Computer and Information Sciences, General

72,657 students earn a computer and information sciences, general credential each year across 1,357 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
$61,941
Typical earnings, 5 years out
$87,918

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Bachelor's programs — top 100 of 811 colleges by graduate earnings

1University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania$146,2041 year out2University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, California$136,0991 year out3Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut$133,2931 year out4Rice UniversityHouston, Texas$131,1541 year out5Northeastern UniversityBoston, Massachusetts$115,5871 year out6Northeastern University Professional ProgramsBoston, Massachusetts$115,5871 year out7Northeastern University OaklandOakland, California$115,5871 year out8University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, Michigan$113,6341 year out9University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, Illinois$113,5031 year out10The University of Texas at AustinAustin, Texas$111,5871 year out11Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, Maryland$109,5141 year out12Barnard CollegeNew York, New York$107,4341 year out13Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusAtlanta, Georgia$105,1371 year out14Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore, Pennsylvania$103,6861 year out15Cornell UniversityIthaca, New York$103,6501 year out16Wellesley CollegeWellesley, Massachusetts$100,6441 year out17Spelman CollegeAtlanta, Georgia$98,6921 year out18University of Virginia-Main CampusCharlottesville, Virginia$98,0671 year out19University of Notre DameNotre Dame, Indiana$96,5171 year out20Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityBlacksburg, Virginia$96,4321 year out21Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook, New York$90,6731 year out22University of FloridaGainesville, Florida$90,6511 year out23University of Florida-OnlineGainesville, Florida$90,6511 year out24University of New Mexico-Main CampusAlbuquerque, New Mexico$89,4981 year out25University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, California$88,0301 year out26New York UniversityNew York, New York$87,6081 year out27Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, Michigan$86,1921 year out28Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, New York$85,1721 year out29The College of New JerseyEwing, New Jersey$84,5391 year out30University of California-DavisDavis, California$84,3431 year out31Virginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmond, Virginia$84,3381 year out32Western Governors UniversitySalt Lake City, Utah$84,2421 year out33Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania$84,0501 year out34Pennsylvania State University-Penn State HarrisburgMiddletown, Pennsylvania$84,0501 year out35Pennsylvania State University-Penn State BrandywineMedia, Pennsylvania$84,0501 year out36Pennsylvania State University-Penn State BerksReading, Pennsylvania$84,0501 year out37Pennsylvania State University-Penn State AltoonaAltoona, Pennsylvania$84,0501 year out38Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh ValleyCenter Valley, Pennsylvania$84,0501 year out39Pennsylvania State University-Penn State AbingtonAbington, Pennsylvania$84,0501 year out40Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater AlleghenyMcKeesport, Pennsylvania$84,0501 year out41Pennsylvania State University-Penn State SchuylkillSchuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania$84,0501 year out42Pennsylvania State University-Penn State YorkYork, Pennsylvania$84,0501 year out43Pennsylvania State University-Penn State ShenangoSharon, Pennsylvania$84,0501 year out44The University of AlabamaTuscaloosa, Alabama$83,6511 year out45Villanova UniversityVillanova, Pennsylvania$83,4551 year out46Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, Pennsylvania$83,3561 year out47Wilkes UniversityWilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania$83,0411 year out48Westmont CollegeSanta Barbara, California$83,0261 year out49Texas Tech UniversityLubbock, Texas$82,5211 year out50Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbus, Ohio$82,4481 year