Which Utah computer science program has the lowest debt?

BYU reports the lowest median federal debt, $12,000, with first-year pay of $90,625.

How much do computer science graduates earn in Utah?

The median across 7 Utah computer science bachelor's programs is $77,946 in the first year after graduating and $116,313 five years after.

How many computer science bachelor's programs are in Utah?

7 Utah programs report first-year pay for their graduates, and 5 of them also report federal debt.

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

7 programs report first-year pay
5 also report federal debt
Bachelor's in Computer Science

College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025

The short answer

The median Utah computer science bachelor's program pays its graduates $77,946 in their first year, $7,546 more than the national median. BYU reports the highest first-year pay ($90,625), and BYU the lowest median debt ($12,000).

Median first-year pay$77,946National $70,400

Median pay after 5 years$116,313National $105,613

Median federal debt$19,947National $23,308

Debt-to-earnings22%National 34%

All 7 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	BYUProvo · private nonprofit	$90,625	$124,873	$12,000	13%
2	University of UtahSalt Lake City · public	$90,282	$116,395	$19,947	22%
3	WGUSalt Lake City · private nonprofit	$83,860	Not reported	$17,796	21%
4	Utah Valley UniversityOrem · public	$77,946	$116,313	$24,725	32%
5	Weber StateOgden · public	$72,486	$101,668	$21,062	29%
6	Utah Tech UniversitySaint George · public	$65,000	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
7	Southern Utah UniversityCedar City · public	$49,655	$83,405	Not reported	Not reported

Utah Tech University and Southern Utah University report pay but not debt, so they are ranked only by pay.

Debt and first-year pay at every Utah computer science program

Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Utah medians.

Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only the 5 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

BYU$90,625
University of Utah$90,282
WGU$83,860
Utah Valley University$77,946
Weber State$72,486

Lowest median debt

BYU$12,000
WGU$17,796
University of Utah$19,947
Weber State$21,062
Utah Valley University$24,725

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 science, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.

Software Developers

$128,810

Median pay in Utah. 31,940 people work in this job in Utah. 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%: $77,810Top 10%: $177,970

Computer and Information Systems Managers

$163,610

Median pay in Utah. 8,810 people work in this job in Utah. 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%: $107,580Top 10%: $237,970

Data Scientists

$108,090

Median pay in Utah. 4,360 people work in this job in Utah. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 35% from 2025 to 2035, with about 24,800 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.

Bottom 10%: $60,680Top 10%: $167,890

Information Security Analysts

$99,690

Median pay in Utah. 1,910 people work in this job in Utah. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 21% from 2025 to 2035, with about 14,100 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.

Bottom 10%: $48,630Top 10%: $168,830

Common questions

BYU in Provo reports the highest median first-year pay, $90,625. Its median federal debt is $12,000.

Computer Science (Bachelor's) programs in the US, ranked331 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 Utah rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Medians are across the computer 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