Millersville University Biology Department
 
     
Environmental Biology Option - B.S.
Career Opportunities:
Our environmental biology graduates have careers in government and the private sector in Maine to Florida as well as Michigan, Texas, California, Washington, Hawaii, and Colorado. A number have obtained Ph.D.s from prestigious graduate programs in ecology such as Rutgers, Colorado State, Montana, North Carolina State, and Wake Forest University and work in academia, government, or in industry.

Our environmental biology graduates work as lab and field technicians, outdoor educators, park naturalists, science specialists, program scientists, environmental consultants, natural resource managers, aquatic biologists, environmental planners, wildlife managers, wetlands scientists, foresters, and professors.

We are quite proud of those who have received Ph.D.’s and now teach and conduct research at such prestigious institutions as the Universities of Washington (Seattle), Maryland, Virginia, and Georgia, Wilkes University and Tufts University, as well as Stockton College and Wabash College. Many of our graduates have become international recognized scientists. One graduate is among the leading experts concerning the behavior and conservation of endangered bird species, another is one of the world’s leading experts in the classification of insects and spiders. Others are outstanding experts concerning the development of behavior in young primates, the behavioral ecology of crows and jays, and the ecology and behavior of squirrels.