Geography and Cartography programs in Idaho

6 schools in Idaho 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 Idaho

Managers, All Other in Idaho earn a median of $131,550 a year across 1,230 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads to	Median	Jobs in Idaho
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	$52,630	450
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists	$72,930	100

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

Schools

School	Credential	Median debt	Graduate earnings, 2 yrs	Graduates
College of Southern Idaho Twin Falls	Undergraduate certificate	—	not published	14
College of Southern Idaho Twin Falls	Associate's degree	—	not published	0
College of Western Idaho Nampa	Undergraduate certificate	—	not published	12
College of Western Idaho Nampa	Associate's degree	—	not published	2
Lewis-Clark State College Lewiston	Associate's degree	—	not published	0
University of Idaho Moscow	Undergraduate certificate	—	not published	28

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.

Email me when these figures change

The U.S. Department of Education publishes new cost, debt and earnings figures once a year, and every number on this page changes at once. One email when that happens for Geography and Cartography — nothing else, and nothing in between.

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