Bachelor's · Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services

Computer Science (Bachelor's): earnings by school

420 schools report graduate earnings for this major.

Median across schools, 1 year out
$73,638
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Median across schools, 4 years out
$99,350
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical debt
$20,492
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort

Across 356 schools reporting 4-year earnings, the middle half of programs pay graduates between $87,460 and $115,804. The school matters less than you might think for this major.

Schools, highest earnings first

School1 year4 yearsDebt
Carnegie Mellon University PA$173,492$268,121$19,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA$171,815$225,141$10,000
Cornell University NY$151,551$223,309$12,500
Princeton University NJ$155,162$217,973—
Pomona College CA$100,072$217,051—
Stanford University CA$157,763$214,907$12,000
Brown University RI$141,816$214,479$15,000
Williams College MA$109,425$209,574$12,000
University of California-Berkeley CA$161,143$204,379$13,289
Harvard University MA$171,540$203,169$13,000
Dartmouth College NH$137,406$201,702$11,000
California Institute of Technology CA$160,167$200,511—
Harvey Mudd College CA$182,273$198,257$22,232
Duke University NC$148,493$195,809$12,000
University of Southern California CA$153,063$192,897$16,550
Columbia University in the City of New York NY$135,612$188,265$16,500
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL$134,501$181,981$15,000
University of Chicago IL$132,543$178,068$14,037
Washington University in St Louis MO$121,535$177,066$15,250
University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA$128,218$175,616$12,051
University of Washington-Bothell Campus WA$128,218$175,616$12,051
Colgate University NY$112,395$161,980$7,000
Vanderbilt University TN$127,841$160,021$15,000
Emory University GA$99,840$159,541$12,000
University of California-San Diego CA$109,047$159,487$14,000
Tufts University MA$124,082$156,343$16,500
University of Pennsylvania PA$156,295——
University of Rochester NY$106,780$155,464$19,000
Northwestern University IL$133,980$155,106$16,500
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo CA$129,984$154,784$15,000
George Washington University DC$98,819$150,716$20,500
University of San Francisco CA$84,513$150,341$21,819
University of San Diego CA$88,462$149,847$21,000
University of California-Santa Barbara CA$121,223$149,190$10,000
University of the Pacific CA$66,079$147,511$21,526
Purdue University-Main Campus IN$98,322$146,685$16,750
Georgetown University DC$105,663$143,900$13,147
Case Western Reserve University OH$84,172$143,580$22,000
Boston College MA$93,215$143,204$19,000
Brigham Young University UT$102,904$142,800$12,000
Amherst College MA$116,660$142,680—
Lehigh University PA$95,778$141,691$22,230
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NY$110,300$141,528$22,375
Stevens Institute of Technology NJ$106,019$138,468$25,000
University of Maryland-College Park MD$104,712$137,931$15,750
Bowdoin College ME$103,268$137,611—
University of Utah UT$96,677$137,329$19,500
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NC$94,151$137,047$11,958
Boston University MA$98,587$136,667$17,500
Rochester Institute of Technology NY$99,072$135,702$24,250
Worcester Polytechnic Institute MA$95,966$134,208$26,000
Seattle Pacific University WA$80,129$133,039$25,000
Middlebury College VT$93,605$128,471$18,291
Baylor University TX$98,124$128,411$19,500
Seattle University WA$99,781$128,314$19,500
William & Mary VA$84,873$127,851$19,000
California State University-Chico CA$86,125$127,498$17,500
University of California-Irvine CA$98,883$127,404$14,000
Colorado School of Mines CO$96,085$127,217$19,500
Southern Methodist University TX$97,568$126,590$20,500
Binghamton University NY$94,000$126,183$18,500
University of Portland OR$84,858$125,929$19,500
Loyola University Maryland MD$89,500$124,858$27,000
Texas A&M University-College Station TX$97,008$124,283$17,364
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology IN$87,801$123,753$26,647
