Colorado Mesa University's GIS&T program enables students to secure jobs in the rapidly growing field of geospatial technologies. Geospatial technologies offer abundant job opportunities for qualified graduates. CMU's GIS&T students have continued on to a variety of settings including:
- Graduate school
- Federal Governments
- State governments
- Municipal governments
- County governments
- Regional planning organizations
- Archaeological consulting
- Environmental consulting
- Federal land management agencies
- Geological consulting
- Mining and petroleum industries
- Fisheries and wildlife management
- Private business
Geographic Information Science and Technology (GIS&T) provides valuable skills for careers involving mapping, geographic data, and spatial analysis. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects employment of cartographers and photogrammetrists to grow 7% from 2025 to 2035, with approximately 900 job openings annually. Employment of surveying and mapping technicians is projected to grow 6% over the same period. These projections describe specific geospatial occupations rather than the GIS&T field as a whole.