Plan on Pursuing a Career that Impacts the Lives of Many
There is a growing need for those with degrees in geography and regional planning, both in the private and public sectors. Over the last 10 years, more than 90 percent of IUP geography, geoscience, environmental, and planning graduates have been employed in their field of study or accepted into graduate programs. The U.S. Department of Labor has classified the jobs in our fields as growing as fast to much faster than the U.S. job market as a whole for the next decade, and geospatial technology has been classified as a High Growth Industry by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Professors Taught Her How to Handle Tough Situations
"Our professors were not afraid to share their own experiences and used them to teach us how to be prepared. I have used many of their teachings already in my own career and have avoided some sticky situations that could have occurred if I had not been prepared by my professors to handle these difficult situations."
Angie Zanin, now a Planner at Johnson Mirmiran and Thompson in Sparks, Maryland
Careers
With a BA in Geography, BSEd in Geography, or a BS in Regional Planning, you can pursue careers as:
- Community/urban (city or county) planner (with regional, state, and federal agencies)
- Geographic information systems specialist or analyst
- Energy industry location analyst
- Environmental analyst
- Technical specialist for engineering/consulting firms
- Land use planner
- Energy industry environmental compliance/permitting specialist
- Community development specialist
- Cartographer
- Remote sensing specialist
- Watershed/water quality specialist
- Transportation planner
- Social science (geography, history, economics educator)
- Facility manager
- Writer/researcher
With a BSEd in Social Studies Education, Geography Track, you can:
- Teach secondary school geography classes
Path to Higher Degrees
With a geography or regional planning degree from IUP, you can pursue many different higher degrees. The following are some of the more common ones:
- MS in Geography
- PhD in Geography