There are many career opportunities for Cedarville geology and geosciences graduates. Employment opportunities include:

• Economic geology: all types of mining and mineral extraction from the earth including gold, copper, silver, coal, and iron
• Engineering geology: consultant on planning and construction of buildings, roads, bridges, landfills, and tunnels and planning against the effect of earthquakes and other geological disasters
• Environmental geology: water and soil testing and remediation, toxic chemical cleanup, environmental impact consultant, study and impact of climate change
• Environmental law: litigation of various aspects dealing with the environment and human impact
• Field geology: making of maps, monitoring geological hazards (earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis) and studying their potential human impact, field study and interpretation
• Geological education: opportunities abound from middle childhood through Ph.D. levels
• Historical geology: studying the past history and life of earth, paleontology and paleoclimatology
• Hydrogeology and hydrology: specializing in all aspects of groundwater and stream geology
• Petroleum geology: search and extraction of oil, natural gas, and coal
• Scientific writing and editing: write and edit scientific articles and books