University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA$96,878$123,519$20,500
Brandeis University MA$95,025$123,460$18,250
University of California-Santa Cruz CA$82,863$123,422$15,482
St Olaf College MN$59,852$122,912$25,487
University of Denver CO$89,817$121,993$19,500
University of Colorado Boulder CO$88,113$121,952$19,500
Wentworth Institute of Technology MA$85,976$121,671$23,000
University of Miami FL$87,151$121,589$18,000
Gonzaga University WA$82,465$121,512$20,500
Oregon State University OR$94,018$121,405$21,874
Oregon State University-Cascades Campus OR$94,018$121,405$21,874
Illinois Institute of Technology IL$87,541$120,953$22,000
University of Illinois Chicago IL$86,033$120,470$17,025
DePauw University IN$84,375$120,076—
Mount Holyoke College MA$81,695$120,021—
California State University-East Bay CA$65,599$119,900$15,750
Washington State University WA$86,200$119,686$17,222
Tulane University of Louisiana LA$86,237$118,931$21,250
Brigham Young University-Idaho ID$80,350$117,895$11,555
Pace University NY$60,162$117,835$22,375
University of California-Riverside CA$73,293$117,705$15,611
University of Arizona AZ$85,859$117,451$16,915
American University DC—$117,293$20,983
CUNY City College NY$83,587$116,238—
Clark University MA$58,413$115,804—
Utah Valley University UT$85,913$115,541$15,048
Wake Forest University NC—$115,493—
Southern New Hampshire University NH$73,429$115,259$25,784
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ$85,706$114,868$18,250
Arizona State University Digital Immersion AZ$85,706$114,868$18,250
Gettysburg College PA$68,629$114,433—
Indiana University-Bloomington IN$83,633$114,199$17,100
Merrimack College MA—$114,115—
Regis University CO$85,192$114,098$30,500
Portland State University OR$83,156$113,889$20,955
Drexel University PA$89,683$113,610$27,000
North Carolina State University at Raleigh NC$90,903$113,478$18,750
CUNY Queens College NY$71,589$112,903$9,669
Chapman University CA$73,662$112,780$20,500
Boise State University ID$87,256$112,120$24,250
Marist University NY$76,234$111,893$23,250
Montana State University MT$73,188$111,728$22,750
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN$83,653$111,661$17,750
University of Massachusetts-Lowell MA$85,033$111,612$23,603
Metropolitan State University of Denver CO$78,903$111,187$27,000
Franklin University OH$81,156$111,131$26,300
Illinois State University IL$82,023$111,099$15,125
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus OK$77,925$110,853$22,500
Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia PA—$110,178—
Grinnell College IA$96,564$109,892$10,000
Cedarville University OH$73,429$109,817$21,000
University of Tulsa OK$72,519$109,332$22,469
The University of Texas at Arlington TX$86,546$109,197$16,334
University of Connecticut CT$88,145$108,934$19,500
University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus CT$88,145$108,934$19,500
University of Connecticut-Avery Point CT$88,145$108,934$19,500
University of Connecticut-Stamford CT$88,145$108,934$19,500
University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus CT$88,145$108,934$19,500
Taylor University IN—$108,812—
University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown PA$80,464$108,680$23,250
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus PA$80,464$108,680$23,250
University of St Thomas MN$81,807$107,938$23,755
University of Georgia GA$86,330$107,397$17,620
Bradley University IL$74,163$107,379$27,000
University of Nebraska at Omaha NE$79,793$107,248$19,500
Kettering University MI$87,541$106,638$23,500
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville TN$80,585$106,312$15,000
Sonoma State University CA$86,813$106,181$12,500
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville IL$73,819$106,082$19,753
University of Maryland-Baltimore County MD$83,058$105,706$17,200
Concordia University-Saint Paul MN$71,149$105,577$17,296
Michigan Technological University MI$81,692$105,428$23,000
North Carolina A & T State University NC$89,371$105,342$19,982
San Francisco State University CA$70,632$105,166$17,062
University at Buffalo NY$79,064$105,160$17,500
