After Graduation with an Environment Science Degree

After Graduation …Environmental Science Students Do Great Things!

The Environmental Science Major at SMSU prepares students for a variety of jobs and careers. Examples of places our students have gone to work and jobs they’ve gotten include:

• Program Manager, Washington County Public Health & Environment
• Environment & Safety Specialist at a power plant in Iowa
• Environmental Health Specialist
• Pollution Control Specialist, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
• US Fish and Wildlife Service in Huron, SD
• Fisheries technician at Wyoming Game and Fish Department
• Minnesota Soil and Water Conservation District in Morris, MN
• Education & Communications Associate, Minnehaha Creek Watershed District
• Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Willmar Office
• Soil Conservation Technician
• Environmental Engineering firm, Wenck Associates, Inc , in Woodbury MN
• Upper Sioux Agency, Park Ranger
• Glacial Lakes National Park, Assistant Park Manager
• Water Quality Specialist at Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Department of Water Resources
• Centrol Crop Consultants
• Covance Pharmaceuticals, Madison WI
• Animal Presenter at Blank Park Zoo, Iowa

Other students have chosen to go on to graduate school. Places and programs our graduates have gone to school are:

• University of Minnesota at Mankato, MS in Wetland Ecology
• Alaska Pacific University, MS in Environmental Education
• St. Mary’s University, MS in GIS
• Portland State University, MS in Environmental Science
• University of Virginia, Environmental Science PhD program
• University of Montana, MS in Geosciences
• University of MN, Duluth, MS in Geology
• University of Hawaii, Manoa, Civil and Environmental Engineering, MS program