Career Opportunities

Recent NRES Graduates are employed with:                               

   State and Local Agencies

• Department of Environmental Management
• Department of Natural Resources
• Cooperative Extension Service
•  Department of Health

Federal Agencies

• EPA
• Natural Resources Conservation Service
• Department of Defense

Industry

• Environmental consulting firms
• Private business
• Waste disposal firms
• Environmental laboratories
• Pharmaceutical companies
• Technical sales of environmental products

Many NRES graduates continue on to Graduate School , Law School, or other Professional Degree Programs

NRES graduates may practice environmental law, environmental engineering, teaching, or work in extension or research in universities and industry.  Below is a list of positions held by NRES graduates:

• Environmental Consultant
• Wetland Scientist
• Field Chemist
• Wildlife Biologist
• Microbiologist
• Ecological Risk Assessor
• Environmental Attorney
• Industrial Engineer
• Urban Project Coordinator
• Species Conservation Specialist
• Soil Conservationist
• Pollution Control Director
• Environmental Planner