out51Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, New York$82,3781 year out52Macalester CollegeSaint Paul, Minnesota$81,9641 year out53James Madison UniversityHarrisonburg, Virginia$81,7611 year out54Texas A&M University-College StationCollege Station, Texas$81,2311 year out55Brigham Young UniversityProvo, Utah$80,9341 year out56University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin$80,5661 year out57Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick, New Jersey$80,4481 year out58Rutgers University-NewarkNewark, New Jersey$80,4481 year out59Rutgers University-CamdenCamden, New Jersey$80,4481 year out60Massachusetts College of Liberal ArtsNorth Adams, Massachusetts$80,3321 year out61Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie, New York$80,0371 year out62Loyola Marymount UniversityLos Angeles, California$79,7631 year out63Colorado State University-Fort CollinsFort Collins, Colorado$78,8561 year out64George Mason UniversityFairfax, Virginia$78,8001 year out65Athens State UniversityAthens, Alabama$78,4351 year out66South Dakota School of Mines and TechnologyRapid City, South Dakota$78,1931 year out67Pacific Lutheran UniversityTacoma, Washington$78,0551 year out68University of Nebraska-LincolnLincoln, Nebraska$78,0171 year out69University of Massachusetts-DartmouthNorth Dartmouth, Massachusetts$77,9701 year out70Western Connecticut State UniversityDanbury, Connecticut$77,9691 year out71Prairie View A & M UniversityPrairie View, Texas$77,7631 year out72Walden UniversityMinneapolis, Minnesota$77,6901 year out73Wayne State UniversityDetroit, Michigan$77,3711 year out74Marist UniversityPoughkeepsie, New York$77,3151 year out75Trinity UniversitySan Antonio, Texas$77,3111 year out76University of Michigan-DearbornDearborn, Michigan$77,2731 year out77Missouri University of Science and TechnologyRolla, Missouri$76,8691 year out78Texas Christian UniversityFort Worth, Texas$76,8261 year out79University of RichmondUniversity of Richmond, Virginia$76,7631 year out80Kansas State UniversityManhattan, Kansas$76,3851 year out81University of Mary WashingtonFredericksburg, Virginia$76,3011 year out82University of ConnecticutStorrs, Connecticut$75,6491 year out83University of Connecticut-Waterbury CampusWaterbury, Connecticut$75,6491 year out84University of Connecticut-Avery PointGroton, Connecticut$75,6491 year out85University of Connecticut-StamfordStamford, Connecticut$75,6491 year out86University of Connecticut-Hartford CampusHartford, Connecticut$75,6491 year out87University of Maryland Global CampusAdelphi, Maryland$75,6191 year out88University of DelawareNewark, Delaware$75,3101 year out89Colorado Christian UniversityLakewood, Colorado$75,2881 year out90University of Alabama in HuntsvilleHuntsville, Alabama$75,1591 year out91University of New Hampshire-Main CampusDurham, New Hampshire$75,1561 year out92University of New Hampshire at ManchesterManchester, New Hampshire$75,1561 year out93University of New Hampshire College of Professional Studies OnlineManchester, New Hampshire$75,1561 year out94University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical CampusDenver, Colorado$75,1371 year out95Weber State UniversityOgden, Utah$74,8651 year out96Truman State UniversityKirksville, Missouri$74,7941 year out97Capella UniversityMinneapolis, Minnesota$74,6741 year out98Shippensburg University of PennsylvaniaShippensburg, Pennsylvania$74,5981 year out99North Carolina Central UniversityDurham, North Carolina$74,5971 year out100Grand Valley State UniversityAllendale, Michigan$74,3601 year out

Associate programs — top 100 of 530 colleges by graduate earnings

1Des Moines Area Community CollegeAnkeny, Iowa$60,1631 year out2Salt Lake Community CollegeSalt Lake City, Utah$55,9611 year out3Southeast Community College AreaLincoln, Nebraska$55,7381 year out4Front Range Community CollegeWestminster, Colorado$53,2191 year out5Southern New Hampshire UniversityManchester, New Hampshire$50,1111 year out6Gateway Community and Technical CollegeFlorence, Kentucky$49,7531 year out7Oklahoma City Community CollegeOklahoma City, Oklahoma$49,1981 year out8Austin Community College DistrictAustin, Texas$49,0321 year out9Metropolitan Community College AreaOmaha, Nebraska$48,7191 year out10Wake Technical Community CollegeRaleigh, North