Computational Science
507 students earn a computational science credential each year across 38 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.
- Typical earnings, 1 year out
- $43,834
- Typical earnings, 5 years out
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Bachelor's programs — 33 colleges
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1University of South Carolina BeaufortBluffton, South Carolina9$43,8341 year out——2University of RochesterRochester, New York61—1 year out——3Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, Michigan59—1 year out——4Washington State UniversityPullman, Washington49—1 year out——5The University of Texas at AustinAustin, Texas32—1 year out——6Augustana CollegeRock Island, Illinois23—1 year out——7Le Moyne CollegeSyracuse, New York20—1 year out——8University of Puerto Rico-MayaguezMayaguez, Puerto Rico18—1 year out——9University of GeorgiaAthens, Georgia16—1 year out——10Iowa State UniversityAmes, Iowa16—1 year out——11Tufts UniversityMedford, Massachusetts16—1 year out——12Chapman UniversityOrange, California14—1 year out——13Augustana UniversitySioux Falls, South Dakota10—1 year out——14CUNY New York City College of TechnologyBrooklyn, New York8—1 year out——15Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania8—1 year out——16University of Michigan-DearbornDearborn, Michigan7—1 year out——17Indiana University-BloomingtonBloomington, Indiana6—1 year out——18Florida State UniversityTallahassee, Florida4—1 year out——19Georgia State UniversityAtlanta, Georgia4—1 year out——20Hamline UniversitySaint Paul, Minnesota4—1 year out——21Creighton UniversityOmaha, Nebraska4—1 year out——22Duquesne UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania4—1 year out——23University of ArkansasFayetteville, Arkansas3—1 year out——24Millikin UniversityDecatur, Illinois2—1 year out——25Indiana University-IndianapolisIndianapolis, Indiana2—1 year out——26University of New EnglandBiddeford, Maine2—1 year out——27Rowan UniversityGlassboro, New Jersey2—1 year out——28Montclair State UniversityMontclair, New Jersey2—1 year out——29Mercer UniversityMacon, Georgia1—1 year out——30Indiana University-SoutheastNew Albany, Indiana1—1 year out——31Indiana University-EastRichmond, Indiana1—1 year out——32Macalester CollegeSaint Paul, Minnesota1—1 year out——33Duke UniversityDurham, North Carolina1—1 year out——
Certificate programs — 9 colleges
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1Elizabethtown CollegeElizabethtown, Pennsylvania9$57,6561 year out—$27,0002University of GeorgiaAthens, Georgia37—1 year out——3The University of Texas at AustinAustin, Texas32—1 year out——4Texas A&M University-College StationCollege Station, Texas5—1 year out——5Indiana University-IndianapolisIndianapolis, Indiana4—1 year out——6University of Oklahoma-Norman CampusNorman, Oklahoma3—1 year out——7Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania3—1 year out——8Missouri State University-SpringfieldSpringfield, Missouri2—1 year out——9University of Wisconsin-ParksideKenosha, Wisconsin2—1 year out——
US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).