Computer and Information Sciences: bachelor's degree earnings by college

Median earnings of computer and information sciences graduates (bachelor's degree) one year after graduation, at 451 colleges. National median: $66,524, rising to $85,641 after four years.

#	College	State	Earnings after 1 yr	After 4 yrs	Median debt
1	Yale University	CT	$180,081	$188,157	$15,500
2	Rice University	TX	$156,465	$182,443	$8,375
3	University of California-Los Angeles	CA	$148,803	$216,722	$14,500
4	University of Pennsylvania	PA	$143,850	$241,380	$11,000
5	Carnegie Mellon University	PA	$137,154	$187,437	$19,870
6	The University of Texas at Austin	TX	$136,045	$155,168	$17,500
7	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	GA	$128,965	$150,628	$19,375
8	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	MI	$127,472	$172,904	$19,250
9	Northeastern University Oakland	CA	$124,222	$163,708	$19,500
10	Northeastern University	MA	$124,222	$163,708	$19,500
11	Northeastern University Professional Programs	MA	$124,222	$163,708	$19,500
12	Barnard College	NY	$119,032	—	—
13	Johns Hopkins University	MD	$118,344	$196,467	$7,625
14	Hamilton College	NY	$117,959	—	—
15	University of Notre Dame	IN	$114,035	$142,970	$19,500
16	University of Virginia-Main Campus	VA	$106,400	$142,041	$14,548
17	Wellesley College	MA	$105,692	$177,213	$6,500
18	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	IL	$101,492	$146,946	$16,344
19	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	NY	$101,485	$115,100	$20,500
20	Swarthmore College	PA	$101,324	$150,942	$17,461
21	Spelman College	GA	$100,765	—	—
22	Cornell University	NY	$100,205	$144,389	$12,449
23	Loyola Marymount University	CA	$99,505	$127,011	$21,500
24	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	VA	$98,085	$144,103	$18,500
25	University of California-Berkeley	CA	$95,731	—	$12,538
26	Vassar College	NY	$94,900	$124,469	$19,000
27	Southwestern University	TX	$94,043	—	—
28	Syracuse University	NY	$93,174	$120,773	$22,813
29	University of Florida	FL	$92,820	$126,268	$13,000
30	University of Florida-Online	FL	$92,820	$126,268	$13,000
31	Trinity University	TX	$91,857	$98,708	$19,250
32	University of California-Davis	CA	$91,845	$138,673	$11,000
33	Brigham Young University	UT	$90,448	$113,338	—
34	Oberlin College	OH	$90,376	$129,395	—
35	New York University	NY	$90,161	$142,495	$18,005
36	Colorado Christian University	CO	$89,748	$91,195	—
37	Villanova University	PA	$89,103	$130,585	$23,000
38	Macalester College	MN	$88,260	$109,457	$14,500
39	Prairie View A & M University	TX	$87,639	$75,631	$24,236
40	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus	CO	$86,784	$112,754	$19,125
41	University of Wisconsin-Madison	WI	$86,643	$119,655	$15,000
42	Mount St. Mary's University	MD	$85,315	$87,360	$24,173
43	Colorado State University-Fort Collins	CO	$85,231	$114,076	$20,254
44	James Madison University	VA	$85,090	$104,806	$17,457
45	Western Governors University	UT	$85,048	$108,836	$15,036
46	The University of Alabama	AL	$84,817	$115,980	$19,500
47	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College	PA	$84,461	$120,729	$22,250
48	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Shenango	PA	$84,461	$120,729	$22,250
49	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh Valley	PA	$84,461	$120,729	$22,250
50	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona	PA	$84,461	$120,729	$22,250
51	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver	PA	$84,461	$120,729	$22,250
52	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks	PA	$84,461	$120,729	$22,250
53	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg	PA	$84,461	$120,729	$22,250
54	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine	PA	$84,461	$120,729	$22,250
55	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton	PA	$84,461	$120,729	$22,250
56	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	PA	$84,461	$120,729	$22,250
