Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications

12,919 students earn a computer systems networking and telecommunications credential each year across 490 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: $60,540
Typical earnings, 5 years out: $73,315

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Bachelor's programs — 59 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Rochester Institute of TechnologyRochester, New York—$73,3671 year out$119,606$31,000 2Weber State UniversityOgden, Utah18$71,9411 year out$86,601—3Park UniversityParkville, Missouri—$71,6011 year out$75,326$15,000 4Wentworth Institute of TechnologyBoston, Massachusetts30$68,0561 year out$97,831$27,000 5University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesMinneapolis, Minnesota43$68,0471 year out$103,056$20,500 6Illinois State UniversityNormal, Illinois5$66,8011 year out$84,405—7University of Wisconsin-StoutMenomonie, Wisconsin50$66,6231 year out$91,351$27,000 8University of Phoenix-ArizonaPhoenix, Arizona1$65,4741 year out$68,866$39,645 9Utah Valley UniversityOrem, Utah58$64,6151 year out$94,111$21,000 10Ohio University-Main CampusAthens, Ohio18$61,7881 year out$76,803$19,500 11Ohio University-Eastern CampusSaint Clairsville, Ohio0$61,7881 year out$76,803$19,500 12Ohio University-Chillicothe CampusChillicothe, Ohio0$61,7881 year out$76,803$19,500 13Ohio University-Southern CampusIronton, Ohio0$61,7881 year out$76,803$19,500 14Ohio University-Lancaster CampusLancaster, Ohio0$61,7881 year out$76,803$19,500 15Ohio University-Zanesville CampusZanesville, Ohio0$61,7881 year out$76,803$19,500 16DePaul UniversityChicago, Illinois19$61,4821 year out$96,261$24,750 17University of Akron Main CampusAkron, Ohio10$60,9441 year out$81,650$26,879 18DeVry University-IllinoisLisle, Illinois38$60,5401 year out$73,315$48,014 19DeVry University-CaliforniaOntario, California10$60,5401 year out$73,315$48,014 20DeVry University-OhioColumbus, Ohio5$60,5401 year out$73,315$48,014 21DeVry University-TexasIrving, Texas3$60,5401 year out$73,315$48,014 22DeVry College of New YorkNew York, New York2$60,5401 year out$73,315$48,014 23DeVry University-GeorgiaDecatur, Georgia2$60,5401 year out$73,315$48,014 24DeVry University-ArizonaPhoenix, Arizona1$60,5401 year out$73,315$48,014 25DeVry University-FloridaOrlando, Florida1$60,5401 year out$73,315$48,014 26DeVry University-NevadaHenderson, Nevada0$60,5401 year out$73,315$48,014 27DeVry University-New JerseyIselin, New Jersey0$60,5401 year out$73,315$48,014 28DeVry University-VirginiaArlington, Virginia0$60,5401 year out$73,315$48,014 29Davenport UniversityGrand Rapids, Michigan27$57,5021 year out$74,388$24,146 30Baldwin Wallace UniversityBerea, Ohio8$55,2861 year out—$27,000 31Florida State College at JacksonvilleJacksonville, Florida38$53,8881 year out$70,575$18,576 32Kean UniversityUnion, New Jersey59$51,5401 year out$57,734$26,570 33University of Minnesota-DuluthDuluth, Minnesota19$51,2911 year out$81,784$26,125 34Pennsylvania College of TechnologyWilliamsport, Pennsylvania16$49,3741 year out—$27,000 35Keiser University-Ft LauderdaleFort Lauderdale, Florida16$48,6551 year out—$43,280 36University of North Carolina at GreensboroGreensboro, North Carolina106$48,0771 year out$60,500$26,330 37Stevenson UniversityOwings Mills, Maryland18$42,6181 year out$78,310$27,000 38NUC UniversityBayamon, Puerto Rico41$32,3711 year out$32,153$23,500 39EDP University of Puerto Rico Inc-San JuanSan Juan, Puerto Rico3$26,5191 year out$42,448—40EDP University of Puerto Rico Inc-San SebastianSan Sebastian, Puerto Rico1$26,5191 year out$42,448—41EDP University of Puerto Rico-CaguasCaguas, Puerto Rico0$26,5191 year out$42,448—42Western Governors UniversitySalt Lake City, Utah290—1 year out——43Purdue University GlobalWest Lafayette, Indiana18—1 year out——44Tiffin UniversityTiffin, Ohio11—1 year out——45Ferris State UniversityBig Rapids, Michigan10—1 