Florida State Management Information Systems (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt

  • Bachelor's in Management Information Systems and Services
  • Public university
  • Tallahassee, FL
  • About 128 graduates a year

College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025

The short answer

Florida State management information systems graduates earn about what management information systems graduates earn nationally, $66,252 in their first year. Where this program stands out is debt. The typical graduate leaves with $18,173 in federal loans, less than at 87% of management information systems programs in the country. It is one of the higher-paying management information systems degrees in Florida.

First-year earnings$66,25274th percentile of 145 programs nationally
Earnings after 5 years$95,23344% more than year one
Median federal debt$18,1732nd lowest of 7 Florida programs
Debt-to-earnings27%Florida median 41%, national 40%

How it compares

Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Florida and national columns are the medians across all management information systems bachelor's programs that report the figure.

Five years out, Florida State graduates earn more than the national figure and about $19,240 more than the Florida median.

Debt and first-year pay at every Florida management information systems program

Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Florida medians.

Florida StateOther Florida programs

Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

What graduates earn over time

Pay rises about 44% between the first and fifth year.

Florida State grads, year 1$66,252
Florida State grads, year 5$95,233
All Florida management information systems grads, year 5$75,994

Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.

Does family income change the outcome?

Graduates who received Pell Grants, which go to students from lower-income families, earned $6,810 less in their first year than other graduates. They also borrowed more. Students who expect to rely on grants should weigh this gap.

Pell Grant recipients, year 1 earnings$61,773Median debt $21,506
Other graduates, year 1 earnings$68,583Median debt $16,737

Paying back the loans

On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $193 a month, or 3.5% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.

The government publishes these as ranges to protect privacy. They were measured in 2018 to 2020, partly during the pandemic pause on federal loan payments, so the forbearance share may be higher than usual.

Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth

68% of graduates (81 of 120) were working in Florida one year after graduating. Prices in the Tallahassee area are about 6% below the national average, so a $66,252 salary here buys what about $70,542 buys in a typical US city.

Careers this field leads to

These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to management information systems, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.

Computer and Information Systems Managers

$168,470

Median pay in Florida. 35,040 people work in this job in Florida. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 16% from 2025 to 2035, with about 53,500 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus 5 years or more of related work experience.

Bottom 10%: $100,390Top 10%: $264,460

Computer Programmers

$93,180

Median pay in Florida. 4,760 people work in this job in Florida. Nationally, jobs are projected to shrink 7% from 2025 to 2035, with about 4,400 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.

Bottom 10%: $52,810Top 10%: $138,770

Database Architects

$138,320

Median pay in Florida. 1,810 people work in this job in Florida. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 9% from 2025 to 2035, with about 3,900 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.

Bottom 10%: $85,880Top 10%: $206,410

About Florida State

Management Information Systems ranks 7th of 60 bachelor's programs at Florida State by first-year earnings. The top three are Computer Engineering ($78,941), Industrial Engineering ($76,426), and Electrical Engineering ($72,425).

Common questions

The median graduate earns $66,252 one year after graduating and $95,233 five years after. The median across management information systems bachelor's programs in Florida is $52,739.

About this data

  • Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
  • Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
  • Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
  • Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Florida comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
  • Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
  • School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the management information systems program.

Sources

  1. U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
  2. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
  3. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
  4. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
  5. NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024

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