{"id":5,"date":"2021-07-21T11:14:26","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T16:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/css\/environmental-studies\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2023-03-29T12:58:29","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T17:58:29","slug":"career-options","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/css\/environmental-studies\/career-options\/","title":{"rendered":"Career Options"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\">A career in Environmental Studies will consist of the study of and conservation of the natural world. Many graduates are hired by government agencies, non-profit organizations and private businesses.<\/p>\n<h2>Common Careers for Environmental Studies Graduates Include<\/h2>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;max-width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 34px\">\n<th style=\"max-width: 33.3333%;height: 34px\"><strong>Career<\/strong><\/th>\n<th style=\"max-width: 33.3333%;height: 34px\"><strong>Median Salary<\/strong><\/th>\n<th style=\"max-width: 33.3333%;height: 34px\"><strong>Outlook<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 50px\">\n<td style=\"max-width: 33.3333%;height: 50px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/ooh\/life-physical-and-social-science\/geological-and-petroleum-technicians.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Geohydrologist<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"max-width: 33.3333%;height: 50px\">$50,630<\/td>\n<td style=\"max-width: 33.3333%;height: 50px\">9%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 34px\">\n<td style=\"max-width: 33.3333%;height: 34px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/ooh\/life-physical-and-social-science\/geoscientists.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Geoscientist<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"max-width: 33.3333%;height: 34px\">$93,580<\/td>\n<td style=\"max-width: 33.3333%;height: 34px\">7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 34px\">\n<td style=\"max-width: 33.3333%;height: 34px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/ooh\/life-physical-and-social-science\/hydrologists.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Hydrologist<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"max-width: 33.3333%;height: 34px\">$84,040<\/td>\n<td style=\"max-width: 33.3333%;height: 34px\">6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 34px\">\n<td style=\"max-width: 33.3333%;height: 34px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/ooh\/management\/natural-sciences-managers.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Natural resource manager<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"max-width: 33.3333%;height: 34px\">$137,940<\/td>\n<td style=\"max-width: 33.3333%;height: 34px\">6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 34px\">\n<td style=\"max-width: 33.3333%;height: 34px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/ooh\/life-physical-and-social-science\/chemists-and-materials-scientists.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Chemists and Material Scientists<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"max-width: 33.3333%;height: 34px\">$80,680<\/td>\n<td style=\"max-width: 33.3333%;height: 34px\">6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 34px\">\n<td style=\"max-width: 33.3333%;height: 34px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/ooh\/life-physical-and-social-science\/conservation-scientists.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Conservation Scientists and Foresters<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"max-width: 33.3333%;height: 34px\">$64,010<\/td>\n<td style=\"max-width: 33.3333%;height: 34px\">7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 34px\">\n<td style=\"max-width: 33.3333%;height: 34px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/ooh\/architecture-and-engineering\/environmental-engineers.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Environmental Engineer<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"max-width: 33.3333%;height: 34px\">$92,120<\/td>\n<td style=\"max-width: 33.3333%;height: 34px\">4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 34px\">\n<td style=\"max-width: 33.3333%;height: 34px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/ooh\/architecture-and-engineering\/environmental-engineering-technicians.htm#tab-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"max-width: 33.3333%;height: 34px\">$51,630<\/td>\n<td style=\"max-width: 33.3333%;height: 34px\">8%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 34px\">\n<td style=\"max-width: 33.3333%;height: 34px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/ooh\/life-physical-and-social-science\/environmental-science-and-protection-technicians.htm#tab-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Environmental Science and Protection Technician<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"max-width: 33.3333%;height: 34px\">$46,850<\/td>\n<td style=\"max-width: 33.3333%;height: 34px\">11%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 34px\">\n<td style=\"max-width: 33.3333%;height: 34px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/ooh\/life-physical-and-social-science\/environmental-scientists-and-specialists.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Environmental Scientists and Specialists<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"max-width: 33.3333%;height: 34px\">$73,230<\/td>\n<td style=\"max-width: 33.3333%;height: 34px\">8%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>For more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/services\/career\/choosing-a-major\/career-outlook\/\">career outlook information<\/a>, visit Career Services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A career in Environmental Studies will consist of the study of and conservation of the natural world. 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Common Careers for Environmental Studies Graduates Include Career Median Salary Outlook Geohydrologist $50,630 9% Geoscientist $93,580 7% Hydrologist $84,040 6% Natural resource manager $137,940 6% Chemists [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-5","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/css\/environmental-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/css\/environmental-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/css\/environmental-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/css\/environmental-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/css\/environmental-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/css\/environmental-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":318,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/css\/environmental-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/css\/environmental-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}