Employment Data
Our graduates are actively making a difference in the world at nonprofits, government agencies, businesses and entrepreneurial startups, academia, and in the research sector.
The Office of Career and Professional Development conducts a survey six months after graduation each year, to determine the academic and employment activities of recent YSE graduates.
The survey is a snapshot at 6 months post graduation, and includes only alumni who have participated in the survey.
Class of 2022 First Destination by Sector

Class of 2022 first destination six months after graduation.
- Kelly Education, Science Teacher, Bridgeport, CT
- Yale Center for Business and the Environment, Equitable Energy Program Manager, New Haven, CT
- Yale School of the Environment, Postgraduate Fellow, New Haven, CT
- Yale School of the Environmental, Agroforestry Fellow, New Haven, CT
- Yale University, Postgraduate Associate, New Haven, CT
- Addison County Regional Planning Commission, GIS Manager & Natural Resources Planner, Middlebury, VT
- California Coastal Commission, NOAA Coastal Management Fellow, San Francisco, CA
- California Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Scientist, Sacramento, CA
- Connecticut Department of Transportation, Governor’s Fellow, Newington, CT,
- Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, Rate Specialist, New Britain, CT
- County of Yolo, California, Sustainability Manager, Woodland, CA
- Federal District Court of Vermont, Judicial Law Clerk, Burlington, VT
- Federation of American Scientists, Impact Fellow for Wildfire and Nature-Based Solutions at the White House Office of Management and Budget, Washington D.C.
- Government of Maharashtra, Managing Director, Haffkine Biopharmaceuticals Corporation Ltd., Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- National Park Service, Program Analyst, Boulder, CO
- New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services/Tidal Basin Government Consulting, Climate Policy Specialist, AlbaNew York, NY
- Sonoma Resource Conservation District, Forestry Technician, Santa Rosa, CA
- United States Agency for International Development, Country Desk Officer, Washington, D.C.
- United States Bureau of Reclamation, Program Analyst, Water Resources and Planning Office, Denver, CO
- United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service, Urban Soil Conservationist, Troy, NY
- United States Department of Energy, Energy Justice Management & Program Analyst, Washington, D.C.
- United States Department of Transportation, Environmental Protection Specialist, Washington, D.C.
- United States Forest Service, Adaptive Management Specialist, Fort Collins, CO
- United States Forest Service, ORISE Fellow, Seattle, WA
- AdkAction, Executive Director, Keeseville, NY
- C40 Cities, Intern, New York, NY
- Climate Analytics Inc, Junior Implementation Strategist, New York, NY
- Coalition for Green Capital, Director of Policy and Network, Washington, D.C.
- Colorado Clean Energy Fund, Program Manager, Denver, CO
- Environmental Defense Fund, Senior ESG Analyst, New York, NY
- Environmental Defense Fund, Project Management Fellow, San Francisco, CA
- Evergreen Action, Power sector policy lead, New Haven, CT
- Hill Country Alliance, Water Program Manager, Austin, TX
- Joules Accelerator, Marketing & Community Manager, Charlotte, NC
- National Association of State Energy Officials, Program Manager, Arlington, VA
- National Association of Wetland Managers, Environmental Analyst, Portland, ME
- New York Botanical Garden, Director of the Thain Family Forest, Bronx, NY
- Ocean Conservancy, Lead Research Analyst, Remote
- Pan American Development Foundation, Program Associate (Humanitarian Program), Washington, D.C.
- Pew Charitable Trusts, Principal Associate, Washington, D.C.
- Potomac Conservancy, Director of Land Conservation, Silver Spring, MD
- Restauremos El Colorado, Gruber Fellow, Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico
- Round River Conservation Studies, Program Instructor, Maun, Botswana
- The Nature Conservancy, Blue Carbon Specialist, Nassawadox, VA
- The Nature Conservancy, Sustainable Agriculture Specialist, Remote
- The Pew Charitable Trusts, Principal Associate, Washington, D.C.
- The Rockefeller foundation, Strategic project lead, Nairobi, Kenya
- University of California Berkeley, Methane Policy Fellow, Berkeley, CA
- UPROSE, Energy Democracy Coordinator, Brooklyn, NY
- Virginia Interfaith Power and Light, Faith Outreach Coordinator and Transit Campaign Lead, Richmond, VA
- Wildlife Conservation Society, Wild Animal Keeper, Brooklyn, NY
- Wildlife Conservation Society, GIS and Forest Analyst, Washington D.C.
- Winrock International, Senior Program Associate, Arlington, VA
- World Business Council of Sustainable Development, Consultant, New York, NY
- World Resources Institute, Senior Research Associate, Ocean Data, Washington, D.C.
