Michigan Tech Management Information Systems (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Management Information Systems and Services
- Public university
- Houghton, MI
- About 9 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release ยท BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Michigan Tech management information systems graduates earn about what management information systems graduates earn nationally, $60,266 in their first year. Debt is high. The typical graduate leaves with $28,000 in federal loans, more than at 87% of management information systems programs in the country. Several Michigan programs report higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Michigan and national columns are the medians across all management information systems bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Debt and first-year pay at every Michigan management information systems 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.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $297 a month, or 5.9% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
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 $60,266 salary here buys what about $67,736 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
$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.
Computer Programmers
$65,860Median pay in Michigan. 4,400 people work in this job in Michigan. 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.
Database Architects
$131,000Median pay in Michigan. 1,390 people work in this job in Michigan. 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.
About Michigan Tech
Management Information Systems ranks 14th 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 $60,266 one year after graduating. The median across management information systems bachelor's programs in Michigan is $62,697.
The median federal loan balance is $28,000, which ranks 6th lowest of 6 management information systems bachelor's programs in Michigan. That works out to about $297 a month over 10 years.
It depends on your other options. Debt equals 46% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 40%. Compare the cost with other Michigan 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 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 management information systems 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