Graduates of the Cultural and Environmental Resource Management Program have built the following careers with these entities:

• 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

Additionally, our graduates also go on to PhD programs. Included in these are:

Robert Berrens, M.S., REM (1984); PhD, Economics, Oregon State University (2003); now Professor, Department of Economics, University of New Mexico.

Gary Cummisk, M.S. REM (1987); PhD, Geography, University of Oregon (1995); now Assistant Professor, Geography & Anthropology, Dickinson State University (North Dakota).

Joel Geffen, M.S. REM (1989); PhD, Religious Studies, University of California–Los Angeles.

Allen Sullivan, M.S., REM (1994); PhD, Geography, Oregon State University (2001); now Environmental Management System and Sustainability Coordinator at Yakima Training Center.

Clay Arango, M.S., REM (2001); PhD, Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame (2007); now lecturer, Biological Sciences and Geography, Central Washington University.

John Ward, M.S., REM (2004); PhD, Environmental Dynamics, Department of Geosciences, University of Arkansas (2007); now Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Parkside.

Paul Blanton, M.S., REM (2004); PhD, Geography, University of Oregon (2010); now Adjunct Faculty, Environmental Studies Department, Southern Oregon University.

Aaron Galloway, M.S., REM (2004); now PhD candidate, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington. 

Jane-Leigh Thomas, M.S., REM (2006); PhD, department, University of Edinburgh.

Andrew Perkins, M.S., REM (2007); now PhD candidate, Geography Department, Simon Fraser University (British Columbia).

Carla Jellum, M.S., REM (2007); now PhD candidate, Centre for Recreation Research, University of Otago (New Zealand).

Laura Applegate, M.S., REM (2007); now PhD candidate, Department of Natural Resource Science, Washington State University.