Information Science/Studies

11,007 students earn a information science/studies credential each year across 333 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: $61,739
Typical earnings, 5 years out: $87,437

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Bachelor's programs — top 100 of 251 colleges by graduates

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1University of Maryland Global CampusAdelphi, Maryland2,001$72,1401 year out$98,155$20,806 2University of Maryland-College ParkCollege Park, Maryland661$70,3441 year out$113,785$20,180 3Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania489$66,2091 year out$92,982$26,000 4Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick, New Jersey323$56,3601 year out$97,712$25,000 5CUNY Bernard M Baruch CollegeNew York, New York290$51,8641 year out$88,714$10,673 6CUNY New York City College of TechnologyBrooklyn, New York265$45,7901 year out$70,732$12,289 7University of Maryland-Baltimore CountyBaltimore, Maryland226$63,3341 year out$99,498$20,633 8The University of Texas at ArlingtonArlington, Texas193$57,7561 year out$88,357$20,205 9University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, Michigan172$88,5151 year out$125,257$20,875 10Virginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmond, Virginia167$62,1161 year out$86,853$24,364 11Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, New York166$73,0331 year out$101,251$26,694 12James Madison UniversityHarrisonburg, Virginia149$80,1731 year out$111,126$21,025 13University of Massachusetts-LowellLowell, Massachusetts144$68,3621 year out$85,758$27,820 14University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeMilwaukee, Wisconsin123$51,5821 year out$71,313$27,081 15University of UtahSalt Lake City, Utah122$70,8331 year out$110,079$24,041 16University of Illinois ChicagoChicago, Illinois121$58,6511 year out$79,273$14,538 17Eastern Florida State CollegeMelbourne, Florida110$57,3131 year out—$27,007 18University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, Illinois107—1 year out——19University of South FloridaTampa, Florida106—1 year out——20Georgia Southern UniversityStatesboro, Georgia93$52,4351 year out$80,336$29,000 21Pennsylvania State University-World CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania92$66,2091 year out$92,982$26,000 22Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois88$102,9981 year out—$12,000 23Kennesaw State UniversityKennesaw, Georgia83$63,9861 year out$83,632$25,750 24CUNY Graduate School and University CenterNew York, New York81$73,9371 year out—$24,950 25CUNY Lehman CollegeBronx, New York72$50,1331 year out$74,891$15,729 26University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, North Carolina72$75,8341 year out$102,438$13,294 27Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, Massachusetts70$80,7311 year out$132,170$17,500 28University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPittsburgh, Pennsylvania68$59,9511 year out$88,912$27,000 29Slippery Rock University of PennsylvaniaSlippery Rock, Pennsylvania65$49,3691 year out$79,821$25,250 30University of California-RiversideRiverside, California64$76,0901 year out—$24,417 31Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook, New York64$68,0071 year out$101,997$19,750 32University of KentuckyLexington, Kentucky63$49,1651 year out—$26,026 33Salisbury UniversitySalisbury, Maryland58$61,2901 year out$85,326$23,250 34SUNY Buffalo State UniversityBuffalo, New York56$49,6861 year out$63,973$25,651 35University of North TexasDenton, Texas53$52,4491 year out—$26,375 36Pennsylvania State University-Penn State AbingtonAbington, Pennsylvania51$66,2091 year out$92,982$26,000 37South University-Savannah OnlineSavannah, Georgia51$44,6821 year out$67,229$52,173 38Fort Hays State UniversityHays, Kansas50$56,3991 year out$71,322$26,427 39University of Nebraska at OmahaOmaha, Nebraska48$58,7571 year out$76,845$21,147 40University of Colorado BoulderBoulder, Colorado46—1 year out——41New Jersey Institute of TechnologyNewark, New Jersey46$61,7391 year out$98,843$25,000 42Towson UniversityTowson, Maryland44$50,0671 year out$86,490$25,000 43Tarleton State UniversityStephenville, Texas44—1 year out——44Utah Valley UniversityOrem, Utah44$79,9181 year out$101,604$17,599 45Purdue University GlobalWest Lafayette, Indiana44—1 year out——46Metropolitan State UniversitySaint Paul, Minnesota43$64,3821 year out$82,008$25,000 47University