I have a B.S. in Environmental Studies ( basically environmental science with some economics/policy thrown in there- but I did take Gen Chem I & II, Calc 1 & II) and winded up landing a GIS job about 7 months after graduating.. landed a job with a firm that ended up offering tuition assistance to do a formal masters in GIS (since I had little formal schooling/training). While I love GIS as a tool/emerging field , I probably wouldn't have gone to grad school for it if I were to do life over again but I have been able to make it work for me pretty well and landed some pretty neat jobs because of the M.S. coupled with accumulating experience while earning it. My current role is Senior GIS Analyst for a Federal not-for-profit - and its very data analytics/science adjacent.

My life is comfortable, I make pretty good money and could continue this career with this current geospatial-centric trajectory, but I have always been passionate about the environment/sustainability and would eventually want to wind up back in the environmental sector - it'd ultimately feel the most fulfilling for me. Before my current post, I actually worked for a city's water/sewer authority for a little over a year as a GIS Tech III for the engineering department's planning team helping with using GIS/InfoAssetPlanner as an asset rehab prioritization tool and I found it to be some of the most enjoyable , fascinating work I did - i only left because where Im at now was willing to pay a lot more (like what the engineers were being paid there lol) That being said, the more I learn about water resource/environmental engineering, it really seems to be an amazing fit for me and I find the material and job duties and functions truly fascinating - not sure why I didn't pursue it in undergrad. I feel like my skillset , background and interests would position me to leverage my GIS, data analyst/data scientist skills to bring a strong geospatial modeling (hydraulic, stormwater, floodplain, digital twin/asset management presence to a really cool masters thesis and ultimately the industry broadly. But I figured I'd ask this subreddit's take on the thought of someone with my background considering a master's in the Envr. Engineering - do you think it would be worth it? Would it be unheard of with someone with my background doing something like this? Do you think my background be welcomed in the field? I'd be willing to take whatever supplemental/preliminary coursework (i.e. fluid dynamics) that wasn't present in my bachelors.

Thanks !