Program Payoff

Geography and Cartography programs in Missouri

9 schools in Missouri 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 Missouri

Managers, All Other in Missouri earn a median of $125,760 a year across 11,420 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in Missouri
Surveying and Mapping Technicians$51,700720
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists$76,950170
Geographers$102,04040
Geography Teachers, Postsecondary$83,53040

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

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City Kansas City Undergraduate certificate not published
Missouri State University-Springfield Springfield Undergraduate certificate not published 12
Northwest Missouri State University Maryville Undergraduate certificate not published 2
Park University Parkville Undergraduate certificate not published 4
Saint Louis University Saint Louis Undergraduate certificate not published 3
University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia Undergraduate certificate not published 12
University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City Undergraduate certificate not published 11
University of Missouri-St Louis Saint Louis Undergraduate certificate not published
Washington University in St Louis St. Louis Undergraduate certificate not published 0

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.