of ToledoToledo, Ohio41$50,9201 year out$82,706$25,193 48Columbia CollegeColumbia, Missouri40—1 year out——49Pennsylvania State University-Penn State HarrisburgMiddletown, Pennsylvania40$66,2091 year out$92,982$26,000 50Norwich UniversityNorthfield, Vermont40$98,5511 year out—$24,625 51Christopher Newport UniversityNewport News, Virginia39$58,5501 year out$88,413$26,000 52Rowan UniversityGlassboro, New Jersey37—1 year out——53Bowling Green State University-Main CampusBowling Green, Ohio35$60,3591 year out—$25,564 54Northwestern State University of LouisianaNatchitoches, Louisiana34—1 year out$83,443$29,000 55Suffolk UniversityBoston, Massachusetts34$56,7801 year out$86,177$27,000 56Missouri University of Science and TechnologyRolla, Missouri34$65,3931 year out$83,687$25,750 57Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania34$78,7551 year out$106,929$29,125 58Grambling State UniversityGrambling, Louisiana33—1 year out$43,980$31,000 59University of North GeorgiaDahlonega, Georgia33$50,5391 year out—$20,815 60CUNY Brooklyn CollegeBrooklyn, New York32$49,6881 year out——61Colorado State University PuebloPueblo, Colorado31$44,7121 year out$59,246$23,800 62The University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleKnoxville, Tennessee31—1 year out——63Morgan State UniversityBaltimore, Maryland29$55,7111 year out—$26,750 64East Texas A&M UniversityCommerce, Texas29—1 year out——65Ramapo College of New JerseyMahwah, New Jersey25$49,5681 year out$73,164$26,000 66Northern Kentucky UniversityHighland Heights, Kentucky24$31,3901 year out$65,863$27,000 67Cleveland State UniversityCleveland, Ohio24$57,6611 year out—$25,731 68University of Arkansas GranthamLIttle Rock, Arkansas24—1 year out——69Grand Valley State UniversityAllendale, Michigan23$66,9671 year out$94,036$29,000 70Clemson UniversityClemson, South Carolina22$76,5491 year out—$25,964 71University of South Carolina-ColumbiaColumbia, South Carolina22—1 year out——72Luther CollegeDecorah, Iowa21—1 year out——73University of Michigan-FlintFlint, Michigan21$44,1841 year out—$31,875 74University of North Carolina at GreensboroGreensboro, North Carolina21—1 year out——75University of Oklahoma-Norman CampusNorman, Oklahoma21—1 year out——76College of CharlestonCharleston, South Carolina21$63,0691 year out—$22,591 77Wentworth Institute of TechnologyBoston, Massachusetts20$72,0951 year out—$26,417 78Northwood UniversityMidland, Michigan20—1 year out——79Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh ValleyCenter Valley, Pennsylvania20$66,2091 year out$92,982$26,000 80University of Wisconsin-Green BayGreen Bay, Wisconsin20$41,0411 year out——81Westfield State UniversityWestfield, Massachusetts19$52,7281 year out$61,295$20,381 82Fordham UniversityBronx, New York19—1 year out——83Dakota State UniversityMadison, South Dakota19$63,6361 year out$78,642$29,318 84Savannah State UniversitySavannah, Georgia18$46,8401 year out—$27,000 85DePaul UniversityChicago, Illinois18$60,4681 year out$87,587$25,916 86University of Louisiana at MonroeMonroe, Louisiana18—1 year out——87University of BaltimoreBaltimore, Maryland18$37,4171 year out$50,791$28,670 88Loyola University MarylandBaltimore, Maryland18—1 year out——89Wayne State CollegeWayne, Nebraska18$49,9811 year out——90State University of New York at OswegoOswego, New York18$50,8621 year out—$27,000 91University of Pittsburgh-JohnstownJohnstown, Pennsylvania18$59,9511 year out$88,912$27,000 92Robert Morris UniversityMoon Township, Pennsylvania18$62,3751 year out—$27,000 93Alabama State UniversityMontgomery, Alabama17$30,6511 year out$45,185$31,993 94Strayer University-Global RegionWashington, District of Columbia17$71,1671 year out$87,437$53,250 95Jacksonville State UniversityJacksonville, Alabama16—1 year out——96Western Oregon UniversityMonmouth, Oregon16$39,3201 year out——97Pennsylvania State University-Penn State BrandywineMedia, Pennsylvania16$66,2091 year out$92,982$26,000 98University of North FloridaJacksonville, Florida15—1 year out——99Minnesota State University MoorheadMoorhead, Minnesota15$49,6251 year out—$13,773 100Texas A&M University-VictoriaVictoria, Texas15—1 year out——

