Engineering
Surveying Engineering
Prepares you to apply scientific and mathematical principles to the determination of the location, elevations, and alignment of natural and manmade topographic features. Covers property line location, surveying, surface measurement, aerial and terrestrial photogrammetry, remote sensing, satellite imagery, global positioning systems, computer applications, and photographic data processing.
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- Median pay
- $171,270
- Hiring change through 2035
- 5.5%
- Job openings a year
- 14,900
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- $122,930
- Hiring change through 2035
- 3.7%
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- $109,270
- Hiring change through 2035
- 7.8%
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- Median pay
- $75,440
- Hiring change through 2035
- 5.8%
- Job openings a year
- 3,100
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- Median pay
- $81,390
- Hiring change through 2035
- 7.4%
- Job openings a year
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Explore this careerAll work is projected to grow 3.5% between 2025 and 2035; read every hiring-change figure against it.
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College options
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| College | Degrees a year | Admit rate | Program admission | Average annual cost after aid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Atlantic University FL | 13 | 73% | Apply after enrollmentEngineering students begin pre-professional study and apply to a degree program after completing its required math, science and engineering core with the stated minimum grades. | $8,000 |
| Ferris State University MI | 8 | 81% | First-year program admissionSurveying Engineering requires a 2.75 high-school GPA, with 2.50-2.74 by approval, ACT 18/SAT 950, math ACT 26/SAT 620, and placement into MATH 115. | $8,000 |
| North Carolina A & T State University NC | 6 | 46% | Open majorNC A&T's engineering admissions page applies the university's undergraduate entrance requirements and states no separate competitive engineering application. | $12,000 |
| Rowan University NJ | 3 | 78% | First-year program admissionEngineering freshmen need 3 lab sciences including physics and chemistry and 4 college-prep math units including precalculus; calculus is strongly recommended. | $19,000 |
| Michigan Technological University MI | 1 | 88% | Open major | $6,000 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA | 1 | 54% | Apply after enrollmentFor Mechanical Engineering, first-year students entering Summer 2026 through Spring 2027 must be in the College of Engineering or Division of Undergraduate Studies, have 29-55 graded Penn State credits, earn C or better in CHEM 110, EDSGN 100, MATH 140, MATH 141 and PHYS 211, and have at least a 3.20 cumulative GPA before entering the major. | $26,000 |