Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Management Information Systems (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Management Information Systems and Services
- Public university
- Shippensburg, PA
- About 26 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania management information systems graduates earn less than graduates of most management information systems programs nationally, $51,195 in their first year. Debt is high. The typical graduate leaves with $26,900 in federal loans, more than at 76% of management information systems programs in the country. Several Pennsylvania programs report higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Pennsylvania and national columns are the medians across all management information systems bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania graduates earn less than the national figure and about $3,887 less than the Pennsylvania median.
Debt and first-year pay at every Pennsylvania management information systems program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Pennsylvania 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 51% between the first and fifth year.
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 more in their first year than other graduates. At this program, the outcome does not look worse for students with less money.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $285 a month, or 6.7% 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. Separately, 29 parents took out Parent PLUS loans for these students, with a median of $31,929.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
77% of graduates (53 of 69) were working in Pennsylvania one year after graduating. Prices in the Harrisburg area are about 1% below the national average, so a $51,195 salary here buys what about $51,896 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
$163,910Median pay in Pennsylvania. 27,060 people work in this job in Pennsylvania. 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
$89,180Median pay in Pennsylvania. 3,120 people work in this job in Pennsylvania. 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
$139,500Median pay nationwide. 2,840 people work in this job in Pennsylvania. 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 Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
Management Information Systems ranks 4th of 24 bachelor's programs at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania by first-year earnings. The top three are Computer Engineering ($80,574), Computer and Information Science ($74,598), and Accounting ($58,049).
Other management information systems bachelor's programs near Shippensburg
Common questions
The median graduate earns $51,195 one year after graduating and $77,338 five years after. The median across management information systems bachelor's programs in Pennsylvania is $59,385.
The median federal loan balance is $26,900, which ranks 2nd lowest of 6 management information systems bachelor's programs in Pennsylvania. That works out to about $285 a month over 10 years.
It depends on your other options. Debt equals 53% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 40%. Compare the cost with other Pennsylvania programs before deciding.
Most do. 77% (53 of 69) were working in Pennsylvania one year after graduating.
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 Pennsylvania 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