year out——46University of Central MissouriWarrensburg, Missouri8—1 year out——47Valley College-MartinsburgMartinsburg, West Virginia8—1 year out——48Olivet Nazarene UniversityBourbonnais, Illinois7—1 year out——49Inter American University of Puerto Rico-PonceMercedita, Puerto Rico7—1 year out$33,119—50Miles CollegeFairfield, Alabama6—1 year out——51Excelsior UniversityAlbany, New York4—1 year out——52Indiana Institute of TechnologyFort Wayne, Indiana3—1 year out——53Lake Superior State UniversitySault Ste Marie, Michigan3—1 year out——54Capella UniversityMinneapolis, Minnesota3—1 year out——55Johnson & Wales University-ProvidenceProvidence, Rhode Island2—1 year out$67,825—56Southern Nazarene UniversityBethany, Oklahoma1—1 year out——57Central Methodist University-College of Graduate and Extended StudiesFayette, Missouri1—1 year out——58Inter American University of Puerto Rico-FajardoFajardo, Puerto Rico0—1 year out$26,466—59Inter American University of Puerto Rico-BayamonBayamon, Puerto Rico0—1 year out$34,033—

Associate programs — top 100 of 285 colleges by graduate earnings

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Madison Area Technical CollegeMadison, Wisconsin25$65,3241 year out——2Bunker Hill Community CollegeBoston, Massachusetts6$53,1451 year out——3Front Range Community CollegeWestminster, Colorado22$52,2441 year out$68,429$19,438 4Alexandria Technical & Community CollegeAlexandria, Minnesota17$49,7061 year out$49,292—5Charter CollegeAnchorage, Alaska12$47,4631 year out—$21,442 6Chippewa Valley Technical CollegeEau Claire, Wisconsin30$47,2681 year out$61,304$13,500 7Dunwoody College of TechnologyMinneapolis, Minnesota23$47,2171 year out$66,283$18,000 8Austin Community College DistrictAustin, Texas79$46,9691 year out$70,736$12,000 9Southeast Technical CollegeSioux Falls, South Dakota0$46,9591 year out$60,459$19,725 10Sinclair Community CollegeDayton, Ohio54$45,7721 year out$67,111$17,816 11Western Technical CollegeLa Crosse, Wisconsin—$45,3811 year out$63,992$15,832 12DeVry University-IllinoisLisle, Illinois58$44,7351 year out$57,157$32,882 13DeVry College of New YorkNew York, New York5$44,7351 year out$57,157$32,882 14DeVry University-CaliforniaOntario, California4$44,7351 year out$57,157$32,882 15DeVry University-GeorgiaDecatur, Georgia3$44,7351 year out$57,157$32,882 16DeVry University-OhioColumbus, Ohio3$44,7351 year out$57,157$32,882 17DeVry University-TexasIrving, Texas2$44,7351 year out$57,157$32,882 18DeVry University-VirginiaArlington, Virginia2$44,7351 year out$57,157$32,882 19DeVry University-NevadaHenderson, Nevada1$44,7351 year out$57,157$32,882 20DeVry University-New JerseyIselin, New Jersey1$44,7351 year out$57,157$32,882 21DeVry University-ArizonaPhoenix, Arizona0$44,7351 year out$57,157$32,882 22DeVry University-FloridaOrlando, Florida0$44,7351 year out$57,157$32,882 23Ozarks Technical Community CollegeSpringfield, Missouri12$44,3811 year out$46,949$17,101 24Herzing University-AtlantaAtlanta, Georgia11$43,9011 year out$50,860$30,649 25Herzing University-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin8$43,9011 year out$50,860$30,649 26Herzing University-OrlandoWinter Park, Florida4$43,9011 year out$50,860$30,649 27Herzing University-BirminghamBirmingham, Alabama3$43,9011 year out$50,860$30,649 28Herzing University-New OrleansMetairie, Louisiana2$43,9011 year out$50,860$30,649 29Herzing University-MinneapolisSt. Louis Park, Minnesota1$43,9011 year out$50,860$30,649 30Herzing University-AkronAkron, Ohio1$43,9011 year out$50,860$30,649 31Herzing University-KenoshaKenosha, Wisconsin0$43,9011 year out$50,860$30,649 32Herzing University-BrookfieldBrookfield, Wisconsin0$43,9011 year out$50,860$30,649 33South Puget Sound Community CollegeOlympia, Washington21$43,3801 year out——34Milwaukee Area Technical CollegeMilwaukee, Wisconsin31$43,2761 year out$58,674$22,944 35Iowa Central Community CollegeFort Dodge, Iowa11$43,2531 