Surveying Technology/Surveying at University of Florida

What traits are you looking for in a surveying school? To help you decide if University of Florida is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's surveying program.

UF is located in Gainesville, Florida and approximately 53,372 students attend the school each year.

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.

UF Surveying Technology/Surveying Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Surveying

UF Surveying Technology/Surveying Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the surveying progam at UF compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 UF 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 Surveying Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	2
Best Surveying Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	6
Most Popular Surveying Trade Schools	11
Best Value Surveying Bachelor’s Degree Schools	11
Best Surveying Trade Schools	11
	14
Most Focused Surveying Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	18
Best Value Surveying Schools	23
	25
Most Focused Surveying Trade Schools	64

Surveying Student Demographics at UF

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the surveying majors at University of Florida.

UF Surveying Technology/Surveying Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 students earned a bachelor's degree in surveying from UF. About 30% of these graduates were women and the other 70% were men. The typical surveying bachelor's degree program is made up of only 11% women. So female students are more repesented at UF since its program graduates 19% more women than average.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in surveying at UF are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 26% 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 University of Florida with a bachelor's in surveying.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UF 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 FL, the home state for University of Florida.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	4,970	$40,900
Surveyors	3,640	$57,930
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists	680	$62,160

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 DouglasGreen under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.