Computer Science: bachelor's degree earnings by college

Median earnings of computer science graduates (bachelor's degree) one year after graduation, at 378 colleges. National median: $73,662, rising to $99,574 after four years.

#	College	State	Earnings after 1 yr	After 4 yrs	Median debt
1	Harvey Mudd College	CA	$182,273	$198,257	$22,232
2	Carnegie Mellon University	PA	$173,492	$268,121	$19,000
3	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	MA	$171,815	$225,141	$10,000
4	Harvard University	MA	$171,540	$203,169	$13,000
5	University of California-Berkeley	CA	$161,143	$204,379	$13,289
6	California Institute of Technology	CA	$160,167	$200,511	—
7	Stanford University	CA	$157,763	$214,907	$12,000
8	University of Pennsylvania	PA	$156,295	—	—
9	Princeton University	NJ	$155,162	$217,973	—
10	University of Southern California	CA	$153,063	$192,897	$16,550
11	Cornell University	NY	$151,551	$223,309	$12,500
12	Duke University	NC	$148,493	$195,809	$12,000
13	Brown University	RI	$141,816	$214,479	$15,000
14	Dartmouth College	NH	$137,406	$201,702	$11,000
15	Columbia University in the City of New York	NY	$135,612	$188,265	$16,500
16	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	IL	$134,501	$181,981	$15,000
17	Northwestern University	IL	$133,980	$155,106	$16,500
18	University of Chicago	IL	$132,543	$178,068	$14,037
19	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	CA	$129,984	$154,784	$15,000
20	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	WA	$128,218	$175,616	$12,051
21	University of Washington-Bothell Campus	WA	$128,218	$175,616	$12,051
22	Vanderbilt University	TN	$127,841	$160,021	$15,000
23	Tufts University	MA	$124,082	$156,343	$16,500
24	Washington University in St Louis	MO	$121,535	$177,066	$15,250
25	University of California-Santa Barbara	CA	$121,223	$149,190	$10,000
26	Amherst College	MA	$116,660	$142,680	—
27	Colgate University	NY	$112,395	$161,980	$7,000
28	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	NY	$110,300	$141,528	$22,375
29	Williams College	MA	$109,425	$209,574	$12,000
30	University of California-San Diego	CA	$109,047	$159,487	$14,000
31	University of Rochester	NY	$106,780	$155,464	$19,000
32	Stevens Institute of Technology	NJ	$106,019	$138,468	$25,000
33	Georgetown University	DC	$105,663	$143,900	$13,147
34	University of Maryland-College Park	MD	$104,712	$137,931	$15,750
35	Bowdoin College	ME	$103,268	$137,611	—
36	Howard University	DC	$103,053	—	$21,395
37	Brigham Young University	UT	$102,904	$142,800	$12,000
38	Colby College	ME	$102,172	—	—
39	Pomona College	CA	$100,072	$217,051	—
40	Emory University	GA	$99,840	$159,541	$12,000
41	Seattle University	WA	$99,781	$128,314	$19,500
42	Rochester Institute of Technology	NY	$99,072	$135,702	$24,250
43	University of California-Irvine	CA	$98,883	$127,404	$14,000
44	George Washington University	DC	$98,819	$150,716	$20,500
45	Boston University	MA	$98,587	$136,667	$17,500
46	National University	CA	$98,371	$95,555	$37,738
47	Purdue University-Main Campus	IN	$98,322	$146,685	$16,750
48	Baylor University	TX	$98,124	$128,411	$19,500
49	Auburn University	AL	$97,822	—	$29,250
50	Southern Methodist University	TX	$97,568	$126,590	$20,500
51	Texas A&M University-College Station	TX	$97,008	$124,283	$17,364
52	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	MA	$96,878	$123,519	$20,500
53	University of Utah	UT	$96,677	$137,329	$19,500
54	Grinnell College	IA	$96,564	$109,892	$10,000
55	Colorado School of Mines	CO	$96,085	$127,217	$19,500
56	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	MA	$95,966	$134,208	$26,000
57	Lehigh University	PA	$95,778	$141,691	$22,230
58	Brandeis University	MA	$95,025	$123,460	$18,250
59	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	NC	$94,151	$137,047	$11,958