year out$74,811$25,375 36Houston City CollegeHouston, Texas89$42,8751 year out—$18,862 37Southwest Wisconsin Technical CollegeFennimore, Wisconsin7$42,7291 year out$59,310—38Gateway Technical CollegeKenosha, Wisconsin9$41,9421 year out$50,095$22,500 39State Technical College of MissouriLinn, Missouri22$41,2701 year out$51,097$11,545 40Indian Hills Community CollegeOttumwa, Iowa14$41,1661 year out$56,200$14,085 41Hawkeye Community CollegeWaterloo, Iowa14$40,8731 year out$62,399—42Dallas CollegeDallas, Texas44$40,8071 year out$62,699$13,164 43Western Dakota Technical CollegeRapid City, South Dakota12$40,4181 year out—$20,049 44Lakeshore Technical CollegeCleveland, Wisconsin8$40,0861 year out—$12,722 45Saint Paul CollegeSaint Paul, Minnesota8$38,6541 year out$56,268$16,065 46Fox Valley Technical CollegeAppleton, Wisconsin24$37,9841 year out$59,359$11,500 47Lincoln Technical Institute-AllentownAllentown, Pennsylvania8$37,8831 year out$41,477$17,017 48Lincoln Technical Institute-New BritainNew Britain, Connecticut—$37,8831 year out$41,477$17,017 49College of Business and TechnologyMiami, Florida0$37,6801 year out$49,348$26,096 50College of Business and TechnologyCutler Bay, Florida0$37,6801 year out$49,348$26,096 51Lehigh Carbon Community CollegeSchnecksville, Pennsylvania9$36,3401 year out—$11,309 52Pima Community CollegeTucson, Arizona38$35,7861 year out$55,139$12,000 53Remington College-Dallas CampusDallas, Texas—$35,7021 year out$41,801$22,700 54South Louisiana Community CollegeLafayette, Louisiana20$35,3281 year out—$10,500 55City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright CollegeChicago, Illinois8$34,6911 year out——56Pierpont Community and Technical CollegeFairmont, West Virginia15$33,5901 year out$59,345$12,000 57Hallmark UniversitySan Antonio, Texas—$31,8471 year out$53,390$21,874 58Eastwick College-NutleyNutley, New Jersey19$30,7841 year out—$17,728 59NUC UniversityBayamon, Puerto Rico—$29,9641 year out—$20,000 60Wichita Technical InstituteWichita, Kansas—$29,6501 year out—$25,208 61Southern Technical CollegeFort Myers, Florida15$29,6321 year out——62Texas State Technical CollegeWaco, Texas0$27,7681 year out$42,357—63Intellitec College-Colorado SpringsColorado Springs, Colorado19$26,1921 year out$45,728$21,104 64City College of San FranciscoSan Francisco, California70—1 year out——65Long Beach City CollegeLong Beach, California42—1 year out——66Northwest Vista CollegeSan Antonio, Texas42—1 year out——67College of DuPageGlen Ellyn, Illinois30—1 year out—$10,854 68Johnson County Community CollegeOverland Park, Kansas30—1 year out$63,909—69Honolulu Community CollegeHonolulu, Hawaii29—1 year out——70Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana27—1 year out——71American River CollegeSacramento, California26—1 year out——72Mission CollegeSanta Clara, California25—1 year out——73College of Lake CountyGrayslake, Illinois24—1 year out——74Lansing Community CollegeLansing, Michigan24—1 year out$64,439—75Bismarck State CollegeBismarck, North Dakota24—1 year out—$19,101 76Crowder CollegeNeosho, Missouri23—1 year out——77Mott Community CollegeFlint, Michigan22—1 year out$52,595—78Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegePerkinston, Mississippi22—1 year out——79Harrisburg Area Community CollegeHarrisburg, Pennsylvania22—1 year out$57,384$26,706 80North Central Texas CollegeGainesville, Texas22—1 year out——81Lake Washington Institute of TechnologyKirkland, Washington22—1 year out$66,282—82Guam Community CollegeMangilao, Guam22—1 year out——83Anne Arundel Community CollegeArnold, Maryland21—1 year out——84Cochise County Community College DistrictSierra Vista, Arizona20—1 year out——85Waukesha County Technical CollegePewaukee, Wisconsin20—1 year out$64,721—86Bellingham Technical CollegeBellingham, Washington19—1 year out$53,219—87Sierra CollegeRocklin, California18—1 year out——88Lewis and Clark Community CollegeGodfrey, Illinois18—1 