Systems Science and Theory
503 students earn a systems science and theory credential each year across 19 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
- $36,442
- Typical earnings, 5 years out
- $101,452
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Bachelor's programs — 18 colleges
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania118$95,5981 year out$133,740$23,2502Rhode Island School of DesignProvidence, Rhode Island92$34,2651 year out—$26,7483University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, Illinois71$35,2391 year out$59,488$20,6004James Madison UniversityHarrisonburg, Virginia50$65,6831 year out$101,452$22,3015Claremont McKenna CollegeClaremont, California32—1 year out——6United States Military AcademyWest Point, New York26—1 year out——7La Salle UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania23$36,4421 year out—$25,0008Pennsylvania Western UniversityCalifornia, Pennsylvania14—1 year out——9Marshall UniversityHuntington, West Virginia11$29,5391 year out——10Savannah College of Art and DesignSavannah, Georgia9—1 year out——11University of IowaIowa City, Iowa9—1 year out——12University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois7—1 year out——13Stanford UniversityStanford, California4—1 year out——14Pitzer CollegeClaremont, California3—1 year out——15Union CollegeSchenectady, New York3—1 year out——16Nebraska Wesleyan UniversityLincoln, Nebraska2—1 year out——17North Park UniversityChicago, Illinois1—1 year out——18Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, Indiana1—1 year out——
Associate programs — 1 college
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
Certificate programs — 1 college
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
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 (—).