60	Oregon State University	OR	$94,018	$121,405	$21,874
61	Oregon State University-Cascades Campus	OR	$94,018	$121,405	$21,874
62	Binghamton University	NY	$94,000	$126,183	$18,500
63	West Texas A & M University	TX	$93,925	$131,022	$16,500
64	Middlebury College	VT	$93,605	$128,471	$18,291
65	Morehouse College	GA	$93,274	—	—
66	Boston College	MA	$93,215	$143,204	$19,000
67	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	NC	$90,903	$113,478	$18,750
68	Stony Brook University	NY	$90,866	—	$15,000
69	Stonehill College	MA	$89,955	—	—
70	University of Denver	CO	$89,817	$121,993	$19,500
71	Drexel University	PA	$89,683	$113,610	$27,000
72	Smith College	MA	$89,589	$142,106	$12,606
73	Loyola University Maryland	MD	$89,500	$124,858	$27,000
74	North Carolina A & T State University	NC	$89,371	$105,342	$19,982
75	Carleton College	MN	$88,594	$130,439	$20,917
76	Villanova University	PA	$88,473	—	$24,250
77	University of San Diego	CA	$88,462	$149,847	$21,000
78	University of Connecticut	CT	$88,145	$108,934	$19,500
79	University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus	CT	$88,145	$108,934	$19,500
80	University of Connecticut-Avery Point	CT	$88,145	$108,934	$19,500
81	University of Connecticut-Stamford	CT	$88,145	$108,934	$19,500
82	University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus	CT	$88,145	$108,934	$19,500
83	University of Colorado Boulder	CO	$88,113	$121,952	$19,500
84	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	IN	$87,801	$123,753	$26,647
85	Illinois Institute of Technology	IL	$87,541	$120,953	$22,000
86	Kettering University	MI	$87,541	$106,638	$23,500
87	Boise State University	ID	$87,256	$112,120	$24,250
88	University of Miami	FL	$87,151	$121,589	$18,000
89	Sonoma State University	CA	$86,813	$106,181	$12,500
90	The University of Texas at Arlington	TX	$86,546	$109,197	$16,334
91	University of Georgia	GA	$86,330	$107,397	$17,620
92	Western Governors University	UT	$86,272	—	$11,509
93	Tulane University of Louisiana	LA	$86,237	$118,931	$21,250
94	Washington State University	WA	$86,200	$119,686	$17,222
95	California State University-Chico	CA	$86,125	$127,498	$17,500
96	University of Illinois Chicago	IL	$86,033	$120,470	$17,025
97	Wentworth Institute of Technology	MA	$85,976	$121,671	$23,000
98	Utah Valley University	UT	$85,913	$115,541	$15,048
99	University of Arizona	AZ	$85,859	$117,451	$16,915
100	Arizona State University Campus Immersion	AZ	$85,706	$114,868	$18,250
101	Arizona State University Digital Immersion	AZ	$85,706	$114,868	$18,250
102	Regis University	CO	$85,192	$114,098	$30,500
103	Milwaukee School of Engineering	WI	$85,100	—	$27,000
104	University of Massachusetts-Lowell	MA	$85,033	$111,612	$23,603
105	Rhodes College	TN	$84,979	$78,973	$19,500
106	William & Mary	VA	$84,873	$127,851	$19,000
107	University of Portland	OR	$84,858	$125,929	$19,500
108	George Mason University	VA	$84,847	$125,771	$21,500
109	University of San Francisco	CA	$84,513	$150,341	$21,819
110	DePauw University	IN	$84,375	$120,076	—
111	Case Western Reserve University	OH	$84,172	$143,580	$22,000
112	Suffolk University	MA	$83,874	—	$26,394
113	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	MN	$83,653	$111,661	$17,750
114	Indiana University-Bloomington	IN	$83,633	$114,199	$17,100
115	CUNY City College	NY	$83,587	$116,238	—
116	Portland State University	OR	$83,156	$113,889	$20,955
117	University of Maryland-Baltimore County	MD	$83,058	$105,706	$17,200
118	Calvin University	MI	$83,043	$95,410	$13,639
119	University of California-Santa Cruz	CA	$82,863	$123,422	$15,482
120	Gonzaga University	WA	$82,465	$121,512	$20,500
121	University of Colorado Colorado Springs	CO	$82,449	$97,001	$20,197