Carolina$48,2801 year out11University of Phoenix-ArizonaPhoenix, Arizona$48,2361 year out12Cameron UniversityLawton, Oklahoma$48,1901 year out13Columbia CollegeColumbia, Missouri$47,1671 year out14Durham Technical Community CollegeDurham, North Carolina$45,8471 year out15Tidewater Community CollegeNorfolk, Virginia$45,0841 year out16Minnesota State Community and Technical CollegeFergus Falls, Minnesota$44,8361 year out17San Joaquin Valley College-VisaliaVisalia, California$44,6531 year out18Pellissippi State Community CollegeKnoxville, Tennessee$44,2241 year out19Georgia Military CollegeMilledgeville, Georgia$42,2851 year out20Nashville State Community CollegeNashville, Tennessee$42,1601 year out21Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana$41,5601 year out22Chattanooga State Community CollegeChattanooga, Tennessee$41,4001 year out23West Kentucky Community and Technical CollegePaducah, Kentucky$41,2321 year out24Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community CollegeAsheville, North Carolina$41,0271 year out25Brightpoint Community CollegeChester, Virginia$40,9841 year out26Central Piedmont Community CollegeCharlotte, North Carolina$40,8541 year out27Northern Virginia Community CollegeAnnandale, Virginia$39,6791 year out28Community College of Allegheny CountyPittsburgh, Pennsylvania$39,4611 year out29Jefferson Community and Technical CollegeLouisville, Kentucky$39,2351 year out30Lone Star College SystemThe Woodlands, Texas$39,2241 year out31Nassau Community CollegeGarden City, New York$39,1991 year out32Mount Wachusett Community CollegeGardner, Massachusetts$38,9751 year out33Bluegrass Community and Technical CollegeLexington, Kentucky$38,8501 year out34Forsyth Technical Community CollegeWinston-Salem, North Carolina$38,8371 year out35Guilford Technical Community CollegeJamestown, North Carolina$37,7281 year out36Northeast Community CollegeNorfolk, Nebraska$37,5091 year out37Somerset Community CollegeSomerset, Kentucky$37,3431 year out38Walters State Community CollegeMorristown, Tennessee$36,2661 year out39John C Calhoun State Community CollegeTanner, Alabama$36,2581 year out40Keiser University-Ft LauderdaleFort Lauderdale, Florida$35,8831 year out41Davidson-Davie Community CollegeThomasville, North Carolina$35,6381 year out42Western Technical CollegeEl Paso, Texas$35,5771 year out43Western Technical CollegeEl Paso, Texas$35,5771 year out44Erie Community CollegeBuffalo, New York$35,2531 year out45Volunteer State Community CollegeGallatin, Tennessee$35,0421 year out46Owensboro Community and Technical CollegeOwensboro, Kentucky$34,6231 year out47Bristol Community CollegeFall River, Massachusetts$34,1931 year out48Central New Mexico Community CollegeAlbuquerque, New Mexico$34,1561 year out49Maysville Community and Technical CollegeMaysville, Kentucky$34,1201 year out50San Jacinto Community CollegePasadena, Texas$33,8931 year out51Southwest Tennessee Community CollegeMemphis, Tennessee$33,1711 year out52Monroe Community CollegeRochester, New York$33,0381 year out53University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical CollegeNorth Little Rock, Arkansas$32,2671 year out54Brookdale Community CollegeLincroft, New Jersey$31,8271 year out55Valencia CollegeOrlando, Florida$31,7541 year out56Passaic County Community CollegePaterson, New Jersey$31,3461 year out57SOWELA Technical Community CollegeLake Charles, Louisiana$30,3601 year out58Jackson State Community CollegeJackson, Tennessee$30,2581 year out59Northeast State Community CollegeBlountville, Tennessee$27,8821 year out60Delaware Technical Community College-TerryDover, Delaware$27,1611 year out61South Texas CollegeMcAllen, Texas$26,7551 year out62CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community CollegeNew York, New York$26,5821 year out63Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical CollegeBowling Green, Kentucky$26,0251 year out64Hudson County Community CollegeJersey City, New Jersey$25,7351 year out65Monroe UniversityBronx, New York$22,7881 year out66CUNY New York City College of TechnologyBrooklyn, New York$21,3751 year out67Community College of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania$21,2231 year out68UCNJ Union College of Union County New JerseyCranford, New Jersey$18,1601 year out69DeVry