57	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny	PA	$84,461	$120,729	$22,250
58	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington	PA	$84,461	$120,729	$22,250
59	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill	PA	$84,461	$120,729	$22,250
60	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York	PA	$84,461	$120,729	$22,250
61	Pennsylvania State University-World Campus	PA	$84,461	$120,729	$22,250
62	Johnson C Smith University	NC	$83,966	—	$31,041
63	Chapman University	CA	$83,771	—	—
64	Rutgers University-Camden	NJ	$83,698	$125,303	$18,500
65	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	NJ	$83,698	$125,303	$18,500
66	Rutgers University-Newark	NJ	$83,698	$125,303	$18,500
67	Rollins College	FL	$83,652	$118,277	—
68	Lehigh University	PA	$83,465	$116,999	$19,500
69	University of Delaware	DE	$83,257	$111,520	$23,250
70	Morgan State University	MD	$83,099	—	$25,732
71	Texas Tech University	TX	$82,954	$113,062	$20,500
72	South Dakota School of Mines and Technology	SD	$82,953	$95,639	$25,593
73	Missouri University of Science and Technology	MO	$82,942	$107,195	$19,500
74	Michigan State University	MI	$82,941	$116,905	$20,382
75	Bentley University	MA	$82,772	$111,853	$23,250
76	Virginia Commonwealth University	VA	$82,745	$118,521	$18,827
77	George Fox University	OR	$82,686	$106,106	$27,000
78	University of Connecticut	CT	$82,324	$117,412	$15,750
79	University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus	CT	$82,324	$117,412	$15,750
80	University of Connecticut-Avery Point	CT	$82,324	$117,412	$15,750
81	University of Connecticut-Stamford	CT	$82,324	$117,412	$15,750
82	University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus	CT	$82,324	$117,412	$15,750
83	University of California-San Diego	CA	$82,223	—	$14,667
84	George Mason University	VA	$81,874	$110,754	$19,500
85	University of Alabama in Huntsville	AL	$81,587	$95,076	$19,311
86	Minnesota State University-Mankato	MN	$81,388	$95,398	$23,125
87	University of Mary Washington	VA	$81,367	$95,461	$21,247
88	University of New Mexico-Main Campus	NM	$81,131	$112,064	$14,819
89	Wayne State University	MI	$80,896	$104,630	$21,500
90	Capella University	MN	$80,491	$99,561	$22,831
91	Colorado State University Global	CO	$80,186	$91,204	$25,000
92	South Dakota State University	SD	$79,660	$83,815	—
93	Butler University	IN	$79,612	—	$23,000
94	The University of Texas at Dallas	TX	$79,423	$103,603	$18,000
95	University of Houston	TX	$79,332	$98,790	$18,000
96	University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth	MA	$79,163	$96,727	$25,126
97	University of Maryland Global Campus	MD	$78,817	$101,498	$18,362
98	Temple University	PA	$78,710	$101,670	$23,500
99	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	NE	$78,404	$116,221	—
100	Clemson University	SC	$78,133	$101,301	$20,451
101	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	WA	$77,881	$114,798	$12,601
102	University of Washington-Bothell Campus	WA	$77,881	$114,798	$12,601
103	University of Washington-Tacoma Campus	WA	$77,881	$114,798	$12,601
104	University of Kansas	KS	$77,854	$92,008	$18,100
105	Athens State University	AL	$77,794	$102,639	—
106	Ohio State University-Main Campus	OH	$77,750	$118,833	$19,076
107	The College of New Jersey	NJ	$77,454	$105,377	$19,500
108	Western Washington University	WA	$77,318	$110,138	$18,106
109	Kansas State University	KS	$77,074	$107,194	$19,500
110	University of Kentucky	KY	$76,832	$99,535	$18,500
111	Saginaw Valley State University	MI	$76,774	$90,681	$18,250
112	Utah State University	UT	$76,555	$110,414	$16,750
113	Rochester Institute of Technology	NY	$76,289	$100,367	$24,317
114	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus	NH	$76,028	$105,078	$24,250
115	University of New Hampshire at Manchester	NH	$76,028	$105,078	$24,250
