What kind of jobs can you get with an environmental geosciences BS degree?

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<p>I'm going to be transferring to SUNY Buffalo and I'm planning on majoring in environmental geosciences.
I've been doing some research on the internet about this particular field and I learned I can become a geoscientist if I can get my MS degree. I would like to go to grad school to get my MS but transferring to UB right now is going to be expensive enough for me right now (I'm going to take student loans.... which terrifies me even though I'd be able to study what I want to study.)
I've been attending a college near home so I could save money but had to transfer when I finally decided on what to major in.</p>

<p>What kind of entry level jobs are there for environmental geosciences majors? I read in a few places that there aren't much opportunities with a bachelor's degree.</p>

<p>I would love to go to grad school and get my masters to become a licensed geoscientist, but I just can't afford it when I'm already taking student loans to pay for undergrad. There are no schools near home that offer this and I don't get much financial aid.</p>

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<p>Master’s degrees in the geosciences are generally funded in (reputable) programs. Meaning, if you get accepted, the acceptance comes with something like a fellowship, research assistantship (RA), or teaching assistantship (TA), or some combination of the three, which will pay for your tuition and pay you a salary as well (not a ton, but enough to live on). Not all graduate programs have the MS as a terminal degree; those that do are more likely to provide funding. You’re on the right track thinking about grad school though - a bachelor’s will allow you do do some jobs (work an oil rig, water quality monitoring, maybe some environmental consulting work depending on where you end up), but the MS opens a lot of doors, and is considered the professional degree in the geosciences.</p>

<p>For extra fun, you can defer your student loans while you’re in grad school - if you have federal loans with subsidized interest, you won’t pay a dime until you get out and won’t have accumulated any additional debt.</p>