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Careers

A degree in Environmental Health allows several different career options. More than 90% of graduates who are looking for a job have one at graduation or soon after. These individuals have gone on to environmental consulting companies, private corporations, the Peace Corps (and other international organizations, and state, county, and city health agencies.

Also, recent graduates of the program have gone on to do advanced work at some of the best schools of public health in the nation, including the UW. Others have entered professional schools in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and law.

Where could a degree in Environmental Health take you?

Take a look a the stories below to see what some of our Environmental Health alumni are doing with their degrees.

• Katia Harb went to grad school.
  
• Carolyn Guertin McHugh went to medical school.
  
• Tanya MacFarlane works for a local health department.
  
• Gabriela De Pavia is employed in the private sector.
  
• Jude Van Buren is now with the state government.
  
• Michael Box is in the Coast Guard working for the federal government.
  

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