Where graduates have gone and what they're doing
Over the years, a number of students who majored in Biology, Environmental Science, Geology, or a closely-related field and are now relying on GIS to perform their work. Below is just a sampling of job titles, organizations, and locations of the places they work.
Airport Planning Project Manager - Pittsburgh International Airport (Pittsburgh, PA)
Associate Technical Consultant - Esri (Herndon, VA)
Conservation Technician - Lawrence County Conservation District (New Castle, PA)
Designer III - McAdams (Raleigh, NC)
Enterprise Services Lead - OmniTRAX, Inc. (Denver, CO)
Environmental Analyst 3 - Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (Hartford, CT)
Environmental Scientist - Moody and Associates (Pittsburgh, PA)
Environmental Scientist - TRC Companies, Inc. (Pittsburgh, PA)
Environmental Scientist III - EA Engineering, Science, and Technology, Inc. (Hunt Valley, MD)
Field Operations Coordinator - Alleghany Services (Webster, NY)
Forestry Technician - Redstart Forestry (Bradford, VT)
Geospatial Analyst II - BAE Systems, Inc. (Pittsburgh, PA)
Geospatial Analyst - County of Venango (Franklin, PA)
GIS Analyst - City of Arlington (Dallas-Fort Worth, TX)
GIS Analyst - Cuyahoga County (Cleveland, OH)
GIS Analyst - NV5 Geospatial (Corvallis, OR)
GIS Analyst - Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (Bethel Park, PA)
GIS Manager - Environmental Consultants (Lillington, NC)
GIS Manager - Exus Renewables (Pittsburgh, PA)
GIS Manager - South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (Lexington, SC)
GIS Professional - Dewberry (Atlanta, GA)
GIS Specialist - Burns & McDonnell (Greensburg, PA)
GIS Specialist - Kleinfelder (San Diego, CA)
GIS Technician - Bexar Appraisal District (San Antonio, TX)
Habitat Restoration Forester - Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife (Ellensburg, WA)
Heritage GIS Technician II - The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy (Pittsburgh, PA)
Interdisciplinary Geography/Geologist - U.S. Geological Survey (Woods Hole, MA)
Landscape Designer/Planner - SE Group (Burlington, VT)
Manager of Forest Carbon Data Innovation - Verra (Kensington, MD)
Principal Software Engineer - Regrow Ag (Boulder, CO)
Producer - Bohemia Interactive Simulations (Pittsburgh, PA)
Regional Planner - Northeastern Vermont Development Association (Lyndonville, VT)
Renewable Energy Project Developer - Exus Renewables (Pittsburgh, PA)
Research Field Technician, Critical Zone Science - Colorado School of Mines (Golden, CO)
Senior Cartographic Applied Researcher - U.S. Geological Survey (Denver, CO)
Senior Environmental Stewardship Technician - New York State Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation (Ellicottville, NY)
Senior Geospatial Engineer - Bohemia Interactive Solutions (Pittsburgh, PA)
Senior GIS Analyst - EarthDefine (Redmond, WA)
Senior GIS Specialist - GAI Consultants, Inc. (Homestead, PA)
Senior Management Consultant - Arcadis (Buffalo, NY)
Site Origination and Utility Scale Solar Development - Oriden (Pittsburgh, PA)
Staff Telecommunications Specialist - Burns & McDonnell (Kansas City, MO)
Sr. Vice President - Alliance Consulting (Beaver, WV)
Water Resources Specialist - Prior Lake/Spring Lake Watershed District (Minneapolis, MN)
Wolf Research Technician - Voyageurs Wolf Project (Glen Allen, MN)