IU South Bend Computer Science (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Computer Science
- Public university
- South Bend, IN
- About 12 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
IU South Bend computer science graduates earn less than graduates of most computer science programs nationally, $53,743 in their first year. Debt is high. The typical graduate leaves with $27,400 in federal loans, more than at 90% of computer science programs in the country. Several Indiana programs report higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Indiana and national columns are the medians across all computer science bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, IU South Bend graduates earn less than the national figure and about $7,827 less than the Indiana median.
Debt and first-year pay at every Indiana computer science program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Indiana medians.
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 70% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $290 a month, or 6.5% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
Prices in the South Bend area are about 7% below the national average, so a $53,743 salary here buys what about $57,877 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 computer science, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
Software Developers
$105,920Median pay in Indiana. 14,130 people work in this job in Indiana. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 10% from 2025 to 2035, with about 95,300 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Computer and Information Systems Managers
$142,040Median pay in Indiana. 8,060 people work in this job in Indiana. 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.
Data Scientists
$91,470Median pay in Indiana. 3,580 people work in this job in Indiana. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 35% from 2025 to 2035, with about 24,800 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Information Security Analysts
$101,420Median pay in Indiana. 2,260 people work in this job in Indiana. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 21% from 2025 to 2035, with about 14,100 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.
About IU South Bend
Computer Science ranks 3rd of 15 bachelor's programs at IU South Bend by first-year earnings. The top three are Nursing ($67,253), Dental Hygiene and Assisting ($55,314), and Computer Science ($53,743).
Other computer science bachelor's programs near South Bend
Common questions
The median graduate earns $53,743 one year after graduating and $91,625 five years after. The median across computer science bachelor's programs in Indiana is $68,485.
The median federal loan balance is $27,400, which ranks 10th lowest of 10 computer science bachelor's programs in Indiana. That works out to about $290 a month over 10 years.
It depends on your other options. Debt equals 51% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 34%. Compare the cost with other Indiana programs before deciding.
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 Indiana 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 computer science program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024