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    Career Overview

    Teach courses in environmental science. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

    Career Outlook

    Projections 2022-2030

    New job opportunities are likely in the future. With a
    7% Percent change.


    2020 Employment

    7,100

    2030 Employment

    7,600

    What training is needed?

    People starting in this career usually have:

    • Doctoral or professional degree
    • No work experience
    • No on-the-job training

    Programs that can prepare you for this career are:
    • Conservation Biology
    • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
    • Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology, Other
    • Environmental Chemistry
    • Environmental Geosciences

    What does a typical day look like?

    • Evaluate student work.
    • Develop instructional materials.
    • Supervise laboratory work.
    • Supervise student research or internship work.
    • Advise students on academic or career matters.

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    This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 2055370
    Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.