Bachelor's Computer Science Programs with the Highest First-Year Earnings

Bachelor's Computer Science Programs with the Highest First-Year Earnings, ranked by median first-year earnings. College Scorecard field-of-study data for this credential only. Earnings are measured after completion among federally aided completers working and not enrolled. Suppressed values are excluded. Debt and earnings can describe different cohorts. Only Computer Science programs at the stated credential level are included; no institution-wide earnings are substituted. This page lists all 351 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

1California Institute of TechnologyPasadena, California$173,3443%—$16k$129k94%98722 mi 2Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania$171,26412%1546$32k$115k94%7,304110 mi 3Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, Massachusetts$154,4925%1560$20k$143k96%4,5352 mi 4Cornell UniversityIthaca, New York$152,6569%1535$29k$104k95%15,99561 mi 5Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts$152,2514%1553$19k$102k98%7,6014 mi 6Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island$151,0655%1546$25k$93k96%7,2261 mi 7University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, California$149,86611%—$13k$92k93%33,0682 mi 8Princeton UniversityPrinceton, New Jersey$146,6245%1553$6k$110k98%5,70922 mi 9Pomona CollegeClaremont, California$143,0847%1534$19k$78k93%1,66633 mi 10Stanford UniversityStanford, California$138,6134%1553$14k$124k92%7,5544 mi 11University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California$137,28410%1495$33k$92k92%20,44310 mi 12Duke UniversityDurham, North Carolina$133,3566%1548$30k$98k97%6,442111 mi 13Dartmouth CollegeHanover, New Hampshire$132,9195%1534$30k$97k96%4,54188 mi 14Harvey Mudd CollegeClaremont, California$132,26513%1545$36k$139k92%92134 mi 15University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, Washington$128,88739%—$14k$78k85%31,9423 mi 16University of Washington-Bothell CampusBothell, Washington$128,88791%—$12k$78k65%5,4579 mi 17University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania$124,6785%1553$29k$111k97%10,6503 mi 18University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, Illinois$124,53042%1440$14k$81k85%36,258115 mi 19Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Tennessee$122,2446%1549$16k$92k94%7,208380 mi 20Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, New York$118,6364%1553$22k$102k96%8,973< 1 mi 21University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois$117,5784%1554$15k$92k96%7,5691 mi 22University of California-San DiegoLa Jolla, California$112,00627%—$12k$85k86%34,9481 mi 23California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoSan Luis Obispo, California$111,14131%—$17k$91k86%21,9969 mi 24Williams CollegeWilliamstown, Massachusetts$110,8148%1533$18k$89k94%2,07698 mi 25Washington University in St LouisSt. Louis, Missouri$110,30212%1530$22k$86k94%7,857258 mi 26University of California-Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, California$107,77633%—$16k$75k83%23,113< 1 mi 27Tufts UniversityMedford, Massachusetts$105,65911%1513$40k$83k94%7,0615 mi 28University of San DiegoSan Diego, California$104,94852%—$30k$87k84%5,6713 mi 29Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, New York$104,94363%1456$36k$102k84%5,71499 mi 30George Washington UniversityWashington, District of Columbia$104,20047%1433$37k$91k84%11,1821 mi 31Amherst CollegeAmherst, Massachusetts$100,5969%1533$23k$78k94%1,91169 mi 32Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyTerre Haute, Indiana$100,29477%1427$43k$101k78%2,309148 mi 33Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois$99,9818%1533$29k$89k95%9,2011 mi 34University of RochesterRochester, New York$99,87840%1488$29k$79k85%6,3319 mi 35University of Maryland-College ParkCollege Park, Maryland$99,75645%1473$16k$83k89%30,7609 mi 36Stevens Institute of TechnologyHoboken, New Jersey$99,00748%1446$41k$109k87%4,222< 1 mi 37Case Western Reserve UniversityCleveland, Ohio$95,68837%1513$41k$88k87%6,4373 mi 38Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, Indiana$94,78650%1364$15k$72k83%44,50385 mi 39Rochester Institute of TechnologyRochester, New York$94,61167%1383$35k$77k70%13,21513 mi 40Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester, Massachusetts$93,88860%—$43k$103k90%5,44738 mi 41Southern Methodist UniversityDallas, Texas$93,67963%1428$41k$78k84%7,277237 mi 42Georgetown UniversityWashington, District of Columbia$92,97413%1487$41k$103k95%7,5691 mi 43Tulane University of LouisianaNew Orleans, Louisiana$90,82814%1448$40k$63k86%7,7676 mi 44Brigham Young UniversityProvo, Utah$90,62568%1376$16k$76k81%32,952547 mi 