Pacific University OR$77,549$105,018—
Xavier University OH$67,545$104,908$26,000
Towson University MD$75,859$104,653$18,250
Iowa State University IA$81,601$104,211$24,050
Texas State University TX$76,022$104,127$20,500
Saint Cloud State University MN$66,333$103,765$24,000
University of Idaho ID$75,342$103,530$20,909
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona CA$72,708$103,494$15,000
Clarkson University NY$80,829$103,132$23,993
Howard University DC$103,053—$21,395
University of Missouri-St Louis MO$72,061$102,723$20,625
University of Dayton OH$69,386$102,468$20,500
Tarleton State University TX—$102,423$24,250
CUNY Hunter College NY$65,587$102,321$10,500
Indiana University-Southeast IN$70,569$102,250—
Colby College ME$102,172——
University of Illinois Springfield IL$74,686$102,020$18,750
Christopher Newport University VA$70,808$101,900$23,989
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College PA$70,117$101,854$22,750
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver PA$70,117$101,854$22,750
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine PA$70,117$101,854$22,750
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton PA$70,117$101,854$22,750
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA$70,117$101,854$22,750
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington PA$70,117$101,854$22,750
California State University-Monterey Bay CA$68,967$101,787$15,833
California State University-Long Beach CA$72,641$101,428$14,673
Purdue University Fort Wayne IN$66,654$101,396$18,432
California State University-Northridge CA$64,914$101,348$15,500
Elmhurst University IL—$101,273—
Saint Johns University MN$73,894$101,188$27,000
California State University-Channel Islands CA$77,337$100,887$15,625
Willamette University OR—$100,650—
San Diego State University CA$78,290$100,586$13,000
Georgia State University GA$76,531$100,582$18,250
Cleveland State University OH$70,496$100,385$21,938
Weber State University UT$76,254$100,157$12,500
Western New England University MA$70,875$100,055$26,000
York College of Pennsylvania PA$68,906$100,044$20,364
Indiana University-South Bend IN$58,530$99,574—
University of New Orleans LA$54,500$99,548$15,500
University of Maine ME$64,189$99,413$24,250
University of Wyoming WY$65,650$99,287$13,625
Northern Arizona University AZ$70,297$99,067$21,671
University of Puget Sound WA—$98,696—
Delaware State University DE$75,781$98,411—
East Carolina University NC$68,918$98,406$23,259
Ithaca College NY$75,456$98,373—
University of Scranton PA—$98,369$27,000
West Virginia University WV$73,536$98,277$22,146
California State University-San Marcos CA$60,771$97,827$14,094
Auburn University AL$97,822—$29,250
Champlain College VT$62,916$97,753—
Appalachian State University NC$70,140$97,670$20,500
Wichita State University KS$69,143$97,335$18,486
Charleston Southern University SC$70,777$97,290—
University of Missouri-Kansas City MO$72,048$97,043$15,250
University of Colorado Colorado Springs CO$82,449$97,001$20,197
Plymouth State University NH$69,128$96,494—
Middle Tennessee State University TN$73,196$96,485$16,844
Kennesaw State University GA$75,247$96,481$22,000
Widener University PA—$96,427$26,541
Louisiana Tech University LA$61,966$96,365$23,313
Georgia College & State University GA$75,797$96,335$23,250
Saint Norbert College WI$67,536$96,237—
Westfield State University MA$44,174$95,932—
University of Arkansas AR$78,608$95,642$19,500
Augsburg University MN—$95,637$21,250
National University CA$98,371$95,555$37,738
Calvin University MI$83,043$95,410$13,639
Central Washington University WA$68,297$95,368$20,000
University of Michigan-Flint MI$63,312$95,183$24,750
Clayton State University GA—$94,876$22,000
La Salle University PA—$94,659$20,500
University of Nevada-Las Vegas NV$69,290$94,475$19,272
Virginia Military Institute VA$57,388$94,397$21,625
Indiana University-Indianapolis IN$69,683$94,380$21,250
Winston-Salem State University NC—$94,298—
Valparaiso University IN$63,897$94,111$27,000
West Texas A & M University TX$93,925—$16,500
Northern Illinois University IL$66,593$93,438$16,093
