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Looking for accredited career colleges, technical schools, and universities in Wisconsin offering Surveying degrees. Surveying is part of the civil engineering practice. Surveyors are important to construction, as well.
Wisconsin is a land of nearly 15,000 lakes, offering students many chances to enjoy the great outdoors. As America's ?Dairyland,' Wisconsin is also home to nearly 350 varieties of locally-produced cheese, which you can enjoy with a frosty glass of Wisconsin's other renowned export, beer. There are major breweries and dairies all over the state.Surveyors make precise measurements to determine property boundaries. They provide data relevant to the shape and contour of the Earth?s surface for engineering, mapmaking, and construction projects.
Surveyors typically need a bachelor?s degree. Before working on their own, surveyors must be licensed by the states where they practice before they can certify legal documents and provide surveying services to the public.
Surveyors held nearly 40,190 jobs in the United States in 2012, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (www.bls.gov). The rate of job growth for surveyors is expected to be 25% between 2010 and 2020, which is faster than the average job growth rate. In 2012, the median annual wages for surveyors were about $56,230.