122	Occidental College	CA	$82,345	—	$24,500
123	Roger Williams University	RI	$82,314	—	$26,500
124	Illinois State University	IL	$82,023	$111,099	$15,125
125	University of St Thomas	MN	$81,807	$107,938	$23,755
126	Miami University-Oxford	OH	$81,718	—	$20,999
127	Mount Holyoke College	MA	$81,695	$120,021	—
128	Michigan Technological University	MI	$81,692	$105,428	$23,000
129	Iowa State University	IA	$81,601	$104,211	$24,050
130	Mercer University	GA	$81,593	—	$26,999
131	Clark Atlanta University	GA	$81,391	—	—
132	Franklin University	OH	$81,156	$111,131	$26,300
133	Bellevue College	WA	$80,941	—	—
134	Clarkson University	NY	$80,829	$103,132	$23,993
135	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	TN	$80,585	$106,312	$15,000
136	University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown	PA	$80,464	$108,680	$23,250
137	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	PA	$80,464	$108,680	$23,250
138	Brigham Young University-Idaho	ID	$80,350	$117,895	$11,555
139	Seattle Pacific University	WA	$80,129	$133,039	$25,000
140	University of the District of Columbia	DC	$79,946	—	—
141	University of Nebraska at Omaha	NE	$79,793	$107,248	$19,500
142	University at Buffalo	NY	$79,064	$105,160	$17,500
143	Metropolitan State University of Denver	CO	$78,903	$111,187	$27,000
144	University of Arkansas	AR	$78,608	$95,642	$19,500
145	San Diego State University	CA	$78,290	$100,586	$13,000
146	Connecticut College	CT	$78,243	$138,719	—
147	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	OK	$77,925	$110,853	$22,500
148	College of the Holy Cross	MA	$77,708	—	—
149	Pacific University	OR	$77,549	$105,018	—
150	California State University-Channel Islands	CA	$77,337	$100,887	$15,625
151	Dominican University	IL	$77,274	$86,730	—
152	Jackson State University	MS	$77,117	$90,577	$25,000
153	Georgia State University	GA	$76,531	$100,582	$18,250
154	Minnesota State University Moorhead	MN	$76,476	$96,163	$22,500
155	Florida Institute of Technology	FL	$76,424	$91,606	$27,000
156	Weber State University	UT	$76,254	$100,157	$12,500
157	Marist University	NY	$76,234	$111,893	$23,250
158	Texas State University	TX	$76,022	$104,127	$20,500
159	Towson University	MD	$75,859	$104,653	$18,250
160	Georgia College & State University	GA	$75,797	$96,335	$23,250
161	Delaware State University	DE	$75,781	$98,411	—
162	Saint Edward's University	TX	$75,755	$87,890	$23,500
163	North Central College	IL	$75,621	$79,877	$25,000
164	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	WI	$75,508	$92,342	$23,696
165	Ithaca College	NY	$75,456	$98,373	—
166	University of Idaho	ID	$75,342	$103,530	$20,909
167	Kennesaw State University	GA	$75,247	$96,481	$22,000
168	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	NC	$75,173	$86,372	$19,500
169	Capital University	OH	$75,147	—	$27,000
170	Touro University	NY	$75,073	$84,481	$13,625
171	University of Nevada-Reno	NV	$75,050	—	$17,177
172	Wofford College	SC	$74,737	$86,520	—
173	University of Illinois Springfield	IL	$74,686	$102,020	$18,750
174	University of North Florida	FL	$74,634	—	$15,925
175	Anderson University	IN	$74,540	—	—
176	University of Vermont	VT	$74,505	$81,160	$21,275
177	Ohio University-Eastern Campus	OH	$74,498	$93,282	$26,000
178	Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus	OH	$74,498	$93,282	$26,000
179	Ohio University-Southern Campus	OH	$74,498	$93,282	$26,000
180	Ohio University-Lancaster Campus	OH	$74,498	$93,282	$26,000
181	Ohio University-Main Campus	OH	$74,498	$93,282	$26,000
182	Ohio University-Zanesville Campus	OH	$74,498	$93,282	$26,000
183	Baldwin Wallace University	OH	$74,240	—	—
184	Bradley University	IL	$74,163	$107,379	$27,000
185	Saint Johns University	MN	$73,894	$101,188	$27,000
186	Wilmington University	DE	$73,872	—	$17,312
