Postgraduate Careers


  • Various private consultants:- Consulting Archaeologist
    - Program Manager
    - Environmental Scientist
  • Various non-governmental organizations:- Operations Director
    - Habitat Program Manager
  • Various city governments:- Planner
    - GIS manager
  • Various county governments:- GIS Manager
    - Land Use Planner
    - Transit Planner
  • Various Indian Tribes (e.g., Yakama Nation):- Fisheries Manager
    - Historic Preservation Officer
    - GIS Analyst

Various public utility districts (e.g., Grant County Public Utility District):

  • - Archaeologist
    - Wildlife Biologist
    - GIS Analyst
    - Fisheries Biologist
    - Recreation Manager
    - Planner
  • Various irrigation/conservation districts (e.g., Kittitas County):- GIS Analyst
    - Resource Manager
  • Various universities:- Scientific Instructional Technician
    - Professor
  • Washington State Department of Ecology:- Water Resource Manager
    - Regulatory Analyst
  • Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife:- Biologist
    - Planner
  • Washington State Department of Health:- Research investigator
  • Washington State Department of Natural Resources:- Forester
    - Resource Manager
  • Washington State Department of Transportation:- Environmental GIS/Data Systems Manager
    - Environmental Coordinator
    - NEPA Planner
    - Transportation Planning Specialist
    - Project Coordinator
  • Washington State Parks & Recreation Commission:- Interpretive Program Manager
    - Interpretive Ranger
  • Washington State University Cooperative Extension:- Forest Stewardship Educator
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers:- GIS/Environmental technician
    - Project Manager
  • U.S. Army–Yakima Training Center:- Range and Training Land Coordinator
    - GIS Analyst
    - Environmental Management System and Sustainability Coordinator

U.S. Bureau of Land Management:

  • - Archeologist
    - Resource Manager
  • U.S. Bureau of Reclamation:- Historian
    - Anthropologist
    - Social scientist
  • U.S. Department of Inspections:- GIS Technician
  • U.S Environmental Protection Agency:- Air & Radiation Manager
    - Anthropologist
    - Social scientist
  • U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service:- GIS analyst
    - Ecologist
    - Anthropologist
  • U.S. Forest Service:- Archaeologist
    - GIS analyst
  • U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration:- Forest Technology Manager
    - Social Scientist
    - Anthropologist
  • U.S. National Park Service:- Archaeologist
    - Interpretative Ranger
    - Park Ranger
    - Ethnographer
    - Cultural/Regional Anthropologist

CWU News

CWU selects new executive director of Institutional Effectiveness

September 21, 2023

by

State of the University address scheduled for September 29

September 20, 2023

by

More News
Give to COTS