Those considering environmental education, take a look at other closely related fields of study. Below you will find majors with similar career paths, related concentrations and specializations, and the most popular similar majors, ranked by annual graduates.
These majors prepare graduates for occupations that overlap with those of environmental education, based on the NCES CIP-to-SOC career crosswalk. They are ranked by the number of shared occupations.
| Similar Major | Shared Careers | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Bilingual and Multilingual Education | 4 | 932 |
| Montessori Teacher Education | 4 | 264 |
| Online Educator/Online Teaching | 4 | 115 |
| Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Educational Methods | 4 | 399 |
| Teacher Education, Multiple Levels | 4 | 8,732 |
| Waldorf/Steiner Teacher Education | 4 | — |
| International Teaching and Learning | 3 | 11 |
| Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching | 3 | 2,976 |
| Social Sciences, Other | 3 | 3 |
| Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor | 3 | 5,071 |
As a more focused area within Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas, environmental education shares its foundations with the other majors in that field.
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