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Education
Where the next generation of surveyors comes from — and the organizations helping them get there. This section brings together the academic programs that train surveyors and geomaticists, along with the foundations and trusts that fund scholarships, run outreach, and invest in the profession’s future.
The New Jersey Society of Professional Land Surveyors runs a U.S. Department of Labor-registered apprenticeship pairing surveying firms with apprentices under licensed-PLS mentors. Two tracks — a two-year (4,000-hour) and a four-year (8,000-hour) path — with classroom instruction through Rowan University and NJIT. A rare example of a state surveying society, rather than a trade…
New Mexico State University
(NMSU)
ABET-accredited Bachelor of Science in geomatics in the Department of Engineering Technology & Surveying Engineering.
Bachelor of Science in geomatics meeting Louisiana PLS registration requirements, preparing graduates for surveying, mapping, and construction.
North Carolina A&T State University
(NC A&T)
North Carolina's only four-year geomatics degree, with online upper-level courses toward professional land surveyor licensure.
AAS in land surveying and civil engineering technology training technicians in boundary and construction surveying.
Diploma and certificate programs in geomatics engineering technology, GIS and survey technician training.
Online AAS in surveying technology and a surveying core technical certificate for the surveying profession.
The surveyor apprenticeship of Operating Engineers Local 3 (OE3), covering its Northern California jurisdiction — a four-year, paid earn-while-you-learn program that advances apprentices through eight steps to Party Chief. Apprentices join survey crews while attending related classroom instruction. OE3’s broader territory also reaches Nevada, Utah, and Hawaii.
A registered Construction Site Surveyor/Technical Engineer apprenticeship run by the Operating Engineers Regional Training Program — the joint apprenticeship committee serving IUOE Locals 302 and 612 — based in Ellensburg, Washington. Paid, earn-while-you-learn survey crew work with related classroom and online instruction, advancing apprentices to journey-level technical engineer. https://careerbridge.wa.gov/learn/program/377
ABET-accredited BS in geomatics with a surveying option covering boundary, cadastral, GNSS and geodesy.
Associate of Applied Science in land surveying, training technicians in boundary, construction, and topographic surveying.
ABET-accredited bachelor's and associate degrees in land surveying and mapping (agrimensura), taught in San Juan.
Land surveying certificates within Reedley's STEM pathway, training survey technicians for the Central Valley.
Renton Technical College
(RTC)
Land surveying technician certificate, with field and office survey technician training pathways.
Certificate combining land surveying, GPS, mapping and CADD for civil design and surveying careers.