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Graduates of SEAS's Environmental Policy and Planning program can work as policy analysts, advocates, planners, program managers, and leaders in nonprofit environmental organizations, land trusts, all levels of government, consulting firms, and corporations. The collaboration and dispute resolution training integral to this field of study opens job opportunities at environmental mediation firms and regional partnerships. Some graduates decide to pursue research careers at academic institutions and with nonprofit organizations.

Other career options span the range of geographic scales, including community-based conservation, state-level environmental management, federal policy-making, and work at international institutions, such as the United Nations Development Programme and World Wildlife Fund. Below is a list of employers of Environmental Policy and Planning graduates.

Featured Environmental Policy and Planning Employers

  • Alliance for the Great Lakes
  • Clean Energy Coalition
  • DTE Energy
  • Environmental Defense Fund
  • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  • ICF International
  • PwC
  • Seattle Public Utilities
  • The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
  • The Wilderness Society

For internship related information such as tips, past internships and statistics, visit our internships page.

Environmental Policy and Planning students acquire many of the skills listed below. Consider including those that apply to you on your resume:

  • Advocacy
  • Anthropology
  • Economics
  • Government relations
  • Management
  • Planning
  • Policy analysis
  • Politics
  • Psychology
  • Sociology.

Contact the SEAS Careers staff (seas-careers@umich.edu) for resume and cover letter reviews, mock interviews, internship, and job search help.

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