<p>Just accepted into a Masters program in Environmental Science where I will be concentrating in Environmental Geology and earn a GIS certificate too. </p>
<p>How lucrative is this degree out there in the market right now? </p>
<p>There is also the option to transfer to their more technical program in Applied Geoscience after a few classes. </p>
<p>Your thoughts.</p>
<p>Bumpity bump</p>
<p>There has to be someone in here who is going the same route?</p>
<p>I am going to keep bumping until someone answers.</p>
<p>Bump again</p>
<p>Unfortunately the degree is probably not worth as much as you think… Environmental sciences is not a very big growth industry because most contracts come from the government. If you can get into a government gig, then it’s a very lucrative career. Otherwise, you’ll wind up as a consultant, and in consulting it is quite literally feast or famine. I personally think that funding for environmental cleanups will be limited over the short-term (stimulus funding ran out) so the field is due for a contraction.</p>
<p>I think you’d be better off with just a MS in Geology, or Applied Geoscience, which allows you to transfer to something more lucrative should the opportunity arise. You might be able to do the same with a MS in environmental geology after a few years.</p>