Michigan Tech Information Technology (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management
- Public university
- Houghton, MI
- About 24 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Michigan Tech information technology graduates earn more than graduates of most information technology programs nationally, $77,810 in their first year. The typical graduate leaves with $27,000 in federal loans, close to the national median of $26,725. It is one of the higher-paying information technology degrees in Michigan.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Michigan and national columns are the medians across all information technology bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, Michigan Tech graduates earn more than the national figure and about $11,857 more than the Michigan median.
Debt and first-year pay at every Michigan information technology program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Michigan 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 17% 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 $286 a month, or 4.4% 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
Prices in the parts of Michigan outside metro areas are about 11% below the national average, so a $77,810 salary here buys what about $87,454 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 information technology, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
Project Management Specialists
$100,970Median pay in Michigan. 25,330 people work in this job in Michigan. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 7% from 2025 to 2035, with about 76,500 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Computer User Support Specialists
$56,240Median pay in Michigan. 22,090 people work in this job in Michigan. Nationally, jobs are projected to shrink 4% from 2025 to 2035, with about 39,700 openings a year. Typical education to start: some college, no degree.
Computer and Information Systems Managers
$163,760Median pay in Michigan. 16,010 people work in this job in Michigan. 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.
Network and Computer Systems Administrators
$92,750Median pay in Michigan. 6,900 people work in this job in Michigan. Nationally, jobs are projected to shrink 4% from 2025 to 2035, with about 13,400 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
About Michigan Tech
Information Technology ranks 3rd of 17 bachelor's programs at Michigan Tech by first-year earnings. The top three are Chemical Engineering ($80,193), Electrical Engineering ($79,439), and Information Technology ($77,810).
Common questions
The median graduate earns $77,810 one year after graduating and $91,410 five years after. The median across information technology bachelor's programs in Michigan is $55,984.
The median federal loan balance is $27,000, which ranks 3rd lowest of 6 information technology bachelor's programs in Michigan. That works out to about $286 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 35% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 44%.
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 Michigan 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 information technology 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