187	Southern Illinois University Edwardsville	IL	$73,819	$106,082	$19,753
188	Grand Canyon University	AZ	$73,739	$88,308	$25,894
189	Chapman University	CA	$73,662	$112,780	$20,500
190	Metropolitan State University	MN	$73,615	$92,342	$13,342
191	West Virginia University	WV	$73,536	$98,277	$22,146
192	Southern New Hampshire University	NH	$73,429	$115,259	$25,784
193	Cedarville University	OH	$73,429	$109,817	$21,000
194	University of Minnesota-Duluth	MN	$73,411	$91,911	$19,900
195	University of California-Riverside	CA	$73,293	$117,705	$15,611
196	Middle Tennessee State University	TN	$73,196	$96,485	$16,844
197	Montana State University	MT	$73,188	$111,728	$22,750
198	Ursinus College	PA	$73,058	—	$27,000
199	Western Carolina University	NC	$72,951	$86,853	$20,518
200	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona	CA	$72,708	$103,494	$15,000
201	Westminster University	UT	$72,674	—	—
202	California State University-Long Beach	CA	$72,641	$101,428	$14,673
203	Carroll University	WI	$72,641	$79,438	—
204	University of Tulsa	OK	$72,519	$109,332	$22,469
205	Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs	CO	$72,516	$85,337	$36,444
206	Benedictine University	IL	$72,408	$91,698	—
207	Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania	PA	$72,194	$85,353	$19,000
208	University of Missouri-St Louis	MO	$72,061	$102,723	$20,625
209	University of Missouri-Kansas City	MO	$72,048	$97,043	$15,250
210	Oklahoma Christian University	OK	$71,911	—	$24,936
211	University of Massachusetts-Boston	MA	$71,907	—	$22,625
212	California Baptist University	CA	$71,866	—	$23,449
213	CUNY Queens College	NY	$71,589	$112,903	$9,669
214	Tennessee Technological University	TN	$71,291	$90,521	$17,800
215	North Dakota State University-Main Campus	ND	$71,226	$87,562	$19,500
216	Concordia University-Saint Paul	MN	$71,149	$105,577	$17,296
217	Whitworth University	WA	$71,053	$87,897	$25,500
218	Western New England University	MA	$70,875	$100,055	$26,000
219	Christopher Newport University	VA	$70,808	$101,900	$23,989
220	Charleston Southern University	SC	$70,777	$97,290	—
221	Missouri State University-Springfield	MO	$70,648	$93,094	$20,401
222	San Francisco State University	CA	$70,632	$105,166	$17,062
223	Indiana University-Southeast	IN	$70,569	$102,250	—
224	Cleveland State University	OH	$70,496	$100,385	$21,938
225	University of Iowa	IA	$70,437	—	$20,485
226	High Point University	NC	$70,423	—	$27,000
227	SUNY Brockport	NY	$70,372	—	$18,500
228	Northern Arizona University	AZ	$70,297	$99,067	$21,671
229	Appalachian State University	NC	$70,140	$97,670	$20,500
230	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	NC	$70,140	$93,037	$18,875
231	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College	PA	$70,117	$101,854	$22,750
232	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver	PA	$70,117	$101,854	$22,750
233	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine	PA	$70,117	$101,854	$22,750
234	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton	PA	$70,117	$101,854	$22,750
235	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	PA	$70,117	$101,854	$22,750
236	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington	PA	$70,117	$101,854	$22,750
237	California Lutheran University	CA	$69,959	$77,030	$23,125
238	Lawrence Technological University	MI	$69,763	$82,464	$26,000
239	Indiana University-Indianapolis	IN	$69,683	$94,380	$21,250
240	Rasmussen University-Florida	FL	$69,473	$84,899	$30,555
241	Rasmussen University-Minnesota	MN	$69,473	$84,899	$30,555
242	Rasmussen University-North Dakota	ND	$69,473	$84,899	$30,555
243	Rasmussen University-Illinois	IL	$69,473	$84,899	$30,555
244	Rasmussen University-Wisconsin	WI	$69,473	$84,899	$30,555