Associate programs — 78 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana132$54,6491 year out$50,048$13,475 2Hudson Valley Community CollegeTroy, New York48$38,9061 year out$63,937$8,942 3University of Cincinnati-Blue Ash CollegeBlue Ash, Ohio43$37,9611 year out$62,577$13,125 4Bunker Hill Community CollegeBoston, Massachusetts32—1 year out——5ITI Technical CollegeBaton Rouge, Louisiana31$39,0461 year out$49,357$19,110 6Bossier Parish Community CollegeBossier City, Louisiana24—1 year out——7Niagara County Community CollegeSanborn, New York23—1 year out$44,511—8North Central Texas CollegeGainesville, Texas23—1 year out—$12,000 9SUNY Broome Community CollegeBinghamton, New York21—1 year out——10Connecticut State Community CollegeNew Britain, Connecticut19—1 year out——11Clayton State UniversityMorrow, Georgia16$43,7021 year out—$35,925 12Rockland Community CollegeSuffern, New York16—1 year out——13Cuyahoga Community College DistrictCleveland, Ohio16$45,2381 year out$63,631$17,629 14Zane State CollegeZanesville, Ohio16$29,3111 year out$42,030$7,668 15SUNY Westchester Community CollegeValhalla, New York15—1 year out——16University of Massachusetts-LowellLowell, Massachusetts14$52,7061 year out—$17,355 17Bucks County Community CollegeNewtown, Pennsylvania14—1 year out——18Dutchess Community CollegePoughkeepsie, New York13—1 year out——19Century CollegeWhite Bear Lake, Minnesota11—1 year out——20Onondaga Community CollegeSyracuse, New York11$31,3421 year out$44,469$11,555 21Blue Ridge Community and Technical CollegeMartinsburg, West Virginia11—1 year out——22Prince George's Community CollegeLargo, Maryland10—1 year out——23Clinton Community CollegePlattsburgh, New York10—1 year out——24Northwest Mississippi Community CollegeSenatobia, Mississippi9—1 year out——25SUNY College of Technology at AlfredAlfred, New York9—1 year out——26Instituto Tecnologico de Puerto Rico-Recinto de ManatiManati, Puerto Rico9—1 year out——27Fulton-Montgomery Community CollegeJohnstown, New York8—1 year out——28Pennsylvania State University-Penn State DuBoisDuBois, Pennsylvania8$51,7341 year out$66,641$24,788 29Potomac State College of West Virginia UniversityKeyser, West Virginia8—1 year out——30Cape Cod Community CollegeWest Barnstable, Massachusetts7—1 year out——31Tompkins Cortland Community CollegeDryden, New York7—1 year out——32Lake Land CollegeMattoon, Illinois6—1 year out$49,295—33Genesee Community CollegeBatavia, New York6—1 year out——34Dakota State UniversityMadison, South Dakota6—1 year out——35Instituto Tecnologico de Puerto Rico-Recinto de GuayamaGuayama, Puerto Rico6—1 year out——36Rochester Community and Technical CollegeRochester, Minnesota5—1 year out——37Mohawk Valley Community CollegeUtica, New York5—1 year out——38Monroe Community CollegeRochester, New York5—1 year out——39Schenectady County Community CollegeSchenectady, New York5—1 year out——40SUNY College of Technology at DelhiDelhi, New York5—1 year out$54,214—41Cochise County Community College DistrictSierra Vista, Arizona4—1 year out——42Triton CollegeRiver Grove, Illinois4—1 year out——43North Hennepin Community CollegeBrooklyn Park, Minnesota4—1 year out——44Jefferson Community CollegeWatertown, New York4—1 year out——45SUNY College of Technology at CantonCanton, New York4—1 year out$46,040—46Panola CollegeCarthage, Texas4—1 year out——47Arkansas State University-Mountain HomeMountain Home, Arkansas4—1 year out$44,504—48Eastern Arizona CollegeThatcher, Arizona3—1 year out——49Western Wyoming Community CollegeRock Springs, Wyoming3—1 year out——50South Suburban CollegeSouth Holland, Illinois2—1 year out——51Cayuga County Community CollegeAuburn, New York2—1 year out——52Lorain County Community CollegeElyria, Ohio2—1 year out——53Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional CampusesAngola, Indiana2—1 year out——54North Arkansas CollegeHarrison, Arkansas1—1 year out——55Southwestern Illinois CollegeBelleville, Illinois1—1 year out——56Barton County Community CollegeGreat Bend, Kansas1—1 year out——57Alpena Community CollegeAlpena, Michigan1—1 year out——58Alexandria Technical & Community CollegeAlexandria, Minnesota1—1 year out——59Finger Lakes Community CollegeCanandaigua, New York1—1 year out——60Sullivan County Community CollegeLoch Sheldrake, New York1—1 year out——61SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at CobleskillCobleskill, New York1—1 year out——62Bismarck State CollegeBismarck, North Dakota1—1 year out——63Immaculata UniversityImmaculata, Pennsylvania1—1 year out——64Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-BarreDallas, Pennsylvania1$51,7341 year out$66,641$24,788 65Pennsylvania State University-Penn State ScrantonDunmore, Pennsylvania1$51,7341 year out$66,641$24,788 66Pennsylvania State University-Penn State