Bachelor's degree · Computer and information sciences · CIP 11.04
Information Science/Studies: earnings and debt by college
The College Scorecard lists 237 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Information Science/Studies, together awarding 9,585 of these degrees in the most recent year. At the median institution, graduates who received federal aid earn $62,595 one year after finishing and $87,932 five years after finishing (two separate graduating classes). The median institution's graduates leave with $23,000 in federal student loans.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
Compare Information Science/Studies 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 64 of 190; programs missing either value are left out (the Scorecard withholds figures for small programs).
Colleges with a bachelor's in Information Science/Studies
| University of Maryland Global Campus Adelphi · Public | MD | 1,654 | $76,006 | $111,560 | $16,862 |
| University of Maryland-College Park College Park · Public | MD | 790 | $77,023 | $120,318 | $14,500 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park · Public | PA | 427 | $68,240 | $101,568 | $25,000 |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick · Public | NJ | 385 | $61,294 | $96,049 | $19,500 |
| CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York · Public | NY | 302 | $61,633 | $92,914 | $12,375 |
| CUNY New York City College of Technology Brooklyn · Public | NY | 227 | $57,231 | $76,536 | $10,059 |
| University of Maryland-Baltimore County Baltimore · Public | MD | 214 | $66,313 | $103,811 | $19,759 |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor · Public | MI | 208 | $94,193 | $133,888 | $21,500 |
| The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington · Public | TX | 193 | $59,152 | $95,135 | $15,500 |
| University of South Florida Tampa · Public | FL | 178 | $57,668 | n/a | $21,253 |
| Syracuse University Syracuse · Private nonprofit | NY | 172 | $81,572 | $114,594 | $20,500 |
| James Madison University Harrisonburg · Public | VA | 151 | $77,208 | $132,465 | $18,828 |
| University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell · Public | MA | 151 | $78,785 | $96,557 | $25,000 |
| University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee · Public | WI | 148 | $62,768 | $73,625 | $27,000 |
| Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond · Public | VA | 134 | $62,422 | $97,294 | $20,382 |
| University of Illinois Chicago Chicago · Public | IL | 128 | $67,946 | $91,311 | $14,000 |
| Northwestern University Evanston · Private nonprofit | IL | 127 | $114,519 | $180,786 | $18,250 |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign · Public | IL | 119 | $83,548 | n/a | $18,472 |
| University of Utah Salt Lake City · Public | UT | 113 | $66,226 | $102,097 | $14,781 |
| CUNY Graduate School and University Center New York · Public | NY | 111 | $68,476 | $102,183 | $14,065 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill · Public | NC | 105 | $78,821 | $100,940 | $10,000 |
| Eastern Florida State College Melbourne · Public | FL | 96 | $62,795 | $77,983 | $23,000 |
| Kennesaw State University Kennesaw · Public | GA | 94 | $69,726 | $90,421 | $26,000 |
| Pennsylvania State University-World Campus University Park · Public | PA | 91 | $68,240 | $101,568 | $25,000 |
| Stony Brook University Stony Brook · Public | NY | 82 | $69,598 | $97,238 | $17,500 |
| University of North Texas Denton · Public | TX | 78 | $61,401 | $44,675 | $19,000 |
| Boston College Chestnut Hill · Private nonprofit | MA | 69 | $85,192 | $138,569 | $19,000 |
| University of Kentucky Lexington · Public | KY | 63 | $52,970 | $70,698 | $20,253 |
| New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark · Public | NJ | 61 | $76,390 | $102,792 | $23,000 |
| Purdue University Global West Lafayette · Public | IN | 61 | n/a | n/a | $34,743 |
| Salisbury University Salisbury · Public | MD | 59 | $66,740 | $84,203 | $19,500 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington Abington · Public | PA | 57 | $68,240 | $101,568 | $25,000 |
| SUNY Buffalo State University Buffalo · Public | NY | 55 | $47,744 | $67,700 | $24,250 |
| The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville · Public | TN | 55 | n/a | n/a | $17,500 |
| CUNY Lehman College Bronx · Public | NY | 53 | $53,988 | $77,158 | $11,734 |
| San Jose State University San Jose · Public | CA | 52 | n/a | n/a | $18,358 |
| Tarleton State University Stephenville · Public | TX | 52 | $53,843 | n/a | $22,750 |
| University of California-Riverside Riverside · Public | CA | 52 | $90,235 | n/a | $15,188 |
| University of Colorado Boulder Boulder · Public | CO | 51 | $69,271 | n/a | $25,000 |
| Loyola University Maryland Baltimore · Private nonprofit | MD | 50 | n/a | n/a | $23,250 |
| Utah Valley University Orem · Public | UT | 50 | $75,907 | $119,399 | $20,063 |
| Fort Hays State University Hays · Public | KS | 48 | $58,314 | $70,740 | $26,125 |
| Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Slippery Rock · Public | PA | 45 | n/a | $61,402 | n/a |
| University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh · Public | PA | 45 | $63,173 | $93,704 | $25,000 |
| Missouri University of Science and Technology Rolla · Public | MO | 44 | $68,877 | $92,284 | $22,508 |
| Rowan University Glassboro · Public | NJ | 43 | n/a | n/a | $25,000 |
| University of Toledo Toledo · Public | OH | 42 | n/a | $76,124 | $25,000 |
| University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha · Public | NE | 40 | $67,586 | $90,976 | $25,000 |
| Merrimack College North Andover · Private nonprofit | MA | 36 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Suffolk University Boston · Private nonprofit | MA | 36 | $69,887 | $89,487 | $26,932 |
Quick facts: Information Science/Studies
- How many colleges offer a bachelor's degree in Information Science/Studies?
- The College Scorecard lists 237 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Information Science/Studies.
- How much do Information Science/Studies graduates earn?
- Across institutions, the median of graduates' median earnings is $62,595 one year after graduation (94 institutions reporting) and $87,932 five years after graduation (94 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 Information Science/Studies graduates earn the most five years after graduation?
- By reported median earnings five years after graduation: Northwestern University ($180,786), Boston College ($138,569), University of Michigan-Ann Arbor ($133,888), James Madison University ($132,465), and George Washington University ($131,680).
- How much student debt do Information Science/Studies graduates have?
- The median institution's Information Science/Studies graduates leave with $23,000 in federal student loans (88 institutions reporting). Parent PLUS and private loans are not included.
- Which colleges award the most Information Science/Studies degrees?
- By bachelor's degrees awarded in the most recent year: University of Maryland Global Campus (1,654), University of Maryland-College Park (790), Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus (427), Rutgers University-New Brunswick (385), and CUNY Bernard M Baruch College (302).
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How these numbers work
Figures cover bachelor's degree programs in Information Science/Studies (CIP code 11.04), 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.