Georgia·Architecture and Engineering Occupations·SOC 17-1022

Best Surveyor programs in Georgia, ranked by enrollment

Make exact measurements and determine property boundaries.

3 schools in Georgia run programs that feed this job, graduating 26 people a year. The job pays a median of $58,100 in Georgia across about 1,770 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledSurveyorGeodesistLand SurveyorCounty SurveyorGeodetic AdvisorGeodetic SurveyorLicensed Land SurveyorCity Surveyor
Graduates / yr
26
in Georgia
Median pay · Georgia
$58,100
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
1,770
people employed
Schools
3
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
46%
across those schools
Median net price
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Georgia that lead to this job

Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.

1 programs in Georgia that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Georgia (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Georgia page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1
CIP 15.1102In Georgia
26
100.0%
3$59,013

Top 3 schools in Georgia

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 0 of the 3 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1Kennesaw State University
Kennesaw, GA Public · 1 feeder programs
17Surveying Technology/Surveying52%69%
2University of North Georgia
Dahlonega, GA Public · 1 feeder programs
7Surveying Technology/Surveying37%68%
3Coastal Pines Technical College
Waycross, GA Public · 1 feeder programs
2Surveying Technology/Surveying48%

All 3 schools in Georgia

Every school in Georgia with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.

All schools in Georgia that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
Kennesaw State UniversityKennesawPublic171
University of North GeorgiaDahlonegaPublic71
Coastal Pines Technical CollegeWaycrossPublic21

What surveyors earn in Georgia

What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.

Median annual in Georgia
$58,100
Mean annual
$69,720
Jobs in state
1,770
What the range looks like
10th pct$44,680Median$58,10090th pct$105,270
Versus the national median
-23.0%

U.S. median $75,440. Georgia pays below the national figure.

Job concentration
1.11×

1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.

Metro areas in Georgia

Columbus, GA-AL
$60,970median
40 jobs
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
$54,240median
70 jobs
Savannah, GA
$66,870median
110 jobs
Gainesville, GA
$59,960median
40 jobs
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
$57,260median
1,100 jobs

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
+4.4%
About as fast as average
Openings per year
3,900
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
2,500
56,100 → 58,600
Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree
Plus internship/residency

Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.

How to get in

The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Surveyors page.

How to become a Surveyor

Job zone 4 of 5 · SVP 7.0 to < 8.0
Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree
On-the-job training
Internship/residency

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.

Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.

Top skills

MathematicsReading ComprehensionCritical ThinkingActive ListeningWritingSpeaking

The same job in other states

Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.

Related careers in Georgia

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 2 majors mapped to Surveyors2 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 14.3801Surveying Engineering
  • 15.1102Surveying Technology/Surveying

Common questions

Answers for people weighing surveyors programs in Georgia.

What degree do you need to become a Surveyor?+

Bachelor's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Surveying Technology/Surveying, which awarded 26 degrees in Georgia in 2024-25, 100.0% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming a Surveyor?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 1 programs to this occupation. The largest are Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians. Together they graduate about 26 people a year in Georgia.

How much do surveyors earn in Georgia?+

The median is $58,100 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 23.0% below the U.S. median of $75,440. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.

Is demand for surveyors growing?+

BLS projects a +4.4% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, about as fast as average, with roughly 3,900 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

How many schools offer programs for this career in Georgia?+

3 institutions in Georgia reported graduates from at least one of the 1 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.

What other job titles do surveyors work under?+

Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Surveyor, Geodesist, Land Surveyor, County Surveyor, Geodetic Advisor, Geodetic Surveyor among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 17-1022.

About the data on this page

Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).

  • BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics

    May 2025

    Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.

  • BLS Employment Projections

    2024–34

    Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.

  • IPEDS Completions

    2024-25 (provisional)

    Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.

  • College Scorecard, Field of Study

    2020-21 cohorts

    Median graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.

  • Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

    latest available

    Graduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.

  • NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk

    CIP 2020 / SOC 2018

    Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.

  • O*NET Database 30.3

    30.3

    Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.

    Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA

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