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 graduate earnings

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois88$102,9981 year out—$12,000 2Norwich UniversityNorthfield, Vermont40$98,5511 year out—$24,625 3Excelsior UniversityAlbany, New York—$88,7131 year out—$16,667 4University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, Michigan172$88,5151 year out$125,257$20,875 5Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, Massachusetts70$80,7311 year out$132,170$17,500 6Albright CollegeReading, Pennsylvania3$80,3291 year out$85,995$36,196 7James Madison UniversityHarrisonburg, Virginia149$80,1731 year out$111,126$21,025 8Utah Valley UniversityOrem, Utah44$79,9181 year out$101,604$17,599 9Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania34$78,7551 year out$106,929$29,125 10Clemson UniversityClemson, South Carolina22$76,5491 year out—$25,964 11University of California-RiversideRiverside, California64$76,0901 year out—$24,417 12University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, North Carolina72$75,8341 year out$102,438$13,294 13CUNY Graduate School and University CenterNew York, New York81$73,9371 year out—$24,950 14Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, New York166$73,0331 year out$101,251$26,694 15University of Maryland Global CampusAdelphi, Maryland2,001$72,1401 year out$98,155$20,806 16Wentworth Institute of TechnologyBoston, Massachusetts20$72,0951 year out—$26,417 17Strayer University-Global RegionWashington, District of Columbia17$71,1671 year out$87,437$53,250 18Strayer University-North CarolinaGreensboro, North Carolina14$71,1671 year out$87,437$53,250 19Strayer University-VirginiaArlington, Virginia10$71,1671 year out$87,437$53,250 20Strayer University-MarylandBaltimore, Maryland9$71,1671 year out$87,437$53,250 21Strayer University-PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania9$71,1671 year out$87,437$53,250 22Strayer University-GeorgiaChamblee, Georgia5$71,1671 year out$87,437$53,250 23Strayer University-TexasFarmers Branch, Texas5$71,1671 year out$87,437$53,250 24Strayer University-District of ColumbiaWashington, District of Columbia3$71,1671 year out$87,437$53,250 25Strayer University-AlabamaBirmingham, Alabama3$71,1671 year out$87,437$53,250 26Strayer University-New JerseyPiscataway, New Jersey2$71,1671 year out$87,437$53,250 27Strayer University-South CarolinaGreenville, South Carolina2$71,1671 year out$87,437$53,250 28Strayer University-TennesseeNashville, Tennessee1$71,1671 year out$87,437$53,250 29Strayer University-MississippiJackson, Mississippi1$71,1671 year out$87,437$53,250 30Strayer University-FloridaTampa, Florida0$71,1671 year out$87,437$53,250 31Strayer University-DelawareWilmington, Delaware0$71,1671 year out$87,437$53,250 32Strayer University-West VirginiaScott Depot, West Virginia0$71,1671 year out$87,437$53,250 33Strayer University-ArkansasLittle Rock, Arkansas0$71,1671 year out$87,437$53,250 34University of UtahSalt Lake City, Utah122$70,8331 year out$110,079$24,041 35University of Maryland-College ParkCollege Park, Maryland661$70,3441 year out$113,785$20,180 36University of Cincinnati-Main CampusCincinnati, Ohio—$68,8641 year out$88,568$23,000 37University of Massachusetts-LowellLowell, Massachusetts144$68,3621 year out$85,758$27,820 38Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook, New York64$68,0071 year out$101,997$19,750 39Colorado State University-Fort CollinsFort Collins, Colorado13$67,8271 year out$100,588$25,000 40Grand Valley State UniversityAllendale, Michigan23$66,9671 year out$94,036$29,000 41Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania489$66,2091 year out$92,982$26,000 42Pennsylvania State University-World CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania92$66,2091 year out$92,982$26,000 43Pennsylvania State University-Penn State AbingtonAbington, Pennsylvania51$66,2091 year out$92,982$26,000 44Pennsylvania State University-Penn State HarrisburgMiddletown, Pennsylvania40$66,2091 year out$92,982$26,000 45Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh ValleyCenter Valley, Pennsylvania20$66,2091 year out$92,982$26,000 46Pennsylvania State University-Penn State BrandywineMedia, Pennsylvania16$66,2091 year out$92,982$26,000 47Pennsylvania State University-Penn State ScrantonDunmore, Pennsylvania14$66,2091 year out$92,982$26,000 48Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New KensingtonNew Kensington, Pennsylvania13$66,2091 year out$92,982$26,000 49Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-BarreDallas, Pennsylvania12$66,2091 year out$92,982$26,000 50Pennsylvania State University-Penn State BerksReading, Pennsylvania11$66,2091 year out$92,982$26,000 51Pennsylvania State University-Penn State BeaverMonaca, Pennsylvania10$66,2091 year out$92,982$26,000 52Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont AltoMont Alto, Pennsylvania7$66,2091 year out$92,982$26,000 53Pennsylvania State University-Penn State