245	Rasmussen University-Kansas	KS	$69,473	$84,899	$30,555
246	University of Dayton	OH	$69,386	$102,468	$20,500
247	University of Nevada-Las Vegas	NV	$69,290	$94,475	$19,272
248	Wichita State University	KS	$69,143	$97,335	$18,486
249	Plymouth State University	NH	$69,128	$96,494	—
250	California State University-Monterey Bay	CA	$68,967	$101,787	$15,833
251	East Carolina University	NC	$68,918	$98,406	$23,259
252	York College of Pennsylvania	PA	$68,906	$100,044	$20,364
253	Gettysburg College	PA	$68,629	$114,433	—
254	Baker College	MI	$68,584	$80,179	$25,166
255	University of Southern Maine	ME	$68,465	$110,861	$20,500
256	Central Washington University	WA	$68,297	$95,368	$20,000
257	California State University-Sacramento	CA	$68,203	$92,519	$13,220
258	Concordia University Ann Arbor	MI	$67,561	$75,487	—
259	Concordia University-Wisconsin	WI	$67,561	$75,487	—
260	Xavier University	OH	$67,545	$104,908	$26,000
261	Eastern Michigan University	MI	$67,537	$74,818	$18,875
262	Saint Norbert College	WI	$67,536	$96,237	—
263	Tennessee State University	TN	$67,363	$67,292	$25,125
264	Davenport University	MI	$67,241	$76,469	$27,312
265	The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga	TN	$67,125	$82,644	$17,625
266	Purdue University Northwest	IN	$67,051	$88,158	$20,336
267	Western Michigan University	MI	$67,050	$90,876	$26,000
268	Harding University	AR	$66,880	$92,014	$27,375
269	Southern Illinois University-Carbondale	IL	$66,774	$91,299	$17,781
270	California State University-Fullerton	CA	$66,678	$87,460	$15,000
271	Purdue University Fort Wayne	IN	$66,654	$101,396	$18,432
272	Northern Illinois University	IL	$66,593	$93,438	$16,093
273	University of Louisiana at Lafayette	LA	$66,588	$83,527	$21,500
274	University of North Carolina Wilmington	NC	$66,482	$88,219	$20,500
275	Saint Cloud State University	MN	$66,333	$103,765	$24,000
276	Kent State University at Stark	OH	$66,317	$91,614	$22,700
277	Kent State University at Kent	OH	$66,317	$91,614	$22,700
278	John Carroll University	OH	$66,156	$88,824	$26,865
279	Utah Tech University	UT	$66,139	—	—
280	Austin Peay State University	TN	$66,088	—	$16,500
281	University of the Pacific	CA	$66,079	$147,511	$21,526
282	University of Wyoming	WY	$65,650	$99,287	$13,625
283	Hofstra University	NY	$65,623	$88,137	$20,012
284	California State University-East Bay	CA	$65,599	$119,900	$15,750
285	CUNY Hunter College	NY	$65,587	$102,321	$10,500
286	American InterContinental University System	AZ	$65,078	—	$24,667
287	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	LA	$64,916	$89,307	$18,087
288	California State University-Northridge	CA	$64,914	$101,348	$15,500
289	Winona State University	MN	$64,792	$88,164	$15,000
290	University of Houston-Clear Lake	TX	$64,221	$77,073	$19,000
291	Florida Southern College	FL	$64,214	$82,328	$25,750
292	University of Maine	ME	$64,189	$99,413	$24,250
293	Messiah University	PA	$64,152	$74,941	$23,375
294	Southeastern Louisiana University	LA	$64,083	$72,410	$17,500
295	Ball State University	IN	$64,021	—	$23,474
296	Valparaiso University	IN	$63,897	$94,111	$27,000
297	Youngstown State University	OH	$63,486	$85,028	$21,488
298	University of Michigan-Flint	MI	$63,312	$95,183	$24,750
299	Southern University and A & M College	LA	$63,190	$58,951	$31,000
300	Southern University Law Center	LA	$63,190	$58,951	$31,000

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 science graduates earn?

The median college reports $73,662 in earnings one year after a bachelor's degree in computer science and $99,574 four years after. The highest is $182,273 at Harvey Mudd College.

How much student debt do computer science graduates have?

The median federal loan debt for this degree is about $20,500 at the typical college.