Master's programs 276
Graduates in 2023-24 25,437
Typical median debt $34,500
Typical earnings 1 yr after $118,338
Typical earnings 4 yrs after $151,603
Earnings to debt 3.4x
Official field: Computer Science. Admission figures such as LSAT, MCAT or GRE scores are not part of this federal data, so check each school.
Degree level Programs Typical earnings 1 yr after Typical median debt Master's 276 $118,338 $34,500 Doctoral 120 n/a n/a Professional doctorate 1 n/a n/a
Is it worth it? Debt vs first-year pay Each dot is one master's program. Dots above the dashed line have graduates earning more in their first year than the program's median debt.
$0k $0k $50k $18k $100k $36k $150k $54k $200k $72k debt = 1 year of pay Stanford University: earnings $190,776, debt $33,500 Cornell University: earnings $175,401, debt $36,706 University of California-San Diego: earnings $160,898, debt $42,970 University of Southern California: earnings $152,365, debt $41,882 Seattle University: earnings $123,331, debt $51,459 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: earnings $157,956, debt $22,875 Arizona State University Campus Immersion: earnings $118,338, debt $21,922 Arizona State University Digital Immersion: earnings $118,338, debt $21,922 University of California-Irvine: earnings $153,614, debt $20,500 Stevens Institute of Technology: earnings $108,769, debt $39,180 University of Chicago: earnings $176,945, debt $69,006 North Carolina State University at Raleigh: earnings $131,191, debt $25,485 University of Massachusetts-Amherst: earnings $125,872, debt $26,022 Colorado School of Mines: earnings $109,902, debt $28,549 Portland State University: earnings $112,908, debt $39,144 Maharishi International University: earnings $158,206, debt $68,102 Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs: earnings $103,467, debt $38,148 California State University-Fullerton: earnings $103,288, debt $34,229 University of Illinois Springfield: earnings $94,022, debt $29,200 University of North Carolina at Charlotte: earnings $96,547, debt $20,500 Columbia University in the City of New York: earnings $180,031, debt $41,000 University of California-Riverside: earnings $127,113, debt $20,500 Lewis University: earnings $91,451, debt $40,925 Median federal debt Median earnings 1 year after Master's programs in computer science Highest first-year earnings Stanford University $190,776
Columbia University in the City of New York $180,031
University of Chicago $176,945
Cornell University $175,401
University of California-San Diego $160,898
Maharishi International University $158,206
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign $157,956
University of California-Irvine $153,614
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College Graduates (2023-24) Earnings 1 yr after Earnings 4 yrs after Median debt Stanford University Stanford, CA 434 $190,776 $255,667 $33,500 Cornell University Ithaca, NY 312 $175,401 $235,762 $36,706 California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA 28 $141,320 $235,241 n/a University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA 393 $160,898 $231,397 $42,970 Brown University Providence, RI 145 $128,750 $208,655 n/a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY 17 $152,362 $200,027 n/a Northwestern University Evanston, IL 139 n/a $197,823 $51,159 University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 1,119 $152,365 $188,871 $41,882 Drexel University Philadelphia, PA 64 $112,811 $188,550 n/a Seattle University Seattle, WA 97 $123,331 $185,607 $51,459 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL 1,094 $157,956 $179,395 $22,875 California State University-Northridge Northridge, CA 81 n/a $178,136 n/a Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ 842 $118,338 $177,303 $21,922 Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale, AZ 365 $118,338 $177,303 $21,922 University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA 177 $153,614 $175,922 $20,500 Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ 840 $108,769 $171,253 $39,180 University of Chicago Chicago, IL 203 $176,945 $169,765 $69,006 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA 170 n/a $169,689 $27,346 Washington University in St Louis St. Louis, MO 92 $126,391 $167,975 n/a North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC 236 $131,191 $164,757 $25,485 Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY 139 $113,766 $162,539 n/a University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA 320 $125,872 $154,099 $26,022 Boston University Boston, MA 284 $131,725 $153,937 n/a University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell, MA 119 n/a $151,603 n/a Towson University Towson, MD 22 $102,320 $149,320 n/a University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO 191 n/a $148,463 $20,500 Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO 72 $109,902 $147,702 $28,549 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 160 $142,962 $147,612 n/a Portland State University Portland, OR 112 $112,908 $145,715 $39,144 University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL 148 n/a $145,430 n/a Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale, FL 14 n/a $142,461 n/a Texas A&M University-College Station College Station, TX 143 n/a $142,377 n/a California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona, CA 22 $102,816 $141,744 n/a Maharishi International University Fairfield, IA 411 $158,206 $139,773 $68,102 The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN 27 $96,680 $135,764 n/a National University San Diego, CA 18 $102,147 $132,798 n/a Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL 383 $113,541 $131,511 n/a Brigham Young University Provo, UT 28 n/a $130,090 n/a Rowan University Glassboro, NJ 143 $107,159 $127,178 n/a Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, CO 120 $103,467 $126,865 $38,148 California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, CA 243 $103,288 $126,439 $34,229 University of Illinois Springfield Springfield, IL 224 $94,022 $126,156 $29,200 North Carolina A & T State University Greensboro, NC 31 $95,726 $122,747 n/a University of Tulsa Tulsa, OK 15 n/a $119,962 n/a Kennesaw State University Kennesaw, GA 215 $103,004 $117,931 n/a Pace University New York, NY 295 $93,414 $109,851 n/a University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC 416 $96,547 $107,088 $20,500 Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY 403 $180,031 n/a $41,000 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN 97 $145,488 n/a n/a University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD 79 $141,110 n/a n/a George Washington University Washington, DC 152 $128,740 n/a n/a University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA 177 $127,113 n/a $20,500 University of Washington-Bothell Campus Bothell, WA 45 $121,837 n/a n/a University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA 62 $121,837 n/a n/a University of Washington-Tacoma Campus Tacoma, WA 0 $121,837 n/a n/a Northeastern Illinois University Chicago, IL 38 $121,596 n/a n/a California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA 158 $115,854 n/a n/a University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA 23 $104,021 n/a n/a Frostburg State University Frostburg, MD 23 $102,942 n/a n/a Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA 90 $102,409 n/a n/a Lewis University Romeoville, IL 207 $91,451 n/a $40,925 Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Kutztown, PA 9 $82,691 n/a n/a The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga Chattanooga, TN 13 $77,206 n/a n/a American University Washington, DC 6 n/a n/a n/a Appalachian State University Boone, NC 16 n/a n/a n/a Auburn University at Montgomery Montgomery, AL 158 n/a n/a n/a Baylor University Waco, TX 25 n/a n/a n/a Binghamton University Vestal, NY 252 n/a n/a n/a Boise State University Boise, ID 11 n/a n/a n/a Bradley University Peoria, IL 51 n/a n/a n/a Brandeis University Waltham, MA 30 n/a n/a n/a Bridgewater State University Bridgewater, MA 14 n/a n/a n/a CUNY Brooklyn College Brooklyn, NY 14 n/a n/a n/a CUNY City College New York, NY 5 n/a n/a n/a CUNY Graduate School and University Center New York, NY 11 n/a n/a n/a CUNY Hunter College New York, NY 2 n/a n/a n/a CUNY Lehman College Bronx, NY 3 n/a n/a n/a CUNY Queens College Queens, NY 8 n/a n/a n/a California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA 0 n/a n/a n/a California State University-Channel Islands Camarillo, CA 17 n/a n/a n/a California State University-Chico Chico, CA 32 n/a n/a n/a California State University-Dominguez Hills Carson, CA 68 n/a n/a n/a California State University-East Bay Hayward, CA 102 n/a n/a n/a California State University-Fresno Fresno, CA 19 n/a n/a n/a California State University-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA 80 n/a n/a n/a California State University-Sacramento Sacramento, CA 37 n/a n/a n/a California State University-San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA 73 n/a n/a n/a California State University-San Marcos San Marcos, CA 21 n/a n/a n/a Campbellsville University Campbellsville, KY 633 n/a n/a n/a Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 81 n/a n/a n/a Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH 56 n/a n/a n/a Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, MI 87 n/a n/a n/a Central Washington University Ellensburg, WA 0 n/a n/a n/a Chicago State University Chicago, IL 62 n/a n/a n/a Citadel Military College of South Carolina Charleston, SC 8 n/a n/a n/a City University of Seattle Seattle, WA 40 n/a n/a $57,467 Clark Atlanta University Atlanta, GA 4 n/a n/a n/a Clark University Worcester, MA 88 n/a n/a n/a Clarkson University Potsdam, NY 11 n/a n/a n/a Cleveland State University Cleveland, OH 176 n/a n/a n/a College of Charleston Charleston, SC 7 n/a n/a n/a College of Staten Island CUNY Staten Island, NY 15 n/a n/a n/a Dartmouth College Hanover, NH 35 n/a n/a n/a Davenport University Grand Rapids, MI 3 n/a n/a n/a Duke University Durham, NC 49 n/a n/a