Ohio University-Eastern Campus OH$74,498$93,282$26,000
Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus OH$74,498$93,282$26,000
Ohio University-Southern Campus OH$74,498$93,282$26,000
Ohio University-Lancaster Campus OH$74,498$93,282$26,000
Ohio University-Main Campus OH$74,498$93,282$26,000
Ohio University-Zanesville Campus OH$74,498$93,282$26,000
Morehouse College GA$93,274——
Missouri State University-Springfield MO$70,648$93,094$20,401
University of North Carolina at Charlotte NC$70,140$93,037$18,875
Centre College KY—$93,000—
Duquesne University PA$62,080$92,606$23,250
California State University-Sacramento CA$68,203$92,519$13,220
University of Minnesota-Morris MN$61,517$92,449—
Metropolitan State University MN$73,615$92,342$13,342
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee WI$75,508$92,342$23,696
Harding University AR$66,880$92,014$27,375
University of Minnesota-Duluth MN$73,411$91,911$19,900
Abilene Christian University TX—$91,894—
Benedictine University IL$72,408$91,698—
Kent State University at Stark OH$66,317$91,614$22,700
Kent State University at Kent OH$66,317$91,614$22,700
Florida Institute of Technology FL$76,424$91,606$27,000
Simpson College IA—$91,318—
Longwood University VA—$91,313$26,500
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale IL$66,774$91,299$17,781
Saint Louis University MO$54,236$91,081$23,000
Western Michigan University MI$67,050$90,876$26,000
Stony Brook University NY$90,866—$15,000
University of Central Missouri MO$61,287$90,822$20,998
Jackson State University MS$77,117$90,577$25,000
Tennessee Technological University TN$71,291$90,521$17,800
University of Memphis TN$60,377$90,207$18,250
Aurora University IL$56,272$90,089$18,800
Stonehill College MA$89,955——
Central College IA—$89,838—
Smith College MA$89,589—$12,606
University of Wisconsin-Parkside WI$60,252$89,495$18,433
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College LA$64,916$89,307$18,087
University of Northern Iowa IA$59,817$89,305$19,500
Central Michigan University MI$61,836$89,216$24,250
College of Staten Island CUNY NY$56,879$89,093—
Northeastern Illinois University IL$60,664$88,917$12,500
Idaho State University ID—$88,888$24,453
John Carroll University OH$66,156$88,824$26,865
Carleton College MN$88,594—$20,917
Villanova University PA$88,473—$24,250
Grand Canyon University AZ$73,739$88,308$25,894
University of North Carolina Wilmington NC$66,482$88,219$20,500
Winona State University MN$64,792$88,164$15,000
Purdue University Northwest IN$67,051$88,158$20,336
Hofstra University NY$65,623$88,137$20,012
University of North Carolina Asheville NC$56,018$88,084$18,605
Whitworth University WA$71,053$87,897$25,500
Saint Edward's University TX$75,755$87,890$23,500
Radford University VA$58,052$87,740$20,250
North Dakota State University-Main Campus ND$71,226$87,562$19,500
California State University-Los Angeles CA$58,344$87,525$12,875
California State University-Fullerton CA$66,678$87,460$15,000
Bridgewater State University MA$58,466$87,099$25,263
Western Carolina University NC$72,951$86,853$20,518
Dominican University IL$77,274$86,730—
Wofford College SC$74,737$86,520—
University of North Carolina at Greensboro NC$75,173$86,372$19,500
Western Governors University UT$86,272—$11,509
Allegheny College PA$62,241$86,069$27,000
Hawaii Pacific University HI—$85,936—
Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania PA$72,194$85,353$19,000
CUNY Lehman College NY$49,458$85,351$10,000
Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs CO$72,516$85,337$36,444
Milwaukee School of Engineering WI$85,100—$27,000
Youngstown State University OH$63,486$85,028$21,488
Cornell College IA—$84,938—
Rasmussen University-Florida FL$69,473$84,899$30,555
Rasmussen University-Minnesota MN$69,473$84,899$30,555
Rasmussen University-North Dakota ND$69,473$84,899$30,555
Rasmussen University-Illinois IL$69,473$84,899$30,555
Rasmussen University-Wisconsin WI$69,473$84,899$30,555
Rasmussen University-Kansas KS$69,473$84,899$30,555
George Mason University VA$84,847—$21,500
Touro University NY$75,073$84,481$13,625

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