116	University of New Hampshire College of Professional Studies Online	NH	$76,028	$105,078	$24,250
117	University of Michigan-Dearborn	MI	$75,906	$90,430	$21,250
118	University of North Texas	TX	$75,552	$104,024	$19,500
119	Illinois Institute of Technology	IL	$75,506	$97,153	$24,312
120	Hobart William Smith Colleges	NY	$75,480	$103,822	—
121	Grand Valley State University	MI	$75,450	$94,330	$24,248
122	Salisbury University	MD	$75,359	$97,414	$19,500
123	Central Connecticut State University	CT	$75,277	$86,238	$18,000
124	Franklin University	OH	$75,050	$77,175	$19,314
125	East Texas A&M University	TX	$75,010	$100,394	$17,500
126	New Jersey Institute of Technology	NJ	$74,988	$97,926	$18,375
127	The University of Texas at San Antonio	TX	$74,854	$106,358	$19,735
128	Arizona State University Campus Immersion	AZ	$74,747	$101,170	$18,750
129	Arizona State University Digital Immersion	AZ	$74,747	$101,170	$18,750
130	Drake University	IA	$74,621	$90,639	$21,875
131	College of Charleston	SC	$74,524	$98,059	$21,896
132	Rowan University	NJ	$74,459	$86,475	$17,298
133	Purdue University-Main Campus	IN	$74,383	$99,896	$19,500
134	University of Massachusetts Global	CA	$74,187	$113,436	—
135	Marquette University	WI	$74,176	$98,108	$19,500
136	Texas Southern University	TX	$74,170	—	$25,000
137	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire	WI	$73,984	$106,724	$19,551
138	University of Central Florida	FL	$73,970	$98,526	$16,750
139	University of Maine at Augusta	ME	$73,783	$60,683	—
140	University of Arkansas	AR	$73,599	$102,747	—
141	Pacific Lutheran University	WA	$73,553	$128,703	—
142	University of Alabama at Birmingham	AL	$73,365	$104,654	$18,500
143	Monmouth University	NJ	$73,288	$95,960	$27,000
144	Brigham Young University-Idaho	ID	$73,113	$96,249	$13,628
145	Georgia Southern University	GA	$73,048	$92,026	$21,634
146	University of North Dakota	ND	$72,883	$86,268	—
147	Auburn University	AL	$72,790	$91,087	$19,125
148	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse	WI	$72,644	$93,633	$18,962
149	Western Colorado University	CO	$72,533	—	$21,750
150	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus	OH	$72,347	$100,975	$21,500
151	Old Dominion University	VA	$72,277	$95,485	$22,167
152	Alabama A & M University	AL	$72,242	$88,490	$22,792
153	Bethel University	MN	$72,197	$97,008	—
154	Harding University	AR	$72,039	$85,506	—
155	Edgewood University	WI	$71,969	—	—
156	Northern Michigan University	MI	$71,830	$90,337	$26,495
157	The University of Texas at El Paso	TX	$71,534	$103,286	$16,138
158	Trinity College	CT	$71,491	—	—
159	Bellevue University	NE	$71,292	$80,378	$17,897
160	University of Rhode Island	RI	$71,281	$88,915	$19,500
161	Truman State University	MO	$71,066	$106,203	—
162	University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh	WI	$71,062	—	—
163	University of Wisconsin-Platteville	WI	$70,944	$82,652	$23,657
164	Northern Kentucky University	KY	$70,719	$82,982	$20,606
165	Washburn University	KS	$70,524	$78,778	—
166	George Washington University	DC	$70,483	$93,692	$20,646
167	Fordham University	NY	$70,170	$97,265	$21,500
168	West Chester University of Pennsylvania	PA	$70,142	$99,585	$19,500
169	University of Central Oklahoma	OK	$70,071	$87,792	$21,678
170	University of South Carolina-Columbia	SC	$69,991	$84,720	$23,375
171	Fairmont State University	WV	$69,897	—	—
172	University of Missouri-Columbia	MO	$69,769	$100,234	$20,500
173	University of Oregon	OR	$69,669	$100,540	$19,402
174	Southern New Hampshire University	NH	$69,663	$81,533	$27,252
175	Oakland University	MI	$69,649	$90,737	$22,013
176	Southeast Missouri State University	MO	$69,615	$93,795	$24,000
177	University of South Florida	FL	$69,318	$90,953	$17,115
178	Park University	MO	$69,255	$78,561	$20,500
179	Lakeland University	WI	$69,174	$96,835	$20,708
180	San Francisco State University	CA	$69,099	$86,425	—
181	Seton Hall University	NJ	$68,860	—	$23,250