year out$49,027—89Hinds Community CollegeRaymond, Mississippi18—1 year out$45,406—90Johnson CollegeScranton, Pennsylvania18—1 year out——91Weber State UniversityOgden, Utah18—1 year out$93,451—92Bellevue CollegeBellevue, Washington18—1 year out——93Grand Rapids Community CollegeGrand Rapids, Michigan17—1 year out$54,214—94Washtenaw Community CollegeAnn Arbor, Michigan17—1 year out——95Lorain County Community CollegeElyria, Ohio17—1 year out——96De Anza CollegeCupertino, California16—1 year out——97Itawamba Community CollegeFulton, Mississippi16—1 year out$43,416—98Tacoma Community CollegeTacoma, Washington16—1 year out$53,305$10,759 99Terra State Community CollegeFremont, Ohio15—1 year out——100Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma CityOklahoma City, Oklahoma15—1 year out——

Certificate programs — top 100 of 315 colleges by graduate earnings

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Front Range Community CollegeWestminster, Colorado79$52,5831 year out—$18,875 2Dallas CollegeDallas, Texas52$50,4931 year out$65,708$13,669 3Austin Community College DistrictAustin, Texas245$49,4241 year out—$15,729 4P C Age-Jersey CityJersey City, New Jersey76$39,3801 year out$53,399$13,000 5PC AGE-MetroparkIselin, New Jersey27$39,3801 year out$53,399$13,000 6MyComputerCareer at ColumbusColumbus, Ohio1,417$39,2871 year out$48,354$9,500 7Porter & Chester InstituteBridgeport, Connecticut—$38,6111 year out$51,208$13,910 8Saint Louis Community CollegeBridgeton, Missouri37$38,2351 year out——9MyComputerCareer at RaleighRaleigh, North Carolina1,711$38,0281 year out$52,959$9,500 10MyComputerCareer at IndianapolisIndianapolis, Indiana337$37,7001 year out$56,140$9,500 11Lincoln Technical Institute-ParamusParamus, New Jersey32$36,9151 year out$45,467$11,588 12Lincoln Technical Institute-IselinIselin, New Jersey30$36,9151 year out$45,467$11,588 13Lincoln Technical Institute-MoorestownMoorestown, New Jersey12$36,9151 year out$45,467$11,588 14DSDTDetroit, Michigan266$36,7811 year out—$14,206 15Wichita Technical InstituteWichita, Kansas—$35,3401 year out$36,693$18,250 16CyberTex Institute of TechnologyAustin, Texas103$33,4771 year out$44,297$7,917 17Crowder CollegeNeosho, Missouri27$32,2891 year out——18Intellitec College-Colorado SpringsColorado Springs, Colorado43$29,4271 year out—$10,607 19Tulsa Technology CenterTulsa, Oklahoma85$29,2131 year out$52,579—20FVI School of Nursing and TechnologyMiami, Florida—$29,1521 year out—$9,499 21Northshore Technical Community CollegeLacombe, Louisiana448$28,5181 year out——22Sheridan Technical CollegeHollywood, Florida59$28,4901 year out$36,841—23Intellitec College-Grand JunctionGrand Junction, Colorado19$27,5101 year out—$11,250 24Erwin Technical CollegeTampa, Florida12$23,7441 year out——25Associated Technical College-Los AngelesLos Angeles, California—$13,6531 year out$24,741$9,500 26College of Southern NevadaLas Vegas, Nevada257—1 year out——27City College of San FranciscoSan Francisco, California222—1 year out——28Mesa Community CollegeMesa, Arizona182—1 year out$51,438—29Joliet Junior CollegeJoliet, Illinois140—1 year out——30Saint Martin's UniversityLacey, Washington133—1 year out——31Cypress CollegeCypress, California102—1 year out——32Delgado Community CollegeNew Orleans, Louisiana83—1 year out——33Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana74—1 year out——34Northwest Vista CollegeSan Antonio, Texas68—1 year out——35Utah Valley UniversityOrem, Utah64—1 year out——36Houston City CollegeHouston, Texas59—1 year out——37Sinclair Community CollegeDayton, Ohio56—1 year out——38Honolulu Community CollegeHonolulu, Hawaii49—1 year out——39Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegePerkinston, Mississippi48—1 year out——40Indian Capital Technology Center-MuskogeeMuskogee, Oklahoma45—1 year out——41Northeast Wisconsin Technical CollegeGreen Bay, Wisconsin44—1 year out——42Southwestern Illinois