n/a Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA 12 n/a n/a n/a East Carolina 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Campus Las Cruces, NM 6 n/a n/a n/a North American University Stafford, TX 91 n/a n/a n/a North Dakota State University-Main Campus Fargo, ND 27 n/a n/a n/a Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ 259 n/a n/a n/a Northern Illinois University Dekalb, IL 110 n/a n/a n/a Northern Kentucky University Highland Heights, KY 3 n/a n/a n/a Northwest Missouri State University Maryville, MO 362 n/a n/a n/a Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH 6 n/a n/a n/a Oklahoma Christian University Edmond, OK 17 n/a n/a n/a Oral Roberts University Tulsa, OK 6 n/a n/a n/a Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 130 n/a n/a n/a Oregon State University-Cascades Campus Bend, OR 6 n/a n/a n/a Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA 59 n/a n/a n/a Princeton University Princeton, NJ 48 n/a n/a n/a Purdue University Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, IN 118 n/a n/a n/a Purdue University Northwest Hammond, IN 37 n/a n/a n/a Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN 119 n/a n/a n/a Rivier University 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University San Antonio, TX 7 n/a n/a n/a Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY 163 n/a n/a n/a Tennessee State University Nashville, TN 7 n/a n/a n/a Tennessee Technological University Cookeville, TN 20 n/a n/a n/a Texas A&M University-San Antonio San Antonio, TX 12 n/a n/a n/a Texas A&M University-Victoria Victoria, TX 13 n/a n/a n/a Texas Southern University Houston, TX 5 n/a n/a n/a Texas State University San Marcos, TX 88 n/a n/a n/a The Catholic University of America Washington, DC 4 n/a n/a n/a The University of Montana Missoula, MT 3 n/a n/a n/a The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, TX 23 n/a n/a n/a Tufts University Medford, MA 85 n/a n/a n/a Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA 0 n/a n/a n/a University at Albany Albany, NY 121 n/a n/a n/a University of Akron Main Campus Akron, OH 6 n/a n/a n/a University of Alabama in Huntsville Huntsville, AL 53 n/a n/a n/a University of Alaska Fairbanks Fairbanks, AK 3 n/a n/a n/a University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 16 n/a n/a n/a University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR 11 n/a n/a n/a University of Bridgeport Bridgeport, CT 447 n/a n/a n/a University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA 11 n/a n/a n/a University of California-Davis Davis, CA 69 n/a n/a n/a University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA 117 n/a n/a n/a University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 50 n/a n/a n/a University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA 51 n/a n/a n/a University of Central Arkansas Conway, AR 10 n/a n/a n/a University of Central Missouri Warrensburg, MO 1,146 n/a n/a n/a University of Central Oklahoma Edmond, OK 30 n/a n/a n/a University of Colorado Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, CO 15 n/a n/a n/a University of Dayton Dayton, OH 247 n/a n/a n/a University of Denver Denver, CO 12 n/a n/a n/a University of Georgia Athens, GA 69 n/a n/a n/a University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI 18 n/a n/a n/a University of Houston-Clear Lake Houston, TX 43 n/a n/a n/a University of Idaho Moscow, ID 10 n/a n/a n/a University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lafayette, LA 29 n/a n/a n/a University of Maine Orono, ME 5 n/a n/a n/a University of Management and Technology Arlington, VA 4 n/a n/a n/a University of Maryland-Baltimore County Baltimore, MD 163 n/a n/a n/a University of Massachusetts-Boston Boston, MA 97 n/a n/a n/a University of Memphis Memphis, TN 158 n/a n/a n/a University of Miami Coral Gables, FL 1 n/a n/a n/a University of Minnesota-Duluth Duluth, MN 8 n/a n/a n/a University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City, MO 554 n/a n/a n/a University of Missouri-St Louis Saint Louis, MO 28 n/a n/a n/a University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha, NE 33 n/a n/a n/a University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE 20 n/a n/a n/a University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV 12 n/a n/a n/a University of Nevada-Reno Reno, NV 45 n/a n/a $34,500 University of New Haven West Haven, CT 139 n/a n/a n/a University of New Orleans New Orleans, LA 13 n/a n/a n/a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 25 n/a n/a n/a University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC 32 n/a n/a n/a University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND 9 n/a n/a n/a University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK 41 n/a n/a n/a University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Mayaguez, PR 4 n/a n/a n/a University of Rochester Rochester, NY 34 n/a n/a n/a University of San Francisco San Francisco, CA 37 n/a n/a n/a University of South Alabama Mobile, AL 5 n/a n/a n/a