HazletonHazleton, Pennsylvania1$51,7341 year out$66,641$24,788 67Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont AltoMont Alto, Pennsylvania1$51,7341 year out$66,641$24,788 68Pennsylvania State University-Penn State YorkYork, Pennsylvania1$51,7341 year out$66,641$24,788 69University of Pittsburgh-BradfordBradford, Pennsylvania1—1 year out——70Thiel CollegeGreenville, Pennsylvania1—1 year out——71El Paso Community CollegeEl Paso, Texas1—1 year out——72Colegio Universitario de San JuanSan Juan, Puerto Rico1—1 year out——73Florida Institute of TechnologyMelbourne, Florida——1 year out—$26,875 74South University-SavannahSavannah, Georgia——1 year out$44,391—75University of Cincinnati-Main CampusCincinnati, Ohio—$37,9611 year out$62,577$13,125 76Pennsylvania State University-Penn State BrandywineMedia, Pennsylvania0$51,7341 year out$66,641$24,788 77Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania—$51,7341 year out$66,641$24,788 78Pennsylvania State University-World CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania0$51,7341 year out$66,641$24,788

Certificate programs — 47 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1University of Maryland Global CampusAdelphi, Maryland173—1 year out$90,630—2Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana123$46,8151 year out—$12,106 3Ace Institute of TechnologyNew York, New York63$26,9141 year out$44,080$6,777 4Cuyahoga Community College DistrictCleveland, Ohio39—1 year out——5Purdue University GlobalWest Lafayette, Indiana34—1 year out——6Oakton CollegeDes Plaines, Illinois26—1 year out——7City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright CollegeChicago, Illinois18—1 year out——8University of Massachusetts-LowellLowell, Massachusetts16—1 year out—$17,125 9Alaska Vocational Technical CenterSeward, Alaska12—1 year out——10Dakota State UniversityMadison, South Dakota12—1 year out——11University of Maryland-Baltimore CountyBaltimore, Maryland11$60,0201 year out$101,507$22,518 12Northwest CollegePowell, Wyoming11—1 year out——13The University of MontanaMissoula, Montana10—1 year out——14City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley CollegeChicago, Illinois8—1 year out——15East Carolina UniversityGreenville, North Carolina8—1 year out——16Arkansas Tech UniversityRussellville, Arkansas7—1 year out——17Shawnee Community CollegeUllin, Illinois7—1 year out——18Panola CollegeCarthage, Texas7—1 year out——19City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X CollegeChicago, Illinois6—1 year out——20Indiana University-IndianapolisIndianapolis, Indiana5—1 year out——21Lake Michigan CollegeBenton Harbor, Michigan5—1 year out——22Western Wyoming Community CollegeRock Springs, Wyoming5—1 year out——23City Colleges of Chicago-Olive-Harvey CollegeChicago, Illinois4—1 year out——24City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman CollegeChicago, Illinois4—1 year out——25Bunker Hill Community CollegeBoston, Massachusetts4—1 year out——26Normandale Community CollegeBloomington, Minnesota4—1 year out——27Metropolitan Community College-Kansas CityKansas City, Missouri4—1 year out——28Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca Raton, Florida3—1 year out——29North Central Texas CollegeGainesville, Texas3—1 year out——30Arkansas State University-Mountain HomeMountain Home, Arkansas3—1 year out——31Ozarka CollegeMelbourne, Arkansas2—1 year out——32Connecticut State Community CollegeNew Britain, Connecticut2—1 year out——33City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King CollegeChicago, Illinois2—1 year out——34John A Logan CollegeCarterville, Illinois2—1 year out——35South Suburban CollegeSouth Holland, Illinois2—1 year out——36Triton CollegeRiver Grove, Illinois2—1 year out——37Southern University at ShreveportShreveport, Louisiana2—1 year out——38Alexandria Technical & Community CollegeAlexandria, Minnesota2—1 year out——39Columbia CollegeColumbia, Missouri2—1 year out——40The Catholic University of AmericaWashington, District of Columbia1—1 year out——41University of MiamiCoral Gables, Florida1—1 year out——42Lake Land CollegeMattoon, Illinois1—1 year out——43University of BaltimoreBaltimore, Maryland1—1 year out——44Farmingdale State CollegeFarmingdale, New York1—1 year out——45El Paso Community CollegeEl Paso, Texas1—1 year out——46Radford UniversityRadford, Virginia1—1 year out——47Northern Wyoming Community College DistrictSheridan, Wyoming1—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 (—).