University-IllinoisLisle, Illinois—1 year out70Montgomery CollegeRockville, Maryland—1 year out71Brigham Young University-IdahoRexburg, Idaho—1 year out72DeVry University-CaliforniaOntario, California—1 year out73Columbus State Community CollegeColumbus, Ohio—1 year out74Tulsa Community CollegeTulsa, Oklahoma—1 year out75Tarrant County College DistrictFort Worth, Texas—1 year out76Arapahoe Community CollegeLittleton, Colorado—1 year out77Oklahoma State University Institute of TechnologyOkmulgee, Oklahoma—1 year out78Virginia Peninsula Community CollegeHampton, Virginia—1 year out79Arkansas Tech UniversityRussellville, Arkansas—1 year out80Fayetteville Technical Community CollegeFayetteville, North Carolina—1 year out81Houston City CollegeHouston, Texas—1 year out82DeVry University-GeorgiaDecatur, Georgia—1 year out83Rowan-Cabarrus Community CollegeSalisbury, North Carolina—1 year out84College of Southern MarylandLa Plata, Maryland—1 year out85Delaware County Community CollegeMedia, Pennsylvania—1 year out86J Sargeant Reynolds Community CollegeRichmond, Virginia—1 year out87Elizabethtown Community and Technical CollegeElizabethtown, Kentucky—1 year out88Anne Arundel Community CollegeArnold, Maryland—1 year out89Community College of Baltimore CountyBaltimore, Maryland—1 year out90Indian River State CollegeFort Pierce, Florida—1 year out91Middlesex CollegeEdison, New Jersey—1 year out92Florida State College at JacksonvilleJacksonville, Florida—1 year out93Leeward Community CollegePearl City, Hawaii—1 year out94Pikes Peak State CollegeColorado Springs, Colorado—1 year out95Broward CollegeFort Lauderdale, Florida—1 year out96Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegePerkinston, Mississippi—1 year out97Pitt Community CollegeWinterville, North Carolina—1 year out98Miami Dade CollegeMiami, Florida—1 year out99Chemeketa Community CollegeSalem, Oregon—1 year out100Cosumnes River CollegeSacramento, California—1 year out

Certificate programs — top 100 of 417 colleges by graduate earnings

1Colorado State University GlobalDenver, Colorado$61,7371 year out2University of Nebraska at OmahaOmaha, Nebraska$58,7501 year out3Salt Lake Community CollegeSalt Lake City, Utah$57,4281 year out4Wake Technical Community CollegeRaleigh, North Carolina$55,2641 year out5Southern Careers Institute-AustinAustin, Texas$52,0791 year out6Northwood Technical CollegeRice Lake, Wisconsin$50,2391 year out7Durham Technical Community CollegeDurham, North Carolina$46,9661 year out8Gateway Community and Technical CollegeFlorence, Kentucky$45,4281 year out9Front Range Community CollegeWestminster, Colorado$45,1741 year out10San Joaquin Valley College-VisaliaVisalia, California$42,4791 year out11Dixie Technical CollegeSaint George, Utah$41,6311 year out12Jefferson Community and Technical CollegeLouisville, Kentucky$41,5431 year out13Summit Academy Opportunities Industrialization CenterMinneapolis, Minnesota$39,8331 year out14Maysville Community and Technical CollegeMaysville, Kentucky$39,3421 year out15Baltimore City Community CollegeBaltimore, Maryland$38,8581 year out16Tarrant County College DistrictFort Worth, Texas$37,8081 year out17Bluegrass Community and Technical CollegeLexington, Kentucky$37,0191 year out18West Kentucky Community and Technical CollegePaducah, Kentucky$36,3321 year out19Guilford Technical Community CollegeJamestown, North Carolina$36,2271 year out20Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana$36,1781 year out21Davidson-Davie Community CollegeThomasville, North Carolina$36,1681 year out22Owensboro Community and Technical CollegeOwensboro, Kentucky$35,1741 year out23Somerset Community CollegeSomerset, Kentucky$34,9921 year out24Rowan-Cabarrus Community CollegeSalisbury, North Carolina$34,8531 year out25Madisonville Community CollegeMadisonville, Kentucky$34,2071 year out26Fayetteville Technical Community CollegeFayetteville, North Carolina$32,1541 year out27Bridgerland Technical CollegeLogan, Utah$30,1391 year out28Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical CollegeBowling Green, Kentucky$28,5681 year out29DeVry University-IllinoisLisle, Illinois—1 year out30Lakeland Community CollegeKirtland, Ohio—1 year out31Broward CollegeFort Lauderdale, Florida—1 year out32Elizabethtown Community and Technical