University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC 14 n/a n/a n/a University of South Florida Tampa, FL 109 n/a n/a n/a University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT 70 n/a n/a n/a University of Vermont Burlington, VT 15 n/a n/a n/a University of West Georgia Carrollton, GA 12 n/a n/a n/a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI 84 n/a n/a n/a University of Wisconsin-River Falls River Falls, WI 1 n/a n/a n/a University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Whitewater, WI 8 n/a n/a n/a University of Wyoming Laramie, WY 8 n/a n/a n/a University of the District of Columbia Washington, DC 3 n/a n/a n/a University of the Pacific Stockton, CA 42 n/a n/a n/a Utah Valley University Orem, UT 3 n/a n/a n/a Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN 87 n/a n/a $45,096 Villanova University Villanova, PA 27 n/a n/a n/a Virginia State University Petersburg, VA 7 n/a n/a n/a Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC 4 n/a n/a n/a Washington State University Pullman, WA 14 n/a n/a n/a Weber State University Ogden, UT 7 n/a n/a n/a Wentworth Institute of Technology Boston, MA 3 n/a n/a n/a Wesleyan University Middletown, CT 3 n/a n/a n/a West Virginia State University Institute, WV 3 n/a n/a n/a West Virginia University Morgantown, WV 7 n/a n/a n/a Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI 11 n/a n/a n/a Wichita State University Wichita, KS 466 n/a n/a n/a William Jessup University Rocklin, CA 38 n/a n/a n/a
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College Graduates (2023-24) Earnings 1 yr after Earnings 4 yrs after Median debt Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ 18 n/a n/a n/a Aspen University Phoenix, AZ 8 n/a n/a n/a Binghamton University Vestal, NY 11 n/a n/a n/a Boise State University Boise, ID 12 n/a n/a n/a Boston University Boston, MA 11 n/a n/a n/a Brandeis University Waltham, MA 2 n/a n/a n/a Brigham Young University Provo, UT 5 n/a n/a n/a Brown University Providence, RI 16 n/a n/a n/a CUNY Graduate School and University Center New York, NY 8 n/a n/a n/a California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA 0 n/a n/a n/a Capitol Technology University Laurel, MD 3 n/a n/a n/a Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 34 n/a n/a n/a Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH 5 n/a n/a n/a Clarkson University Potsdam, NY 2 n/a n/a n/a Cleveland State University Cleveland, OH 1 n/a n/a n/a Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO 8 n/a n/a n/a Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY 29 n/a n/a n/a Cornell University Ithaca, NY 35 n/a n/a n/a Dartmouth College Hanover, NH 16 n/a n/a n/a DePaul University Chicago, IL 1 n/a n/a n/a Drexel University Philadelphia, PA 5 n/a n/a n/a Duke University Durham, NC 14 n/a n/a n/a Emory University Atlanta, GA 13 n/a n/a n/a Florida Institute of Technology Melbourne, FL 2 n/a n/a n/a George Washington University Washington, DC 3 n/a n/a n/a Georgetown University Washington, DC 6 n/a n/a n/a Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA 7 n/a n/a n/a Georgia State University Atlanta, GA 17 n/a n/a n/a Harvard University Cambridge, MA 23 n/a n/a n/a Howard University Washington, DC 11 n/a n/a n/a Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL 6 n/a n/a n/a Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN 10 n/a n/a n/a Indiana University-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN 9 n/a n/a n/a Iowa State University Ames, IA 8 n/a n/a n/a Jackson State University Jackson, MS 1 n/a n/a n/a Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH 8 n/a n/a n/a Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA 2 n/a n/a n/a Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA 6 n/a n/a n/a Marquette University Milwaukee, WI 3 n/a n/a n/a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 86 n/a n/a n/a Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI 4 n/a n/a n/a Montana State University Bozeman, MT 5 n/a n/a n/a New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Socorro, NM 2 n/a n/a n/a North Carolina A & T State University Greensboro, NC 8 n/a n/a n/a North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC 35 n/a n/a n/a North Dakota State University-Main Campus Fargo, ND 5 n/a n/a n/a Northern Illinois University Dekalb, IL 1 n/a n/a n/a Northwestern University Evanston, IL 18 n/a n/a n/a Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale, FL 3 n/a n/a n/a Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 17 n/a n/a n/a Pace University New York, NY 2 n/a n/a n/a Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA 21 n/a n/a n/a Portland State University Portland, OR 5 n/a n/a n/a Princeton University Princeton, NJ 39 n/a n/a n/a Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN 40 n/a n/a n/a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY 5 n/a n/a n/a Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale, IL 3 n/a n/a n/a Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 3 n/a n/a n/a Stanford University