YorkYork, Pennsylvania7$66,2091 year out$92,982$26,000 54Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater AlleghenyMcKeesport, Pennsylvania5$66,2091 year out$92,982$26,000 55Pennsylvania State University-Penn State DuBoisDuBois, Pennsylvania4$66,2091 year out$92,982$26,000 56Pennsylvania State University-Penn State HazletonHazleton, Pennsylvania2$66,2091 year out$92,982$26,000 57Pennsylvania State University-Penn State SchuylkillSchuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania1$66,2091 year out$92,982$26,000 58Missouri University of Science and TechnologyRolla, Missouri34$65,3931 year out$83,687$25,750 59Metropolitan State UniversitySaint Paul, Minnesota43$64,3821 year out$82,008$25,000 60Rasmussen University-FloridaOcala, Florida7$64,3291 year out—$22,632 61Rasmussen University-MinnesotaSt. Cloud, Minnesota2$64,3291 year out—$22,632 62Rasmussen University-North DakotaFargo, North Dakota0$64,3291 year out—$22,632 63Rasmussen University-IllinoisRockford, Illinois0$64,3291 year out—$22,632 64Rasmussen University-WisconsinGreen Bay, Wisconsin0$64,3291 year out—$22,632 65Rasmussen University-KansasTopeka, Kansas0$64,3291 year out—$22,632 66Kennesaw State UniversityKennesaw, Georgia83$63,9861 year out$83,632$25,750 67Dakota State UniversityMadison, South Dakota19$63,6361 year out$78,642$29,318 68University of Maryland-Baltimore CountyBaltimore, Maryland226$63,3341 year out$99,498$20,633 69College of CharlestonCharleston, South Carolina21$63,0691 year out—$22,591 70Robert Morris UniversityMoon Township, Pennsylvania18$62,3751 year out—$27,000 71Virginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmond, Virginia167$62,1161 year out$86,853$24,364 72Utah State UniversityLogan, Utah0$61,8961 year out$100,906$14,413 73New Jersey Institute of TechnologyNewark, New Jersey46$61,7391 year out$98,843$25,000 74Salisbury UniversitySalisbury, Maryland58$61,2901 year out$85,326$23,250 75DePaul UniversityChicago, Illinois18$60,4681 year out$87,587$25,916 76Bowling Green State University-Main CampusBowling Green, Ohio35$60,3591 year out—$25,564 77University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPittsburgh, Pennsylvania68$59,9511 year out$88,912$27,000 78University of Pittsburgh-JohnstownJohnstown, Pennsylvania18$59,9511 year out$88,912$27,000 79Florida Institute of TechnologyMelbourne, Florida—$59,3681 year out$104,378$54,375 80University of Nebraska at OmahaOmaha, Nebraska48$58,7571 year out$76,845$21,147 81University of Illinois ChicagoChicago, Illinois121$58,6511 year out$79,273$14,538 82Christopher Newport UniversityNewport News, Virginia39$58,5501 year out$88,413$26,000 83Bradley UniversityPeoria, Illinois13$58,0141 year out—$24,950 84The University of Texas at ArlingtonArlington, Texas193$57,7561 year out$88,357$20,205 85Cleveland State UniversityCleveland, Ohio24$57,6611 year out—$25,731 86Eastern Florida State CollegeMelbourne, Florida110$57,3131 year out—$27,007 87University of Akron Main CampusAkron, Ohio11$56,8241 year out—$17,589 88Elizabethtown CollegeElizabethtown, Pennsylvania4$56,7891 year out—$27,000 89Suffolk UniversityBoston, Massachusetts34$56,7801 year out$86,177$27,000 90Stockton UniversityGalloway, New Jersey3$56,5941 year out$75,802$19,578 91Fort Hays State UniversityHays, Kansas50$56,3991 year out$71,322$26,427 92Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick, New Jersey323$56,3601 year out$97,712$25,000 93Rutgers University-NewarkNewark, New Jersey4$56,3601 year out$97,712$25,000 94University of South AlabamaMobile, Alabama11$56,3441 year out$75,104$30,550 95SUNY Old WestburyOld Westbury, New York0$56,3331 year out——96Morgan State UniversityBaltimore, Maryland29$55,7111 year out—$26,750 97Texas Tech UniversityLubbock, Texas—$55,0811 year out$93,736$25,000 98Westfield State UniversityWestfield, Massachusetts19$52,7281 year out$61,295$20,381 99University of North TexasDenton, Texas53$52,4491 year out—$26,375 100Georgia Southern UniversityStatesboro, Georgia93$52,4351 year out$80,336$29,000

Associate programs — 78 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

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

Certificate programs — 47 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1University of Maryland-Baltimore CountyBaltimore, Maryland11$60,0201 year out$101,507$22,518 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 4University of Maryland Global CampusAdelphi, Maryland173—1 year out$90,630—5Cuyahoga Community College DistrictCleveland, Ohio39—1 year out——6Purdue University GlobalWest Lafayette, Indiana34—1 year out——7Oakton CollegeDes Plaines, Illinois26—1 year out——8City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright CollegeChicago, Illinois18—1 year out——9University of Massachusetts-LowellLowell, Massachusetts16—1 year out—$17,125 10Alaska Vocational Technical CenterSeward, Alaska12—1 year out——11Dakota State UniversityMadison, South Dakota12—1 year out——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 (—).