CollegeElizabethtown, Kentucky—1 year out33The University of Texas at AustinAustin, Texas—1 year out34College of Lake CountyGrayslake, Illinois—1 year out35Columbus State Community CollegeColumbus, Ohio—1 year out36Lone Star College SystemThe Woodlands, Texas—1 year out37John C Calhoun State Community CollegeTanner, Alabama—1 year out38South Texas CollegeMcAllen, Texas—1 year out39San Jacinto Community CollegePasadena, Texas—1 year out40Northern Virginia Community CollegeAnnandale, Virginia—1 year out41University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin—1 year out42Pueblo Community CollegePueblo, Colorado—1 year out43Gadsden State Community CollegeGadsden, Alabama—1 year out44Hazard Community and Technical CollegeHazard, Kentucky—1 year out45Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, Indiana—1 year out46Johnston Community CollegeSmithfield, North Carolina—1 year out47Forsyth Technical Community CollegeWinston-Salem, North Carolina—1 year out48Ashland Community and Technical CollegeAshland, Kentucky—1 year out49Central Community CollegeGrand Island, Nebraska—1 year out50Utah Tech UniversitySaint George, Utah—1 year out51Valencia CollegeOrlando, Florida—1 year out52Arapahoe Community CollegeLittleton, Colorado—1 year out53Craven Community CollegeNew Bern, North Carolina—1 year out54Central Piedmont Community CollegeCharlotte, North Carolina—1 year out55Big Sandy Community and Technical CollegePrestonsburg, Kentucky—1 year out56SOWELA Technical Community CollegeLake Charles, Louisiana—1 year out57DeVry University-CaliforniaOntario, California—1 year out58Davis Technical CollegeKaysville, Utah—1 year out59Florida State College at JacksonvilleJacksonville, Florida—1 year out60University of Missouri-ColumbiaColumbia, Missouri—1 year out61Utah Valley UniversityOrem, Utah—1 year out62Wayne Community CollegeGoldsboro, North Carolina—1 year out63InterAmerican Technical InstituteMiami, Florida—1 year out64St Petersburg CollegeSt. Petersburg, Florida—1 year out65College of Central FloridaOcala, Florida—1 year out66Santa Fe CollegeGainesville, Florida—1 year out67Colorado Mountain CollegeGlenwood Springs, Colorado—1 year out68Hillsborough CollegeTampa, Florida—1 year out69Henderson Community CollegeHenderson, Kentucky—1 year out70Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca Raton, Florida—1 year out71Pitt Community CollegeWinterville, North Carolina—1 year out72Bevill State Community CollegeJasper, Alabama—1 year out73Purdue University GlobalWest Lafayette, Indiana—1 year out74University of GeorgiaAthens, Georgia—1 year out75Leeward Community CollegePearl City, Hawaii—1 year out76Northwest Shoals Community CollegeMuscle Shoals, Alabama—1 year out77Catawba Valley Community CollegeHickory, North Carolina—1 year out78Bryan UniversityTempe, Arizona—1 year out79Mitchell Community CollegeStatesville, North Carolina—1 year out80Richmond Community CollegeHamlet, North Carolina—1 year out81Volunteer State Community CollegeGallatin, Tennessee—1 year out82Southern Arkansas University TechCamden, Arkansas—1 year out83Truckee Meadows Community CollegeReno, Nevada—1 year out84Jefferson State Community CollegeBirmingham, Alabama—1 year out85Long Beach City CollegeLong Beach, California—1 year out86University of Arkansas Community College-MorriltonMorrilton, Arkansas—1 year out87Metropolitan Community College AreaOmaha, Nebraska—1 year out88Brunswick Community CollegeBolivia, North Carolina—1 year out89Cerro Coso Community CollegeRidgecrest, California—1 year out90Pikes Peak State CollegeColorado Springs, Colorado—1 year out91Indian River State CollegeFort Pierce, Florida—1 year out92Miami Dade CollegeMiami, Florida—1 year out93Minneapolis Community and Technical CollegeMinneapolis, Minnesota—1 year out94Gaston CollegeDallas, North Carolina—1 year out95Wilkes Community CollegeWilkesboro, North Carolina—1 year out96Caldwell Community College and Technical InstituteHudson, North Carolina—1 year out97Valley College-MartinsburgMartinsburg, West Virginia—1 year out98George C Wallace State Community College-HancevilleHanceville, Alabama—1 year out99Arkansas Tech UniversityRussellville, Arkansas—1 year out100University of Maryland Global CampusAdelphi, Maryland—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 (—).