Stanford, CA 53 n/a n/a n/a Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ 11 n/a n/a n/a Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY 20 n/a n/a n/a Texas A&M University-College Station College Station, TX 19 n/a n/a n/a Texas State University San Marcos, TX 8 n/a n/a n/a The Catholic University of America Washington, DC 2 n/a n/a n/a The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN 10 n/a n/a n/a The University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, TX 6 n/a n/a n/a The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX 16 n/a n/a n/a Tufts University Medford, MA 9 n/a n/a n/a Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA 6 n/a n/a n/a University at Albany Albany, NY 4 n/a n/a n/a University of Alabama in Huntsville Huntsville, AL 3 n/a n/a n/a University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 6 n/a n/a n/a University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA 39 n/a n/a n/a University of California-Davis Davis, CA 20 n/a n/a n/a University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA 26 n/a n/a n/a University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA 44 n/a n/a n/a University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA 25 n/a n/a n/a University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA 46 n/a n/a n/a University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 21 n/a n/a n/a University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA 13 n/a n/a n/a University of Chicago Chicago, IL 16 n/a n/a n/a University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO 24 n/a n/a n/a University of Dayton Dayton, OH 1 n/a n/a n/a University of Denver Denver, CO 0 n/a n/a n/a University of Georgia Athens, GA 15 n/a n/a n/a University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI 2 n/a n/a n/a University of Idaho Moscow, ID 7 n/a n/a n/a University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL 23 n/a n/a n/a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL 77 n/a n/a n/a University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lafayette, LA 11 n/a n/a n/a University of Maine Orono, ME 1 n/a n/a n/a University of Maryland-Baltimore County Baltimore, MD 7 n/a n/a n/a University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD 47 n/a n/a n/a University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA 24 n/a n/a n/a University of Massachusetts-Boston Boston, MA 3 n/a n/a n/a University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell, MA 7 n/a n/a n/a University of Memphis Memphis, TN 2 n/a n/a n/a University of Miami Coral Gables, FL 5 n/a n/a n/a University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN 23 n/a n/a n/a University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE 3 n/a n/a n/a University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV 4 n/a n/a n/a University of Nevada-Reno Reno, NV 11 n/a n/a n/a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 25 n/a n/a n/a University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND 2 n/a n/a n/a University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK 6 n/a n/a n/a University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA 11 n/a n/a n/a University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI 1 n/a n/a n/a University of Rochester Rochester, NY 14 n/a n/a n/a University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC 7 n/a n/a n/a University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 62 n/a n/a n/a University of Tulsa Tulsa, OK 5 n/a n/a n/a University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT 17 n/a n/a n/a University of Vermont Burlington, VT 2 n/a n/a n/a University of Wyoming Laramie, WY 2 n/a n/a n/a Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN 21 n/a n/a n/a Washington State University Pullman, WA 10 n/a n/a n/a Washington University in St Louis St. Louis, MO 11 n/a n/a n/a West Virginia University Morgantown, WV 3 n/a n/a n/a Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI 1 n/a n/a n/a Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA 6 n/a n/a n/a
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Frequently asked questions How much do computer science graduates earn? Graduates of the typical master's program earned a median of $118,338 one year after finishing, in 2024 dollars.
How much debt do computer science graduate students take on? The typical program's graduates who borrowed left with a median of $34,500 in federal loans taken at that school. Undergraduate loans are not included.
Undergraduate: Computer science major
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard field of study file, data release of October 15, 2026. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid and were working, not enrolled. One-year figures: graduates of 2020-21 and 2021-22, measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars. Four-year figures: graduates of 2017-18 and 2018-19, measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars. More on the data .