Master's degree helps professionals pivot careers in environmental directions
Ryan Patterson was looking for a reason to get up in the morning.
Bored with his career in finance, the licensed certified public accountant says he decided to switch to an environmental career after living in Southern California during a drought. Simultaneously, he read about renewable energy companies failing and he realized his finance background could help such environmental companies succeed.
鈥淚 felt like I could make a big difference,鈥 Patterson, 26, said.
Patterson said he needed to return to school to achieve his goals, but he didn鈥檛 want to pursue a second undergraduate degree.
Instead, he enrolled in 91福利社鈥檚 program, a professional environmental graduate degree designed for new and early-career professionals.