Is a Geography and Cartography degree worth it?
Across 102 schools, graduates of Geography and Cartography earn a median $56,172 five years out on $20,430 of debt. Graduates most commonly work as Surveying and Mapping Technicians (modeled from the federal CIP-to-SOC crosswalk). These earnings and debt figures come from the U.S. Dept. of Education.
Median 5-yr pay
$56,172
Median debt
$20,430
Years to pay off
3.5
at 10% of pay
AI task exposure
50%
GPT-4-era overlap
10-yr job growth
+4.8%
BLS 2024–2034
Gender pay gap
10.2%
$63,067 vs $56,620
Net price
$16,290/yr
Debt-test failures
0%
of programs
'Real' premium
−$7,689
vs avg, adjusted
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Explore Geography and Cartography in full →Data: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, BLS OEWS, O*NET, AI-exposure measures (Eloundou/AIOE), Zillow. Earnings reflect federally-aided graduates; see the full story for methodology and limitations.