• Land use specialist and
  environmental planner
• Soil scientist
• Remote sensing analyst
• Census data user consultant
• Air pollution meteorologist
• City planner
• Forest ecologist
• National weather service forecaster
• Environmental program administrator
• Cartographer/Geographic
  information manager
• TV meteorologist

Positions Held by Recent Graduates

• Retail site selector
• Geographic market analyst
• Transportation systems planner
• GIS system & data consultant
• Commercial and residential
  property analyst
• GIS specialist
• Service climatologist
• Research meteorologist
• Solid waste manager
• Urban/Regional planner
• Market location researcher
• Commercial meteorologist

Career Services maintains a database of career fields and job openings in Geography and Meteorology. Services are available to students and alumni of NIU and all potential employers

The NIU Cooperative Education Internship Program, better known as "Co-op," assists NIU students in finding career-related work experiences with participating employers. Co-op provides Web Services to streamline this process for both students and employers.

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