Explore what Environmental Science graduates do
An Environmental Science degree equips you with a multidisciplinary understanding of environmental issues. This comprehensive foundation prepares you for diverse roles in sectors including conservation, sustainability, environmental management and beyond.
Environmental Science graduates from Exeter commonly work in the following sectors:
While these sectors are popular among Environmental Science graduates, alumni from your course enter a broad range of jobs, sectors and further study, as you can see below.
Interested in career options that directly relate to your discipline or where your degree gives you a strong advantage? Start by exploring: What can I do with a Environmental Science degree?
Destinations of Exeter Environmental Science graduates
Each year, UK graduates are surveyed 15 months after finishing their degrees via the Graduate Outcomes survey.
Graduates from your discipline have entered a wide range of job roles. You can explore some recent examples below.*
Education and Teaching
- Education Programme Assistant
- Teacher (English Overseas)
- Teacher (Science)
Energy and Earth Resources
- Graduate Environmental Advisor
Environment, Conservation and Energy
- Energy and Environment Consultant
- Farmer
- Park Ranger
- Sample Preparation Technician
- Technical Coordinator
Health and Social Care
- Insight Analyst
- Pharmacy Dispenser
Politics, Government and the Public Sector
- Agroforestry Woodland Officer
- Countryside Ranger
- Planning Policy Officer
- Public Rights of Way Officer
- Research Assistant (Economic Policy)
- Wildlife Warden (Local Council)
Transport and Logistics
- Carbon Analyst
- Transport Planner
Most employers accept applications from graduates with any degree subject, so don't restrict your thinking to the jobs listed above.
Graduates from your discipline have gone on to work for a range of employers. You can explore some recent examples below.*
Graduates from your discipline have pursued various programmes of further study. You can explore some recent examples below.**
Further study related to your discipline
- MSc Agroforestry and Food Security
- MSc Conservation and Land Management
- MSc Energy Engineering with Environmental Science
- MSc Environmental Data Science and Machine Learning
- MSc Environmental Sustainability
Further study in other disciplines
- MSc Urban Planning
- PGCE Secondary Science with Physics
- Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) Certificate
Useful resources
- Discover what matters to you in a future career using our Know Yourself page.
- Explore your career options using our Employment Sectors page.
- Consider your further study options by visiting our postgraduate study page.
- Browse Exeter alumni career paths using the University's alumni profiles database and LinkedIn's University of Exeter Alumni Tool (LinkedIn account required).
- View national graduate destinations for your discipline in the What do graduates do? report. Please note it does not cover all disciplines.
*Data is based on responses from full-time, UK-domiciled students who graduated between 2020/21 and 2022/23, as reported in the Graduate Outcomes surveys.
**Individual course titles are taken from the University of Exeter’s Career Destination Survey2 (2021/22 and 2023/24).