182	Millersville University of Pennsylvania	PA	$68,610	$86,012	$22,531
183	Dakota State University	SD	$68,460	$85,696	$23,250
184	Tarleton State University	TX	$68,353	$76,980	—
185	East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania	PA	$68,323	$104,026	$20,833
186	Indiana University-Bloomington	IN	$68,157	$98,539	$20,000
187	Georgia State University	GA	$68,155	$87,020	$20,557
188	Eastern Washington University	WA	$68,128	$95,817	$23,220
189	Wright State University-Main Campus	OH	$68,018	$92,006	$21,110
190	State University of New York at Oswego	NY	$67,972	$100,148	$24,250
191	The University of Arizona Global Campus	AZ	$67,937	—	$31,847
192	Belmont University	TN	$67,838	—	—
193	Purdue University Global	IN	$67,807	$76,857	$37,612
194	The College of Saint Scholastica	MN	$67,632	$82,175	—
195	Post University	CT	$67,540	—	$34,975
196	University of Phoenix-Arizona	AZ	$67,082	$75,805	$32,200
197	Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts	MA	$67,045	$87,671	—
198	Texas Woman's University	TX	$67,007	$76,555	$15,000
199	Manhattan University	NY	$66,995	$89,305	$25,452
200	Strayer University-District of Columbia	DC	$66,911	$82,304	$34,872
201	Strayer University-Virginia	VA	$66,911	$82,304	$34,872
202	Strayer University-Maryland	MD	$66,911	$82,304	$34,872
203	Strayer University-Tennessee	TN	$66,911	$82,304	$34,872
204	Strayer University-Pennsylvania	PA	$66,911	$82,304	$34,872
205	Strayer University-Florida	FL	$66,911	$82,304	$34,872
206	Strayer University-Delaware	DE	$66,911	$82,304	$34,872
207	Strayer University-Alabama	AL	$66,911	$82,304	$34,872
208	Strayer University-North Carolina	NC	$66,911	$82,304	$34,872
209	Strayer University-New Jersey	NJ	$66,911	$82,304	$34,872
210	Strayer University-West Virginia	WV	$66,911	$82,304	$34,872
211	Strayer University-Arkansas	AR	$66,911	$82,304	$34,872
212	Strayer University-Georgia	GA	$66,911	$82,304	$34,872
213	Strayer University-Mississippi	MS	$66,911	$82,304	$34,872
214	Strayer University-South Carolina	SC	$66,911	$82,304	$34,872
215	Strayer University-Texas	TX	$66,911	$82,304	$34,872
216	Strayer University-Global Region	DC	$66,911	$82,304	$34,872
217	Lamar University	TX	$66,833	$85,680	$19,380
218	Kean University	NJ	$66,794	$91,546	$24,250
219	Miami University-Hamilton	OH	$66,691	$94,001	$19,927
220	Miami University-Middletown	OH	$66,691	$94,001	$19,927
221	Miami University-Oxford	OH	$66,691	$94,001	$19,927
222	Ferris State University	MI	$66,625	$85,131	$19,706
223	University of New Haven	CT	$66,591	—	—
224	Boise State University	ID	$66,567	$77,439	$19,000
225	Western Oregon University	OR	$66,540	$90,324	—
226	Florida Atlantic University	FL	$66,524	$89,476	$16,500
227	Oregon Institute of Technology	OR	$66,498	$85,900	$24,562
228	Point Loma Nazarene University	CA	$66,457	—	—
229	University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point	WI	$66,288	$78,823	$25,000
230	University of Arkansas at Little Rock	AR	$66,200	$70,696	—
231	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus	OK	$66,177	$85,641	$18,785
232	Campbell University	NC	$66,142	$71,497	$26,750
233	Florida International University	FL	$65,865	$90,397	$15,750
234	Loyola University Chicago	IL	$65,588	$99,112	$21,625
235	Duquesne University	PA	$65,465	$92,789	$25,000
236	University of Wisconsin-Whitewater	WI	$65,446	$79,799	$19,812
237	Mississippi State University	MS	$65,393	$82,852	$20,500
238	Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology	OK	$65,255	$70,142	$16,666
239	New Mexico State University-Main Campus	NM	$65,245	$94,024	$15,175
240	Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale	FL	$65,097	$61,777	$43,000
241	American Public University System	WV	$65,076	$80,417	$18,622
242	University of La Verne	CA	$65,043	$90,694	$26,529
243	Utah Tech University	UT	$64,755	$83,956	—
244	Walden University	MN	$64,753	$89,230	$44,394