- World Resources Institute, Research Analyst II, Cities4Forests and Natural Infrastructure, Washington, D.C.
- 3Degrees, Policy Manager, Carbon Markets, San Francisco, CA
- Abt Associates, Analyst, Cambridge, MA
- AES Clean Energy, Associate, Growth Strategy, Arlington, VA
- Amazon.com, Energy Operations Manager, Seattle, WA
- Boston Consulting Group, Associate, Shanghai, China
- BlackRock, Analyst, New York, NY
- Booz Allen Hamilton, Environmental Protection Specialist, Washington, D.C.
- Boston Consulting Group, Senior Associate, New York, NY
- Cisco Systems, Business Analyst, New Haven, CT
- Citigroup, Assistant Vice President, Corporate Banking Sustainability and Corporate Transitions, New York, NY
- Clear Strategy Inc., Associate, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- ClearFlame Engines, VP of Strategy, Denver, CO
- ConnectGen LLC, Renewable Development Associate, Houston, TX
- Copenhagen Offshore Partners, Graduate Analyst, Boston, MA
- Corporate Citizenship, Senior Consultant, New York, NY
- Deloitte LLP, Sustainability Senior, Stamford, CT
- DSD Renewables, Head of Policy/Sr. Director, Washington, D.C.
- Environmental Resource Management, Senior Consultant, New York, NY
- Esherick Homsey Dodge and Davis Architecture, Climate Strategist, San Francisco, CA
- Eversource, Energy Efficiency Consultant, Berlin, CT
- Foodprint Group, Zero Waste Specialist, Remote
- FTI Consulting, Senior Consultant, Boston, MA
- Greenskies Clean Energy, Asset Management Analyst, New Haven, CT
- Hart Howerton, Architectural Designer, New York, NY
- Industrial Economics, Incorporated, Science Associate, Cambridge, MA
- JPMorgan Chase & Co, Senior Associate – Sustainability, New York, NY
- JPMorgan Chase & Co, Operational Sustainability Associate, Washington, D.C.
- Lumentum, Quality Engineer – LCA Specialist, San Jose, CA
- McKinsey & Company, Business Analyst, Shanghai, China
- McKinsey & Company, Fellow Associate, Berlin, Germany
- Mill Creek Renewables, Environmental Compliance Manager
- MUFG Bank, Associate, Investment Banking, Los Angeles, CA
- Nomura, Associate, San Francisco, CA
- PricewaterhouseCoopers, Sustainability Manager, Denver, CO
- Rincon Consultants, Climate Action Planner, Oakland, CA
- S&P Global, Research Analyst II, Washington, D.C.
- Schneider Electric Sustainability Business, Sustainability Consultant
- Schneider Electric Sustainability Business, Sustainability Consultant
- Sealed Air Corporation, Sustainability Specialist, fully remote, Washington, D.C.
- Sol Systems, Business Development Associate, Washington, D.C.
- Spring Lane Capital, Associate, Boston, MA
- Stantec, Public Affairs Specialist, Los Angeles, CA
- Stantec, Community Resilience Specialist, Laurel, MD
- Stinson LLP, Attorney, Dallas, TX
- Terra Global Capital, Remote Sensing Associate, Remote
- The Cool Down, Digital Content Manager, Remote
- Ulteig, Technology Innovation Associate, Denver, CO
- Utilidata, State Policy and Regulatory Lead, Providence, RI
- Walmart, Senior Manager, Sustainability, Bentonville, AR
- Weston & Sampson, Architect – Climate Resiliency, Boston, MA
- World Tree, Los Angeles, CA
- WSP USA, Associate Consultant, Chicago, IL
- WSP USA, Assistant Consultant Environmental Planner, Providence, RI
- Anderson & Kreiger LLP, Associate Attorney, Boston, MA
- Mead, Talerman & Costa, LLC, Attorney, Newburyport, MA
- Fox International Fellow, Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Fulbright Scholar, Rabat, Morocco
- Fulbright Scholar, Tetiaroa, French Polynesia
- Ph.D. Student, Pennsylvania State, Recreation, Parks, and Tourism Management, State College, PA
- MBA Student, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford, CA
- Ph.D. Student, University of California, Berkeley, Environmental Science, Policy, &, Berkeley, California
- Ph.D. Student, University of California, Berkeley, Environmental Science, Policy and Management, Berkeley, CA
- Ph.D. Student, University of Michigan, School for Environment and Sustainability, Ann Arbor, MI
- Ph.D. Student, Yale University, School of the Environment, New Haven, CT
Class of 2022 First Destination Salary Ranges by Sector
