescards →
- 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 9% of graduatescards →
MORE ON THIS COURSEClassic profile (reviews, comparisons, open days, campus video) · this course as data. Measured August 2026; pay, satisfaction and continuation figures are the course's own published data (HESA GO / LEO / NSS).