ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Job Opportunities
Increasing ecological pressures and growing interest in environmental preservation have opened up many job opportunities for environmental studies majors.
Environmental science-oriented jobs
- ecological restoration of prairies, forests, wetlands
- education, teaching, training
- environmental chemistry
- environmental remediation
- pollution prevention
- wildlife management
Policy and management-oriented jobs
- community planning and zoning
- communication and media
- education, teaching, and training
- law
- public policy analysis
- development and enforcement of regulations
Over the last few years, about one-quarter of Dordt environmental studies graduates have gone on to do graduate studies. Others have been employed with agencies such as:
- the Nature Conservancy
- the Niagara Parks Commission
- the U.S. Forest Service
- the North Carolina Estuarium
- Christian Reformed World Relief Committee
- the Illinois Natural History Survey
- the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality
- Target Earth International
- USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
- the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- County Conservation Boards
Our growing alumni network continues to expand graduates' access to employment and graduate study opportunities.
