Your environmental career will develop from the combination of your major, practical experience and unique personal qualities. Take advantage of internships, volunteer opportunities, clubs, and other activities to expand and deepen your environment-related experience -- and explore these links to see where they can take you!
Career Resources
- What can I do with this major? - Scroll down and click the the "Careers in Environmental Science" box! Explore career titles, career-planning tips, and examples of organizations that ENSP majors could work for! (From UMD/BSOS Career Center)
- What can I do with a major in...? - includes applicable job titles, job and internship links, and industry information links (from UNC-Wilmington)
- Careers in Science - great information from ScienceBuddies.org. Ignore the "kiddie" language -- the information, the variety of career-related images, and salary information are excellent.
- Occupational Outlook Handbook - a "classic" from the US Dept of Labor, includes salary information
- USDA 2015-2020 Job Outlook Report: Employment Opportunities for College Graduates in Food, Agriculture, Renewable Natural Resources, and the Environment
- Emerging careers: Environmental Science: from Pearson Education: "job prospects in this field are great, and the demand for green expertise is only growing."
Life Sciences careers
- Agriculture & Interdisciplinary Research
- Botany
- Botany - a personal view: Tracy Misiewicz, ENSP-Biodiversity, Class of 2004
- Conservation Biologist
- Ecological Restoration
- Fisheries Science
- Forestry
- Landscape Architecture - ASLA
- Landscape Architecture - BLS
- Marine Biology
- Ornithology
- Park Ranger
- Science Policy
- State Parks - Maryland
- Urban Agriculture
- Veterinary Medicine
- Wildlife Biologist
- Wildlife Conservation and Management
- Wildlife Rehabilitation
- Zoos and Aquariums
Earth Systems careers
- Climate Change Research
- Ecological Restoration
- Environmental Health (WHO)
- Environmental Health and Safety Management (NAEM)
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental Remediation
- Geoscience - including Geology, Hydrology, and more!
- Geoscience and Remote Sensing
- Hydrologist
- Interdisciplinary Research in Agriculture
- Marine and Aquatic Sciences
- Meteorology
- Oceanography
- NOAA Commissioned Officer
- Physical Geography
- Science Policy
- Soil Science
- State Parks - Maryland
- Sustainability Coordinator
- Water Resources Management
- Water - multi-disciplinary opportunities
Policy & Planning careers
- Climate Change and National Security
- Ecological Anthropology
- Ecosystem Valuation
- Environmental Justice
- Environmental Law
- Environmental Sociology
- Geography
- Local government/planning - for any city!
- Historic Preservation
- Land and Cultural Resource Conservation
- Landscape Architecture - ASLA
- Landscape Architecture - BLS
- Lobbying
- Marine and Coastal Management
- Marine Policy
- Ocean Economics
- Planning
- Policy Analysis
- Policy Guidance and Advice
- State Parks - Maryland
- Sustainability Careers
- Sustainability in Business
- Urban and Regional Planning
- Water - multi-disciplinary opportunities
Environmental & Outdoor Education careers
Writing, Journalism & Publishing careers
- Science Writing
- Science and Natural History Filmmaking
- Conservation Photography
- Nature Photography
- National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
- Outdoor Writing
- Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ)
- Note: Students interested in science writing and environmental journalism may take supporting courses in Journalism, provided they first satisfy Journalism's admissions requirements.
- Bay Journal: The Chesapeake Bay Newspaper
- Island Press: Publishing
- Scientific American
- Worldwatch Institute
