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  • About
    • About IPLSA
    • About Surveying
    • Chapters
    • Awards
  • Education & Events
    • Event Calendar
    • Exam Review Seminars
    • Sexual Harassment Prevention Training
  • Licensure
    • Maintaining Your License
    • Path to Licensure
    • Regulation & Enforcement
  • Membership
    • Benefits
    • Types of Membership
  • Resources
    • Career Center
    • Instructional Videos for Teachers
    • IPLSA Benefit Association
  • Aspiring Surveyors
    • Why Become a Surveyor?
    • Exploring A Career In Surveying
    • NSPS Student Portal
    • Scholarships
    • Support Future Surveyors
    • Surveying Jobs and Internships
  • Apprenticeship Program
    • Apprenticeship
    • Employer Information
    • Application

Exploring a Career in Surveying

​A career in surveying has great entry level pay and can start with only a high school diploma. Students who pursue this profession are typically interested in math, primarily geometry and trigonometry. The career also attracts people interested in geology, forestry, history, engineering, computer science, and astronomy. While it is challenging, it is also a very rewarding career.

Trig-Star is an annual high school mathematics competition based on the practical application of trigonometry. Students that participate are not only provided with an opportunity to earn awards, but they also leave with a better understanding of the technical profession of land surveying.
​The following schools offer programs in surveying which may be of interest to Illinois students.
List provided by the National Society of Professional Surveyors

Parkland College
Todd W. Horton
(217) 373-3785
thorton@parkland.edu
Construction Design & Management
Weekend Land Surveying Program

Parkland College also maintains a student chapter of IPLSA.

Purdue University - Calumet
Now offering 28 semester hours of surveying classes.
Construction Science & Organizational Leadership
 
Purdue University - West Lafayette
Steven D. Johnson, Ph. D.
Civil Engineering Program
 
Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville
David Sherrill
Surveying Coordinator
(618) 650-5186
dsherri@siue.edu
Click here to visit the SIUE website. 

Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville also maintains a student chapter of IPLSA. 

University of Wyoming
Mark Rehwaldt
(307) 766-1700
mrehwald@uwyo.edu
Land Surveying Program
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