Tackle real-world challenges like feeding a growing population while protecting natural resources through Mississippi State’s environmental economics and sustainability major. In this program, you’ll apply economic tools to hands-on problems involving climate change, resource conservation, public policy, and rural development—learning by doing, not just studying theory. You’ll build practical analytical and policy skills as you evaluate trade-offs behind sustainable decisions and develop solutions with real impact. This degree prepares you to lead change at the local, national, and global levels with strategies that support both people and the planet. As an environmental economics and sustainability major, you’ll gain real-world experience through career-focused internships and expand your learning through study abroad opportunities, student organizations, major-related jobs, undergraduate research, and community service projects—graduating with experience that translates directly to the workforce.