Bachelor's degree · Computer and information sciences · CIP 11.08
Computer Software and Media Applications: earnings and debt by college
The College Scorecard lists 141 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Computer Software and Media Applications, together awarding 4,402 of these degrees in the most recent year. At the median institution, graduates who received federal aid earn $45,767 one year after finishing and $63,982 five years after finishing (two separate graduating classes). The median institution's graduates leave with $25,000 in federal student loans.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
Compare Computer Software and Media Applications programs on one chart
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Each dot is one institution's program; branch campuses share their institution's figures and appear as one dot. Dashed lines mark the median for all colleges. Showing 28 of 130; programs missing either value are left out (the Scorecard withholds figures for small programs).
Colleges with a bachelor's in Computer Software and Media Applications
| Berklee College of Music Boston · Private nonprofit | MA | 409 | $26,285 | n/a | $25,000 |
| Southern New Hampshire University Manchester · Private nonprofit | NH | 368 | $41,435 | $71,790 | $28,542 |
| School of Visual Arts New York · Private for-profit | NY | 241 | $48,518 | $68,373 | $27,000 |
| Western Governors University Salt Lake City · Private nonprofit | UT | 210 | $93,757 | n/a | $21,786 |
| Atlantic University Guaynabo · Private nonprofit | PR | 207 | $15,026 | $23,672 | $5,499 |
| Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester · Private nonprofit | NY | 169 | $67,980 | $109,552 | $25,244 |
| The New School New York · Private nonprofit | NY | 160 | $49,285 | $80,879 | $23,750 |
| Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette · Public | IN | 149 | $49,195 | $61,095 | $19,500 |
| New York University New York · Private nonprofit | NY | 111 | n/a | $85,330 | $25,000 |
| Northeastern University Boston · Private nonprofit | MA | 108 | $99,899 | n/a | $19,500 |
| University of Houston Houston · Public | TX | 107 | $43,079 | $53,150 | $21,232 |
| DigiPen Institute of Technology Redmond · Private for-profit | WA | 93 | $66,593 | n/a | $27,000 |
| Brigham Young University-Idaho Rexburg · Private nonprofit | ID | 91 | $62,270 | $64,956 | $14,903 |
| Academy of Art University San Francisco · Private for-profit | CA | 86 | $40,073 | $73,469 | $32,528 |
| Texas A&M University-College Station College Station · Public | TX | 77 | $32,916 | $60,874 | $23,624 |
| DePaul University Chicago · Private nonprofit | IL | 76 | $68,868 | $92,506 | $24,250 |
| University of Wisconsin-Stout Menomonie · Public | WI | 66 | $77,075 | $63,982 | $25,000 |
| Drexel University Philadelphia · Private nonprofit | PA | 62 | $25,721 | n/a | $30,662 |
| Rhode Island School of Design Providence · Private nonprofit | RI | 62 | $40,844 | n/a | $26,500 |
| University of Arizona Tucson · Public | AZ | 58 | $53,276 | $73,684 | $19,500 |
| Lindenwood University Saint Charles · Private nonprofit | MO | 53 | $41,779 | $49,832 | $25,944 |
| University of Maryland Global Campus Adelphi · Public | MD | 53 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh · Public | PA | 50 | n/a | n/a | $24,625 |
| Wilmington University New Castle · Private nonprofit | DE | 50 | $35,607 | $52,209 | $27,000 |
| University of California-Irvine Irvine · Public | CA | 47 | $37,465 | $91,034 | $17,043 |
| Temple University Philadelphia · Public | PA | 46 | n/a | n/a | $27,000 |
| University of Southern California Los Angeles · Private nonprofit | CA | 45 | $95,396 | $152,477 | $19,968 |
| California College of the Arts San Francisco · Private nonprofit | CA | 38 | n/a | n/a | $23,590 |
| Eastern Washington University Cheney · Public | WA | 38 | $35,693 | $42,866 | $17,842 |
| University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati · Public | OH | 38 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Illinois State University Normal · Public | IL | 37 | n/a | n/a | $21,650 |
| Bellevue College Bellevue · Public | WA | 36 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Dakota State University Madison · Public | SD | 34 | $34,251 | $39,302 | $27,000 |
| Neumont College of Computer Science Salt Lake City · Private for-profit | UT | 34 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Bradley University Peoria · Private nonprofit | IL | 31 | n/a | n/a | $27,000 |
| DeVry University-Illinois Lisle · Private for-profit | IL | 31 | $38,388 | $47,780 | $45,951 |
| CUNY New York City College of Technology Brooklyn · Public | NY | 30 | $33,487 | n/a | n/a |
| University of Maryland-College Park College Park · Public | MD | 28 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Wellesley College Wellesley · Private nonprofit | MA | 28 | $67,236 | $134,819 | $11,875 |
| Johnson & Wales University-Providence Providence · Private nonprofit | RI | 27 | $39,596 | $55,594 | $27,000 |
| Northwest Missouri State University Maryville · Public | MO | 26 | $50,095 | $57,980 | $21,661 |
| College for Creative Studies Detroit · Private nonprofit | MI | 25 | $55,969 | n/a | $25,000 |
| University of Washington-Bothell Campus Bothell · Public | WA | 25 | $49,142 | $63,146 | n/a |
| Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design Lakewood · Private for-profit | CO | 24 | $45,767 | $62,259 | $51,125 |
| North Carolina A & T State University Greensboro · Public | NC | 23 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Art Center College of Design Pasadena · Private nonprofit | CA | 22 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| College of Charleston Charleston · Public | SC | 21 | $52,173 | $59,245 | $27,000 |
| George Washington University Washington · Private nonprofit | DC | 21 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of Minnesota-Duluth Duluth · Public | MN | 21 | $65,775 | n/a | $19,500 |
| New York Institute of Technology Old Westbury · Private nonprofit | NY | 20 | $39,433 | n/a | $24,500 |
Quick facts: Computer Software and Media Applications
- How many colleges offer a bachelor's degree in Computer Software and Media Applications?
- The College Scorecard lists 141 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Computer Software and Media Applications.
- How much do Computer Software and Media Applications graduates earn?
- Across institutions, the median of graduates' median earnings is $45,767 one year after graduation (49 institutions reporting) and $63,982 five years after graduation (41 institutions reporting). These figures cover graduates who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled in school. Branch campuses share their institution's figures, so each institution counts once.
- Where do Computer Software and Media Applications graduates earn the most five years after graduation?
- By reported median earnings five years after graduation: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor ($161,867), University of Southern California ($152,477), Wellesley College ($134,819), Rochester Institute of Technology ($109,552), and Florida Polytechnic University ($103,304).
- How much student debt do Computer Software and Media Applications graduates have?
- The median institution's Computer Software and Media Applications graduates leave with $25,000 in federal student loans (48 institutions reporting). Parent PLUS and private loans are not included.
- Which colleges award the most Computer Software and Media Applications degrees?
- By bachelor's degrees awarded in the most recent year: Berklee College of Music (409), Southern New Hampshire University (368), School of Visual Arts (241), Western Governors University (210), and Atlantic University (207).
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How these numbers work
Figures cover bachelor's degree programs in Computer Software and Media Applications (CIP code 11.08), as reported in the College Scorecard. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid, measured one and five years after they finished, among those working and not enrolled in school; the one-year and five-year figures describe different graduating classes. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation. The Scorecard withholds figures for programs with few graduates, so many smaller programs show n/a. Summary figures are medians across institutions: the Scorecard reports program earnings and debt for a whole institution, so branch campuses share one figure and count once. All figures are from the Scorecard's most recent field-of-study release. More on the data.