Environmental Science graduates are employed by federal and state agencies,
private and public organizations, and consulting firms. Since approximately
70% of Colby graduates eventually undertake graduate study, the Environmental
Science majors also provide students with the necessary background to continue
on to graduate school. Many graduates go directly into consulting firms, non-profit
activist organizations, government agencies, or research institutions and most
of these graduates ultimately end up in some sort of graduate program. Others
proceed to top graduate programs immediately after Colby. In recent years, Environmental
Science graduates have enrolled in graduate school programs in ecology, microbial
ecology, geology, marine biology, oceanography, natural resource management,
environmental education, public policy, regional planning, water quality management,
toxicology, occupational safety, environmental law, and environmental health.
