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Plant, Soil, and Insect Sciences graduates are highly employable within their field of specialization, finding work in professions as varied as environmental consulting, agronomic and horticultural crop production, secondary school instruction, and golf course and parks management. Recent department graduates are employed as scientists, research technicians, and environmental consultants; growers of ornamental and edible crops; regulatory officials; sales representatives of agricultural products; managers of public gardens, golf courses, and other horticultural businesses; and educators teaching high school biology and vocational agricultural.

A significant number of graduates continue working toward advanced degrees that provide additional opportunities in research, teaching, consulting, and public service in their chosen area of specialization. Recent graduates are enrolled in M.S. and Ph.D. programs in the department and at other institutions studying a range of fields including organismal and evolutionary biology, developmental biology, plant pathology, environmental soil chemistry, and wetland science.