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What can you do with a
Surveying Engineering degree?

Surveying Engineering is modest-paying, AI barely touches it, and you would have escape routes.

Is this major worth the money?

Real graduate earnings vs. the debt you'd carry — and how long it takes to pay off.
3.7 yrs
to pay back the degree
+$28k
earnings premium vs no degree
Median earnings
$72,931
Typical debt
—
4-yr net cost
$48,808
Monthly loan payment
—/mo
If you earn:

Where this major actually leads

5 careers it opens — bar color = AI risk, tag = how hard the path is.
Architectural and Engineering Managerscommon
AI risk 3 → 47 future · +3.8% demand
$171,092
Energy Engineers, Except Wind and Solarstretch
AI risk 7 → 55 future · +2.1% demand
$104,250
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondaryleap
AI risk 36 → 50 future · +8.1% demand
$96,000
Cartographers and Photogrammetristsstretch
AI risk 8 → 52 future · +6.4% demand
$71,500
Surveyorsstretch
AI risk 0 → 49 future · +4.4% demand
$60,000
● green = AI-safe · red = AI-exposed · click any career for the full breakdown
How this is built. We take every career this major leads to (CIP→SOC official crosswalk), then join each one's real salary (BLS/DOL), AI exposure (O*NET + model), demand growth, and skill-based escape routes. ROI from College Scorecard. Every figure here is joined from official sources, not estimated.