45University of the PacificStockton, California$90,47671%1346$25k$78k69%3,2047 mi 46University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, North Carolina$90,29315%1439$12k$72k91%20,752115 mi 47University of UtahSalt Lake City, Utah$90,28286%1257$16k$67k65%27,264547 mi 48Boston UniversityBoston, Massachusetts$90,05011%1480$24k$83k89%18,2483 mi 49University of San FranciscoSan Francisco, California$89,91562%1295$41k$90k70%5,2872 mi 50Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, Pennsylvania$88,58726%1440$37k$106k88%5,89845 mi 51University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, Massachusetts$88,55460%1423$22k$72k83%23,67170 mi 52West Texas A & M UniversityCanyon, Texas$88,39199%1050$19k$51k55%6,917531 mi 53Carleton CollegeNorthfield, Minnesota$88,13220%1517$25k$76k90%2,086164 mi 54National UniversitySan Diego, California$87,383——$23k$68k43%10,7948 mi 55Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania$86,93079%1345$39k$85k78%13,2333 mi 56Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, Massachusetts$86,74916%1507$42k$104k91%10,0856 mi 57Connecticut CollegeNew London, Connecticut$86,40337%1432$36k$75k82%1,9372 mi 58Colorado School of MinesGolden, Colorado$86,26861%1412$29k$97k82%6,155737 mi 59University of Massachusetts-LowellLowell, Massachusetts$86,16783%1285$17k$65k65%11,43424 mi 60Texas A&M University-College StationCollege Station, Texas$86,08457%1280$21k$72k84%59,61597 mi 61University of ArizonaTucson, Arizona$86,04086%1246$17k$60k68%42,537144 mi 62Illinois Institute of TechnologyChicago, Illinois$86,00555%1311$18k$83k75%2,8331 mi 63Wentworth Institute of TechnologyBoston, Massachusetts$85,95491%1229$34k$83k68%3,7473 mi 64North Carolina State University at RaleighRaleigh, North Carolina$85,80942%1376$17k$69k85%27,37193 mi 65University of PortlandPortland, Oregon$85,63789%1277$28k$83k80%2,95746 mi 66Boise State UniversityBoise, Idaho$85,59687%—$22k$52k60%17,674385 mi 67Oregon State UniversityCorvallis, Oregon$85,37677%1290$20k$64k70%30,74336 mi 68Oregon State University-Cascades CampusBend, Oregon$85,37663%1255$18k$64k56%1,044135 mi 69Seattle UniversitySeattle, Washington$85,28577%1307$35k$75k76%4,0621 mi 70William & MaryWilliamsburg, Virginia$84,95634%1473$19k$73k89%7,0553 mi 71The University of Texas at ArlingtonArlington, Texas$84,75980%1124$14k$63k54%32,294239 mi 72George Mason UniversityFairfax, Virginia$84,63287%1274$18k$76k68%27,75212 mi 73Grinnell CollegeGrinnell, Iowa$84,44915%1486$18k$63k88%1,729254 mi 74Western Governors UniversitySalt Lake City, Utah$83,860——$13k$61k46%155,088544 mi 75Kettering UniversityFlint, Michigan$83,75179%1251$35k$95k71%1,20541 mi 76University of Maryland-Baltimore CountyBaltimore, Maryland$83,68472%1323$16k$70k70%10,7015 mi 77CUNY City CollegeNew York, New York$83,25860%1260$4k$66k57%12,505< 1 mi 78University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesMinneapolis, Minnesota$82,86180%1362$17k$69k85%31,855134 mi 79Baylor UniversityWaco, Texas$82,71451%1329$41k$66k80%14,785175 mi 80Seattle Pacific UniversitySeattle, Washington$82,55783%—$24k$65k62%1,7622 mi 81Binghamton UniversityVestal, New York$82,32939%1415$22k$81k82%14,65594 mi 82St Olaf CollegeNorthfield, Minnesota$82,27848%1380$24k$66k84%3,093165 mi 83University of California-IrvineIrvine, California$82,16129%—$14k$81k87%30,1974 mi 84Wheaton CollegeWheaton, Illinois$81,47087%1380$27k$64k85%2,12124 mi 85Illinois State UniversityNormal, Illinois$81,36388%1113$19k$62k65%19,057113 mi 86North Carolina A & T State UniversityGreensboro, North Carolina$81,17450%1074$11k$44k57%12,182157 mi 87University of California-RiversideRiverside, California$81,03476%—$14k$68k76%22,59340 mi 88California State University-ChicoChico, California$81,02193%—$14k$64k63%13,631103 mi 89Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona$80,68690%—$15k$63k68%64,674166 mi 90Arizona State University Digital ImmersionScottsdale, Arizona$80,68667%——$63k0%53,782169 mi 91Emory UniversityAtlanta, Georgia$80,62311%1520$23k$80k91%7,298219 mi 92Brandeis UniversityWaltham, Massachusetts$80,43141%1462$36k$77k86%3,61811 mi 93Middlebury CollegeMiddlebury, Vermont$80,15811%1508$31k$76k91%2,73895 mi 94Willamette UniversitySalem, Oregon$80,07777%1377$25k$57k71%1,59248 mi 95Western New England UniversitySpringfield, Massachusetts$79,99083%1192$27k$73k64%2,60352 mi 96Colgate UniversityHamilton, New York$79,92914%1508$29k$85k91%3,18061 mi

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data. Program-level earnings describe completers; institution-wide earnings describe former students and can include non-completers. Missing or suppressed values are excluded. A ranking is a comparison of the named measure, not an overall quality score.