CollegeBelleville, Illinois42—1 year out——43Hinds Community CollegeRaymond, Mississippi42—1 year out$42,783—44University of Phoenix-ArizonaPhoenix, Arizona40—1 year out——45Atlantic Technical CollegeCoconut Creek, Florida38—1 year out——46Santa Ana CollegeSanta Ana, California36—1 year out——47Uintah Basin Technical CollegeRoosevelt, Utah36—1 year out——48Anne Arundel Community CollegeArnold, Maryland35—1 year out——49Ogden-Weber Technical CollegeOgden, Utah35—1 year out——50College of the RedwoodsEureka, California33—1 year out——51Oklahoma City Community CollegeOklahoma City, Oklahoma33—1 year out——52Lake Washington Institute of TechnologyKirkland, Washington33—1 year out——53Mission CollegeSanta Clara, California32—1 year out——54Bismarck State CollegeBismarck, North Dakota32—1 year out——55South Louisiana Community CollegeLafayette, Louisiana31—1 year out——56Moraine Valley Community CollegePalos Hills, Illinois29—1 year out——57Riverside City CollegeRiverside, California26—1 year out——58Glendale Community CollegeGlendale, Arizona24—1 year out——59Long Beach City CollegeLong Beach, California24—1 year out——60Pikes Peak State CollegeColorado Springs, Colorado24—1 year out——61Canadian Valley Technology CenterEl Reno, Oklahoma24—1 year out——62Irvine Valley CollegeIrvine, California23—1 year out——63Johnson County Community CollegeOverland Park, Kansas23—1 year out——64Pellissippi State Community CollegeKnoxville, Tennessee23—1 year out——65Collin County Community College DistrictMcKinney, Texas23—1 year out——66Immokalee Technical CollegeImmokalee, Florida22—1 year out——67Emily Griffith Technical CollegeDenver, Colorado21—1 year out——68Tom P. Haney Technical CollegePanama City, Florida21—1 year out——69Northwest Mississippi Community CollegeSenatobia, Mississippi21—1 year out——70Kiamichi Technology Center-McAlesterMcAlester, Oklahoma20—1 year out——71Traviss Technical CollegeLakeland, Florida19—1 year out——72Hawkeye Community CollegeWaterloo, Iowa19—1 year out——73Washburn Institute of TechnologyTopeka, Kansas19—1 year out$49,982—74Jackson CollegeJackson, Michigan19—1 year out——75Ozarks Technical Community CollegeSpringfield, Missouri19—1 year out$43,368—76Emerald Coast Technical CollegeDeFuniak Springs, Florida19—1 year out——77Louisiana Delta Community CollegeMonroe, Louisiana19—1 year out——78Connecticut State Community CollegeNew Britain, Connecticut18—1 year out——79Radford M Locklin Technical CollegeMilton, Florida18—1 year out——80William T McFatter Technical CollegeDavie, Florida18—1 year out——81Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of TechnologyBoston, Massachusetts18—1 year out——82Coastline Community CollegeFountain Valley, California17—1 year out——83Manatee Technical CollegeBradenton, Florida17—1 year out——84Northwest Louisiana Technical Community CollegeMinden, Louisiana17—1 year out——85Henry Ford CollegeDearborn, Michigan17—1 year out$66,473$12,464 86Francis Tuttle Technology CenterOklahoma City, Oklahoma17—1 year out——87San Joaquin Delta CollegeStockton, California16—1 year out——88San Jose City CollegeSan Jose, California16—1 year out——89Southern University at ShreveportShreveport, Louisiana16—1 year out——90North Central Texas CollegeGainesville, Texas16—1 year out——91Victoria CollegeVictoria, Texas16—1 year out——92Osceola Technical CollegeKissimmee, Florida16—1 year out——93Okaloosa Technical CollegeFort Walton Beach, Florida16—1 year out——94Aparicio-Levy Technical CollegeTampa, Florida16—1 year out——95Sierra CollegeRocklin, California15—1 year out——96George Stone Technical CollegePensacola, Florida15—1 year out——97Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Henry/CarrollParis, Tennessee15—1 year out——98Southwest Technical CollegeCedar City, Utah15—1 year out——99Fred K Marchman Technical CollegeNew Port Richey, Florida15—1 year out——100West Los Angeles CollegeCulver City, California14—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 (—).