245	East Tennessee State University	TN	$64,713	$82,073	$20,000
246	North Carolina Central University	NC	$64,432	$88,053	$28,500
247	Kennesaw State University	GA	$64,418	$83,249	$21,592
248	Saint Leo University	FL	$64,270	$81,025	$29,375
249	Texas State University	TX	$64,091	$77,701	$18,881
250	University of West Georgia	GA	$64,036	$93,769	$22,375
251	Illinois State University	IL	$63,843	$98,382	$19,991
252	Seminole State College of Florida	FL	$63,833	$76,080	$12,500
253	University of Wisconsin-Stout	WI	$63,638	$82,853	$16,438
254	Florida State University	FL	$63,565	$93,727	$13,959
255	University of Hawaii at Manoa	HI	$63,545	$74,799	—
256	Sam Houston State University	TX	$63,335	$96,727	$20,750
257	Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University	FL	$63,301	$83,041	$17,502
258	University of Central Arkansas	AR	$63,159	$75,893	$17,091
259	Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi	TX	$63,153	$86,698	$19,500
260	Sullivan University	KY	$63,006	$68,887	—
261	University of Missouri-Kansas City	MO	$62,983	$76,216	—
262	Iowa State University	IA	$62,978	$83,267	$21,400
263	Columbia Southern University	AL	$62,964	$63,248	$25,785
264	University of North Georgia	GA	$62,852	$90,765	$14,491
265	Colorado Mesa University	CO	$62,815	$96,708	$19,527
266	Salem State University	MA	$62,701	$92,380	$26,104
267	University of Arizona	AZ	$62,680	$77,987	$17,265
268	University of Houston-Downtown	TX	$62,664	$72,528	$17,750
269	University of Massachusetts-Boston	MA	$62,585	$83,405	$23,264
270	Santa Fe College	FL	$62,512	—	$26,726
271	Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs	CO	$62,450	$78,606	$39,159
272	La Salle University	PA	$62,433	$91,837	—
273	California State University-Northridge	CA	$62,281	$91,131	$16,275
274	Augusta University	GA	$62,226	$83,000	$21,979
275	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	NC	$62,225	$83,018	$19,000
276	Liberty University	VA	$62,053	$82,116	$26,626
277	SUNY Old Westbury	NY	$61,978	$94,236	—
278	Lindenwood University	MO	$61,968	$86,526	$26,000
279	Framingham State University	MA	$61,934	$82,590	$24,250
280	University of North Florida	FL	$61,846	$84,034	$17,874
281	Missouri Southern State University	MO	$61,609	$75,295	$20,281
282	SUNY at Fredonia	NY	$61,588	$88,991	$24,625
283	Wichita State University	KS	$61,319	$81,265	$13,503
284	University of Toledo	OH	$61,273	$80,501	$19,342
285	Missouri Western State University	MO	$61,206	$68,405	—
286	DeVry University-Arizona	AZ	$61,182	—	$42,329
287	DeVry University-California	CA	$61,182	—	$42,329
288	DeVry University-Florida	FL	$61,182	—	$42,329
289	DeVry University-Georgia	GA	$61,182	—	$42,329
290	DeVry University-Illinois	IL	$61,182	—	$42,329
291	DeVry University-Texas	TX	$61,182	—	$42,329
292	Northwest Missouri State University	MO	$61,121	$80,690	$19,290
293	Valencia College	FL	$61,118	—	$17,875
294	University of Louisville	KY	$61,074	—	$21,250
295	Carthage College	WI	$60,945	$106,611	$25,625
296	Bloomfield College of Montclair State University	NJ	$60,864	$79,692	$19,500
297	Montclair State University	NJ	$60,864	$79,692	$19,500
298	Citadel Military College of South Carolina	SC	$60,711	—	$12,000
299	University of Missouri-St Louis	MO	$60,618	—	$20,122
300	Southern Oregon University	OR	$60,528	$75,596	$29,934

Earnings are median annual earnings of graduates who received federal financial aid, measured by the U.S. Department of Education. Colleges with too few graduates are not shown.

Frequently asked questions

How much do computer and information sciences graduates earn?

The median college reports $66,524 in earnings one year after a bachelor's degree in computer and information sciences and $85,641 four years after. The highest is $180,081 at Yale University.

How much student debt do computer and information sciences graduates have?

The median federal loan debt for this degree is about $20,557 at the typical college.