Computer and Information Science (Certificate) Programs in Kentucky, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt
- 9 programs report first-year pay
- 8 also report federal debt
- Certificate in Computer and Information Sciences, General
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
The median Kentucky computer and information science certificate program pays its graduates $36,332 in their first year, $1,476 less than the national median. Gateway Community and Technical College reports the highest first-year pay ($45,428), and Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College the lowest median debt ($7,010).
All 9 programs, ranked
Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.
Owensboro Community and Technical College reports pay but not debt, so it is ranked only by pay. One more program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.
Debt and first-year pay at every Kentucky computer and information science program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Kentucky medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only the 8 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
Quick picks
Highest first-year pay
Lowest median debt
"Debt for the pay" is median debt divided by first-year pay. Only programs that report both figures are included.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to computer and information science, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
Software Developers
$109,010Median pay in Kentucky. 7,660 people work in this job in Kentucky. 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
$140,360Median pay in Kentucky. 3,130 people work in this job in Kentucky. 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 Systems Analysts
$95,090Median pay in Kentucky. 5,930 people work in this job in Kentucky. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 8% from 2025 to 2035, with about 32,900 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Network and Computer Systems Administrators
$87,020Median pay in Kentucky. 2,800 people work in this job in Kentucky. 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.
Common questions
Gateway Community and Technical College in Florence reports the highest median first-year pay, $45,428. Its median federal debt is $10,313.
Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College reports the lowest median federal debt, $7,010, with first-year pay of $28,568.
The median across 9 Kentucky computer and information science certificate programs is $36,332 in the first year after graduating.
9 Kentucky programs report first-year pay for their graduates, and 8 of them also report federal debt.
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About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
- 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 Kentucky rankings when their main campus is in another state.
- Medians are across the computer and information science certificate programs that report each figure, so the counts differ by figure. Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
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
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024