Computer and Information Sciences, General

2,881 programs at U.S. colleges award 104,128 credentials a year in this field (CIP 11.01). Bachelor's graduates nationally earn a median of $92,374 four years after graduating.

Highest-paying Undergraduate certificate programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
Colorado State University Global Denver, CO	$61,737	$7,125	92
University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha, NE	$58,750	$19,250	48
Salt Lake Community College Salt Lake City, UT	$57,428	$8,783	375
Wake Technical Community College Raleigh, NC	$55,264	$11,000	349
Southern Careers Institute-Austin Austin, TX	$52,079	$7,389	88
Northwood Technical College Rice Lake, WI	$50,239	$5,817	—
Durham Technical Community College Durham, NC	$46,966	—	87
Gateway Community and Technical College Florence, KY	$45,428	$8,000	428
Front Range Community College Westminster, CO	$45,174	$12,875	78
San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia Visalia, CA	$42,479	$8,739	32
Dixie Technical College Saint George, UT	$41,631	—	37
Jefferson Community and Technical College Louisville, KY	$41,543	$10,125	710
Summit Academy Opportunities Industrialization Center Minneapolis, MN	$39,833	—	178
Maysville Community and Technical College Maysville, KY	$39,342	—	132
Baltimore City Community College Baltimore, MD	$38,858	—	5
Tarrant County College District Fort Worth, TX	$37,808	$10,500	155
Bluegrass Community and Technical College Lexington, KY	$37,019	$10,716	378
West Kentucky Community and Technical College Paducah, KY	$36,332	$6,529	123
Guilford Technical Community College Jamestown, NC	$36,227	$17,500	183
Ivy Tech Community College Indianapolis, IN	$36,178	$8,043	223
Davidson-Davie Community College Thomasville, NC	$36,168	$14,790	114
Owensboro Community and Technical College Owensboro, KY	$35,174	—	225
Somerset Community College Somerset, KY	$34,992	$8,900	126
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College Salisbury, NC	$34,853	—	155
Madisonville Community College Madisonville, KY	$34,207	—	116

Highest-paying Associate's degree programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
Des Moines Area Community College Ankeny, IA	$60,163	—	—
Salt Lake Community College Salt Lake City, UT	$55,961	$8,041	138
Southeast Community College Area Lincoln, NE	$55,738	$18,520	64
Front Range Community College Westminster, CO	$53,219	$14,925	82
Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, NH	$50,111	$16,500	360
Gateway Community and Technical College Florence, KY	$49,753	$12,893	36
Oklahoma City Community College Oklahoma City, OK	$49,198	$12,582	69
Austin Community College District Austin, TX	$49,032	$7,348	165
Metropolitan Community College Area Omaha, NE	$48,719	$9,903	134
Wake Technical Community College Raleigh, NC	$48,280	$13,702	240
University of Phoenix-Arizona Phoenix, AZ	$48,236	$19,120	469
Cameron University Lawton, OK	$48,190	$19,750	24
Columbia College Columbia, MO	$47,167	$22,387	19
Durham Technical Community College Durham, NC	$45,847	—	25
Tidewater Community College Norfolk, VA	$45,084	$13,230	28
Minnesota State Community and Technical College Fergus Falls, MN	$44,836	$16,594	11
San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia Visalia, CA	$44,653	$18,925	12
Pellissippi State Community College Knoxville, TN	$44,224	—	43
Georgia Military College Milledgeville, GA	$42,285	$12,202	29
Nashville State Community College Nashville, TN	$42,160	—	25
Ivy Tech Community College Indianapolis, IN	$41,560	$11,357	232
Chattanooga State Community College Chattanooga, TN	$41,400	$13,595	27
West Kentucky Community and Technical College Paducah, KY	$41,232	—	16
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College Asheville, NC	$41,027	—	11
Brightpoint Community College Chester, VA	$40,984	—	39

Highest-paying Bachelor's degree programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	$146,204	$15,000	177
University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	$136,099	$15,156	—
Yale University New Haven, CT	$133,293	$15,000	164
Rice University Houston, TX	$131,154	$12,373	164
Northeastern University Professional Programs Boston, MA	$115,587	$22,583	53
Northeastern University Boston, MA	$115,587	$22,583	558
Northeastern University Oakland Oakland, CA	$115,587	$22,583	0
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	$113,634	$19,475	1,215
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	$113,503	$19,199	165
The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	$111,587	$20,500	470
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	$109,514	$12,750	171
Barnard College New York, NY	$107,434	$19,000	53
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA	$105,137	$20,500	1,070
Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA	$103,686	—	73
Cornell University Ithaca, NY	$103,650	$15,500	206
Wellesley College Wellesley, MA	$100,644	$13,350	67
Spelman College Atlanta, GA	$98,692	—	16
University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	$98,067	$16,547	297
University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	$96,517	$19,000	162
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA	$96,432	$20,500	526
Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	$90,673	$16,250	0
University of Florida-Online Gainesville, FL	$90,651	$15,000	69
University of Florida Gainesville, FL	$90,651	$15,000	424
University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NM	$89,498	$22,774	51
University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	$88,030	$13,550	737

Highest-paying Master's degree programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
Harvard University Cambridge, MA	$158,673	—	62
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA	$150,671	$20,500	2,731
University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA	$146,806	—	28
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	$139,520	$26,126	329
Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	$138,781	$61,305	1,085
University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	$136,659	—	—
University of San Francisco San Francisco, CA	$132,126	—	39
George Mason University Fairfax, VA	$130,014	$26,262	299
Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	$129,227	$53,545	717
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	$125,122	$82,157	694
Cornell University Ithaca, NY	$123,586	$73,233	175
University of Washington-Tacoma Campus Tacoma, WA	$123,084	$36,600	90
University of Washington-Bothell Campus Bothell, WA	$123,084	$36,600	0
University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	$123,084	$36,600	325
Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	$120,834	—	34
Northeastern University Professional Programs Boston, MA	$119,126	$41,000	86
Northeastern University Boston, MA	$119,126	$41,000	833
Northeastern University Oakland Oakland, CA	$119,126	$41,000	0
Pennsylvania State University-World Campus University Park, PA	$116,067	$41,000	6
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	$116,067	$41,000	18
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg Middletown, PA	$116,067	$41,000	12
University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NM	$115,083	—	29
University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell, MA	$113,649	—	36
New York University New York, NY	$107,240	$67,000	1,174
Georgia State University Atlanta, GA	$102,856	$30,750	147

Highest-paying Doctoral degree programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
Walden University Minneapolis, MN	$125,626	—	9
Capella University Minneapolis, MN	$120,702	$98,917	9

Highest-paying Graduate certificate programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
University of St Thomas Saint Paul, MN	$103,076	$46,486	53
University of Phoenix-Arizona Phoenix, AZ	$67,453	$24,378	15
University of Denver Denver, CO	$55,575	$38,194	46