Overview

Key Features

The Environmental and Resource Economics Postgraduate Certificate from Portland State University provides an introduction to important analytical tools, including cost-benefit analysis and models of human behavior and the environment. Students in the certificate are both mid-career professionals and students in Master's degree programs at PSU.

Their enthusiasm for their research specialties is evident in the classroom and GCERE faculty are always available for advising. Come discover more about how environmental and natural resource economics can be a part of your graduate education and your future!

Career opportunities:

GCERE students are current Master’s students and mid-career professionals. Master’s students use the GCERE to add environment and resource economics to their professional skillsets. Mid-career professionals use the certificate to advance their careers or move in new directions. Both types of students combine the degree with other education and skills to get environmentally-focused jobs that require economic analysis skills. Potential positions that utilize the skills the GCERE offers are in the public, private and non-profit sectors, and include the following:

Environmental managers
Energy analysts
Consultants
Project and program analysts
Environmental advocates

Programme Structure

Courses include:

The GCERE offers small classes and expert faculty members. GCERE faculty have done years of research in areas such as:

Climate change mitigation
Economic development and the environment
Urban forestry
Alternative energy
Energy conservation
Community forest management
Economics of land use planning
Coral reef management

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-30 00:00:00

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Starting 2027-01-06 00:00:00

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Language

English

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Credits

22 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Portland, United States

Disciplines

Economics Environmental Economics & Policy View 402 other Masters in Economics in United States

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General requirements

Admission requires a minimum of a baccalaureate degree from a regionally-accredited institution with a cumulative undergraduate GPA of 3.0. An applicant with 9 or more graduate credits must have a cumulative graduate GPA of at least 3.0, and this GPA supersedes the undergraduate GPA. Current PSU graduate students must be in good academic standing.
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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

8964 USD / year

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Out-of-State

8964 USD / year

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6012 USD / year

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Living costs

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1271 - 2262 USD / month

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