Career Options

What can you do with environmental science?

Internship Opportunities

• National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Administration
• Washington State Legislature
• Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife
• Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium
• Northwest Trek Wildlife Park
• National Marine Fisheries Service
• Whistling Winds Organic Farm
• Pierce County Stream Team
• Citizens for a Healthy Bay
• Pacific Crest Biodiversity Project
• Washington State Department of Ecology
• GeoEngineers
• National Guard Environmental Services
• City of Tacoma
• Port of Tacoma

Our recent graduates have secured jobs with employers such as...

Environmental Consulting Firms

• Geoengineers
• NVL Laboratories, Inc.
• Parametrix, Inc.
• PRC Environmental Management, Inc.
• Steward and Associates

Public Sector/Civil Service

• County Conservation Districts
• County Health Departments
• Environmental Protection Agency
• National Marine Fisheries Service
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
• U.S. Department of Agriculture
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Washington State Department of Ecology
• Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Washington State Department of Natural Resources

Environmental Nonprofits

• Citizens for a Healthy Bay

Our students have gone on to excellent graduate and professional programs such as...

• Biology, University of Washington, Seattle
• Environment, Politics and Globalization, King's College, London
• Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle
• Huxley College Marine and Estuarine Science Program, Western Washington University
• Entomology, Washington State University
• Environmental Leadership, Tufts University
• School of Law, University of Washington, Seattle
• And various post-baccalaureate programs at UWT.

"A love for science is the first step toward a career that uses science. The love of science cannot be taught, however the building blocks that will help you use science can be taught. The UWT has a depth of professors and instructors that will show you the roads to the discipline that you will need to become a success."

-Scott MacDonald, UWT Environmental Science graduate, now employed as an environmental scientist at GeoEngineers consulting firm in Tacoma

Where are they now....

UWT Environmental Science Alums at work with WA State Department of Natural Resources