New Hampshire·Architecture and Engineering Occupations·SOC 17-1021

Best Cartographer programs in New Hampshire, ranked by enrollment

Research, study, and prepare maps and other spatial data in digital or graphic form for one or more purposes, such as legal, social, political, educational, and design purposes. May work with Geographic Information Systems (GIS).

2 schools in New Hampshire run programs that feed this job, graduating 14 people a year. The job pays a median of $72,130 in New Hampshire across about 70 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledCartographerStereo CompilerPhotogrammetristPhotogrammetric TechnicianMapperMap MakerMap EditorData Mapper
Graduates / yr
14
in New Hampshire
Median pay · New Hampshire
$72,130
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
70
people employed
Schools
2
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
52%
across those schools
Median net price
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in New Hampshire that lead to this job

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

1 programs in New Hampshire that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in New Hampshire (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 New Hampshire page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
114
100.0%
2$38,944$22,762

Top 2 schools in New Hampshire

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 0 of the 2 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1Plymouth State University
Plymouth, NH Public · 1 feeder programs
11Geographic Information Science and Cartography52%88%
2Antioch University - New England
Keene, NH Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
3Geographic Information Science and Cartography

All 2 schools in New Hampshire

Every school in New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
Plymouth State UniversityPlymouthPublic111
Antioch University - New EnglandKeenePrivate not-for-profit31

What cartographers and photogrammetrists earn in New Hampshire

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

Median annual in New Hampshire
$72,130
Mean annual
$74,660
Jobs in state
70
What the range looks like
10th pct$43,850Median$72,13090th pct$104,990
Versus the national median
-11.4%

U.S. median $81,390. New Hampshire pays below the national figure.

Job concentration
1.14×

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

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
+6.4%
Faster than average
Openings per year
1,000
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
900
13,400 → 14,300
Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree

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 Cartographers and Photogrammetrists page.

How to become a Cartographer

Job zone 4 of 5 · SVP 7.0 to < 8.0
Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree

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

Reading ComprehensionCritical ThinkingWritingActive ListeningActive LearningMonitoring

The same job in other states

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

Related careers in New Hampshire

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 5 majors mapped to Cartographers and Photogrammetrists5 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 14.3801Surveying Engineering
  • 15.1102Surveying Technology/Surveying
  • 29.0203Signal/Geospatial Intelligence
  • 43.0407Geospatial Intelligence
  • 45.0702Geographic Information Science and Cartography

Common questions

Answers for people weighing cartographers and photogrammetrists programs in New Hampshire.

What degree do you need to become a Cartographer?+

Bachelor's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Geographic Information Science and Cartography, which awarded 14 degrees in New Hampshire in 2024-25, 100.0% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming a Cartographer?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 1 programs to this occupation. The largest are Geography and Cartography. Together they graduate about 14 people a year in New Hampshire.

How much do cartographers and photogrammetrists earn in New Hampshire?+

The median is $72,130 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 11.4% below the U.S. median of $81,390. 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 cartographers and photogrammetrists growing?+

BLS projects a +6.4% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, faster than average, with roughly 1,000 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

How many schools offer programs for this career in New Hampshire?+

2 institutions in New Hampshire 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 cartographers and photogrammetrists work under?+

Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Cartographer, Stereo Compiler, Photogrammetrist, Photogrammetric Technician among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 17-1021.

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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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