Which Pennsylvania computer and information science program has the lowest debt?

UPenn reports the lowest median federal debt, $15,000, with first-year pay of $146,204.

How much do computer and information science graduates earn in Pennsylvania?

The median across 28 Pennsylvania computer and information science bachelor's programs is $57,261 in the first year after graduating and $83,766 five years after.

How many computer and information science bachelor's programs are in Pennsylvania?

28 Pennsylvania programs report first-year pay for their graduates, and 23 of them also report federal debt.

Computer and Information Science (Bachelor's) Programs in Pennsylvania, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

28 programs report first-year pay
23 also report federal debt
Bachelor's in Computer and Information Sciences, General

College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025

The short answer

The median Pennsylvania computer and information science bachelor's program pays its graduates $57,261 in their first year, $3,427 less than the national median. UPenn reports the highest first-year pay ($146,204), and UPenn the lowest median debt ($15,000).

Median first-year pay$57,261National $60,688

Median pay after 5 years$83,766National $87,830

Median federal debt$27,000National $24,750

Debt-to-earnings53%National 40%

All 28 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.

#	School	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Debt to pay
1	UPennPhiladelphia · private nonprofit	$146,204	$298,016	$15,000	10%
2	Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore · private nonprofit	$103,686	$153,172	Not reported	Not reported
3	Penn StateUniversity Park · public	$84,050	$116,013	$26,000	31%
4	Villanova UniversityVillanova · private nonprofit	$83,455	$105,266	$26,225	31%
5	Lehigh UniversityBethlehem · private nonprofit	$83,356	$120,356	$24,019	29%
6	Wilkes UniversityWilkes-Barre · private nonprofit	$83,041	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
7	Shippensburg University of PennsylvaniaShippensburg · public	$74,598	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
8	Temple UniversityPhiladelphia · public	$73,393	$104,762	$26,000	35%
9	Peirce CollegePhiladelphia · private nonprofit	$66,352	$82,889	$52,829	80%
10	Duquesne UniversityPittsburgh · private nonprofit	$64,914	$90,589	$22,557	35%
11	East Stroudsburg University of PennsylvaniaEast Stroudsburg · public	$63,715	$91,900	$28,500	45%
12	Slippery Rock University of PennsylvaniaSlippery Rock · public	$59,430	$82,757	$25,000	42%
13	La Salle UniversityPhiladelphia · private nonprofit	$58,662	Not reported	$27,000	46%
14	Saint Francis UniversityLoretto · private nonprofit	$57,807	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
15	Pennsylvania College of TechnologyWilliamsport · public	$56,714	Not reported	$31,000	55%
16	Millersville University of PennsylvaniaMillersville · public	$55,402	$81,132	$25,950	47%
17	Indiana University of PennsylvaniaIndiana · public	$54,561	$86,866	$27,000	49%
18	Arcadia UniversityGlenside · private nonprofit	$50,672	$70,538	$27,000	53%
19	University of PittsburghPittsburgh · public	$49,298	Not reported	$27,000	55%
20	Kutztown University of PennsylvaniaKutztown · public	$48,056	$84,642	$27,000	56%
21	Harrisburg University of Science and TechnologyHarrisburg · private nonprofit	$47,944	$59,153	$29,750	62%
22	Commonwealth University of PennsylvaniaBloomsburg · public	$47,235	$70,855	Not reported	Not reported
23	Susquehanna UniversitySelinsgrove · private nonprofit	$47,220	Not reported	$27,000	57%
24	Pennsylvania Western UniversityCalifornia · public	$46,739	$78,932	$27,660	59%
25	Geneva CollegeBeaver Falls · private nonprofit	$45,323	Not reported	$26,000	57%
26	Saint Vincent CollegeLatrobe · private nonprofit	$45,254	Not reported	$27,000	60%
27	DeSales UniversityCenter Valley · private nonprofit	$34,266	$75,432	$27,000	79%
28	Lincoln University (Pennsylvania)Lincoln University · public	$29,087	$59,488	$28,000	96%

5 programs report pay but not debt, so they are ranked only by pay.

Debt and first-year pay at every Pennsylvania computer and information science 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 the 23 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

UPenn$146,204
Swarthmore College$103,686
Penn State$84,050
Villanova University$83,455
Lehigh University$83,356

Lowest median debt

UPenn$15,000
Duquesne University$22,557
Lehigh University$24,019
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania$25,000
Millersville University of Pennsylvania$25,950

Lowest debt for the pay

"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

$126,550

Median pay in Pennsylvania. 55,920 people work in this job in Pennsylvania. 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.

Bottom 10%: $77,750Top 10%: $178,080

Computer and Information Systems Managers

$163,910

Median 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.

Bottom 10%: $101,520Top 10%: $246,580

Computer Systems Analysts

$98,550

Median pay in Pennsylvania. 19,450 people work in this job in Pennsylvania. 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.

Bottom 10%: $63,910Top 10%: $133,670

Network and Computer Systems Administrators

$86,140

Median pay in Pennsylvania. 7,750 people work in this job in Pennsylvania. 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.

Bottom 10%: $61,380Top 10%: $130,160

Common questions

UPenn in Philadelphia reports the highest median first-year pay, $146,204. Its median federal debt is $15,000.

Computer and Information Science (Bachelor's) programs in the US, ranked402 programs by pay and debt

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 Pennsylvania rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Medians are across the computer and information science bachelor's 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