Program Payoff

Geography and Cartography programs in Georgia

11 schools in Georgia teach this, at certificate or associate level. The Department of Education publishes earnings for none of them, so the figures below are what the occupation itself pays.

What this work pays in Georgia

Managers, All Other in Georgia earn a median of $125,000 a year across 34,680 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in Georgia
Surveying and Mapping Technicians$48,8101,890
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists$62,630490
Geography Teachers, Postsecondary$85,42060

Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
Central Georgia Technical College Warner Robins Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Central Georgia Technical College Warner Robins Associate's degree not published 0
Columbus State University Columbus Undergraduate certificate not published 2
Georgia College & State University Milledgeville Undergraduate certificate not published 2
Georgia State University Atlanta Undergraduate certificate not published 8
Gwinnett Technical College Lawrenceville Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Kennesaw State University Kennesaw Undergraduate certificate not published 15
Ogeechee Technical College Statesboro Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Ogeechee Technical College Statesboro Associate's degree not published
University of Georgia Athens Undergraduate certificate not published 20
University of North Georgia Dahlonega Undergraduate certificate not published 13

A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.

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Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.