Computer Science

1,629 programs at U.S. colleges award 72,619 credentials a year in this field (CIP 11.07). Bachelor's graduates nationally earn a median of $107,009 four years after graduating.

Highest-paying Undergraduate certificate programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
Saint Martin's University Lacey, WA	$91,138	—	0
Missouri State University-Springfield Springfield, MO	$63,175	$21,166	20

Highest-paying Associate's degree programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
Weber State University Ogden, UT	$79,044	$13,166	139
Northern Virginia Community College Annandale, VA	$48,889	$9,598	322
University of Arkansas Grantham LIttle Rock, AR	$47,904	$17,789	23
Bunker Hill Community College Boston, MA	$30,332	—	43
CUNY LaGuardia Community College Long Island City, NY	$24,888	—	77
Full Sail University Winter Park, FL	$19,693	—	22

Highest-paying Bachelor's degree programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA	$173,344	—	67
Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	$171,264	$21,442	270
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	$154,492	$11,077	389
Cornell University Ithaca, NY	$152,656	$14,750	507
Harvard University Cambridge, MA	$152,251	—	183
Brown University Providence, RI	$151,065	$11,500	236
University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	$149,866	$13,750	994
Princeton University Princeton, NJ	$146,624	—	201
Pomona College Claremont, CA	$143,084	—	49
Stanford University Stanford, CA	$138,613	$10,399	293
University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	$137,284	$19,625	305
Duke University Durham, NC	$133,356	$13,500	410
Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	$132,919	$18,490	136
Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA	$132,265	$22,949	55
University of Washington-Bothell Campus Bothell, WA	$128,887	$15,351	202
University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	$128,887	$15,351	495
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	$124,678	—	83
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	$124,530	$18,983	311
Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	$122,244	$14,500	198
Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	$118,636	$19,594	391
University of Chicago Chicago, IL	$117,578	—	156
University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA	$112,006	$16,166	518
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA	$111,141	$19,500	202
Williams College Williamstown, MA	$110,814	$12,208	56
Washington University in St Louis St. Louis, MO	$110,302	$15,250	181

Highest-paying Master's degree programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
Stanford University Stanford, CA	$199,761	—	383
Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	$161,851	$41,000	595
University of Washington-Tacoma Campus Tacoma, WA	$155,261	—	1
University of Washington-Bothell Campus Bothell, WA	$155,261	—	52
University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	$155,261	—	59
Cornell University Ithaca, NY	$153,588	$34,528	290
University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA	$148,476	—	205
University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA	$148,262	$25,903	499
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	$146,670	$18,835	840
Boston University Boston, MA	$144,484	—	227
University of Chicago Chicago, IL	$135,918	$80,205	217
Brown University Providence, RI	$135,411	—	129
University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	$134,544	$51,250	1,185
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY	$125,338	—	38
Brigham Young University Provo, UT	$124,425	—	23
Drexel University Philadelphia, PA	$122,956	—	48
Texas A&M University-College Station College Station, TX	$121,728	—	174
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	$120,693	—	194
Seattle University Seattle, WA	$119,407	—	82
Maharishi International University Fairfield, IA	$114,993	$51,091	334
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA	$112,762	$40,321	190
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA	$112,316	—	86
University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell, MA	$110,970	—	64
North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	$108,371	$30,750	391
New York University New York, NY	$108,067	$30,925	—

Highest-paying Doctoral degree programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, CO	$114,369	$71,834	—