Environment
Below are sample lists of careers and majors commonly associated with Environmental Studies. Please remember, many careers do not require a specific major; rather, employers are often more interested in the experiences you have had and the skills, interests, abilities, and strengths you have developed through these experiences that enhance your academic program. Use the links below to explore careers and majors.
Majors:
- Anthropology
- Atmospheric Science
- Biology
- Biochemistry
- Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Environmental Studies
- Geology
- Geography
- Petroleum Engineering
- Political Science
- Public Administration
Careers:
- Activist
- Administrative Officer
- Agronomist
- Air and Water Quality Manager
- Anthropologist
- Archeologist
- Archivist
- Atmospheric Researcher
- Biological Anthropologist
- Biotechnologist
- Cartographer
- Chemical Engineer
- City Housing Manager
- City/County Manager
- Climatologist
- Collection Manager
- College Administrator
- Community Development Director
- Community Relations Specialist
- Conservator
- Contract Negotiator/Compliance Officer
- Computer Scientist
- Conservation Biologist
- Conservation Officer
- Construction Consultant
- Construction Engineer
- Consultant
- Cultural Anthropologist
- Cultural Resource Manager
- Demographer
- Design or Development Engineer
- Diplomat
- Earth Scientist
- Ecologist
- Educator
- Emergency Services Manager
- Environmental and Land Use Planner
- Environmental Educator
- Environmental Geochemist
- Environmental Geologist
- Environmental Manager
- Environmental Scientist
- Exhibit Designer
- Field and Lab Technician
- Field Equipment Specialist
- Fish and Wildlife Biologist
- Fish Hatchery Manager
- Flood Manager
- Food & Drug Inspector
- Foreign Affairs Specialist
- Forensic Scientist
- Forester
- Satellite Data Analyst
- Science Writer
- Seismologist
- Soil Scientist
- Special Librarian
- Storm Specialist
- Stratigrapher
- Wastewater Treatment Chemist
- Water Purification Chemist
- Geographic Information Systems Specialist
- Geologist
- Geophysicist
- Geotechnical Engineer
- Horticulturist
- Hydrogeologist
- Hydrologist
- Hydrometeorologist
- Instrumental Technician
- Insurance Claims Investigator
- Laboratory Technician
- Legislative Analyst
- Librarian
- Lobbyist
- Marketing
- Mathematical Technician
- Medical Technologist
- Meteorologist
- Mineralogist
- Museum Exhibit Designer
- Naturalist
- Oceanographer
- Organic Chemist
- Outdoor Education Specialist
- Paleoclimatologist
- Paleontologist
- Park Ranger
- Petroleum Geologist
- Planetary Geologist
- Professor
- Public Affairs Specialist
- Paleoanthropologist
- Park Guide
- Physical Anthropologist
- Project Development Officer
- Public Relations Specialist
- Radar Geophysicist
- Range Management Specialist
- Real Estate Appraisal
- Recreation Manager
- Refuge Manager
- Research Scientist
- Researcher
- Restoration Ecologist
- Tour Guide
- Transportation Commissioner
- Teacher
- Technical Writer
- Transportation Manager
- Urban Forester
- Urban and Regional Planner
- Volcanologist
- Water Quality Control Technician
- Water Quality or Conservation Specialist
- Water Resources Engineer
- Weather Correspondent
- Weather Forecaster
- Wetlands Ecologist
- Wildlife Inspector
- Writer
- Zoologist or Marine Biologist