Surveying Technology/Surveying at Great Basin College

If you are interested in studying surveying technology/surveying, you may want to check out the program at Great Basin College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Great Basin College is located in Elko, Nevada and approximately 3,772 students attend the school each year. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 4 students received their associate's degree in surveying.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Surveying Technology/Surveying section at the bottom of this page.

Great Basin College Surveying Technology/Surveying Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Surveying
• Bachelor’s Degree in Surveying

Online Classes Are Available at Great Basin College

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Great Basin College does offer online courses in surveying for the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree
• Bachelor’s Degree

Great Basin College Surveying Technology/Surveying Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks surveying programs across the country. The following shows how Great Basin College performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The surveying major at Great Basin College is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Surveying Technology/Surveying. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Online Surveying Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	2
Most Popular Online Surveying Associate Degree Trade Schools	2
Most Popular Online Surveying Trade Schools	2
Most Focused Surveying Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	5
Most Focused Surveying Trade Schools	10
Most Popular Surveying Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	10
Most Focused Surveying Associate Degree Trade Schools	13
Most Popular Surveying Associate Degree Trade Schools	22

Surveying Student Demographics at Great Basin College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the surveying majors at Great Basin College.

Great Basin College Surveying Technology/Surveying Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of surveying associate's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in surveying only graduates about 11% women each year. The program at Great Basin College may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 39% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in surveying at Great Basin College are white. Around 100% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Great Basin College with a associate's in surveying.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Great Basin College Surveying Technology/Surveying Bachelor’s Program

The surveying program at Great Basin College awarded 8 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 75% of these degrees went to men with the other 25% going to women. The typical surveying bachelor's degree program is made up of only 11% women. So female students are more repesented at Great Basin College since its program graduates 14% more women than average.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in surveying at Great Basin College are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% more racial-ethnic minorities in its surveying bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Great Basin College with a bachelor's in surveying.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Great Basin College also has a doctoral program available in surveying. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Surveying Grads May Go Into

A degree in surveying can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NV, the home state for Great Basin College.

Occupation	Jobs in NV	Average Salary in NV
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	450	$51,400
Surveyors	430	$80,520
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists	170	$75,300

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Visitor7 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.