Majors

Best Colleges for Computer Science, by Earnings

659 of the colleges we track award a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, about 41,921 degrees a year. Across the 327 that report earnings, graduates make a median of $100,055 four years after finishing.

Rank	College	State	Median earnings, 4 years out	Degrees a year	Acceptance rate
1	Carnegie Mellon University	PA	$268,121	270	11.7%
2	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	MA	$225,141	389	4.5%
3	Cornell University	NY	$223,309	507	8.8%
4	Princeton University	NJ	$217,973	201	4.6%
5	Pomona College	CA	$217,051	49	7.1%
6	Stanford University	CA	$214,907	293	3.6%
7	Brown University	RI	$214,479	236	5.4%
8	Williams College	MA	$209,574	56	8.3%
9	University of California-Berkeley	CA	$204,379	994	11%
10	Harvard University	MA	$203,169	183	3.6%
11	Dartmouth College	NH	$201,702	136	5.4%
12	California Institute of Technology	CA	$200,511	67	2.6%
13	Harvey Mudd College	CA	$198,257	55	12.7%
14	Duke University	NC	$195,809	410	5.7%
15	University of Southern California	CA	$192,897	305	9.8%
16	Columbia University	NY	$188,265	391	4%
17	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	IL	$181,981	311	42.4%
18	University of Chicago	IL	$178,068	156	4.5%
19	Washington University in St Louis	MO	$177,066	181	12.1%
20	University of Washington	WA	$175,616	495	39.1%
21	University of Washington-Bothell Campus	WA	$175,616	202	90.6%
22	Colgate University	NY	$161,980	62	13.9%
23	Vanderbilt University	TN	$160,021	198	5.9%
24	Emory University	GA	$159,541	89	10.7%
25	University of California-San Diego	CA	$159,487	518	26.7%
26	Tufts University	MA	$156,343	211	11.5%
27	University of Rochester	NY	$155,464	141	40.1%
28	Northwestern University	IL	$155,106	127	7.7%
29	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	CA	$154,784	202	31.3%
30	George Washington University	DC	$150,716	55	47.1%
31	University of San Francisco	CA	$150,341	69	61.7%
32	University of San Diego	CA	$149,847	44	52.4%
33	University of California-Santa Barbara	CA	$149,190	162	33%
34	University of the Pacific	CA	$147,511	65	71.3%
35	Purdue University	IN	$146,685	560	49.9%
36	Georgetown University	DC	$143,900	56	12.9%
37	Case Western Reserve University	OH	$143,580	149	36.5%
38	Boston College	MA	$143,204	144	16.4%
39	Brigham Young University	UT	$142,800	183	67.8%
40	Amherst College	MA	$142,680	55	9%
41	Lehigh University	PA	$141,691	147	25.9%
42	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	NY	$141,528	250	63.5%
43	Stevens Institute of Technology	NJ	$138,468	156	47.6%
44	University of Maryland	MD	$137,931	873	44.8%
45	Bowdoin College	ME	$137,611	28	7.1%
46	University of Utah	UT	$137,329	226	86%
47	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	NC	$137,047	427	15.3%
48	Boston University	MA	$136,667	305	11.1%
49	Rochester Institute of Technology	NY	$135,702	195	66.9%
50	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	MA	$134,208	222	60.2%
51	Seattle Pacific University	WA	$133,039	25	83.4%
52	Middlebury College	VT	$128,471	57	10.8%
53	Baylor University	TX	$128,411	27	51.3%
54	Seattle University	WA	$128,314	84	76.9%
55	College of William & Mary	VA	$127,851	95	34.1%
56	California State University-Chico	CA	$127,498	66	92.7%
57	University of California-Irvine	CA	$127,404	467	28.6%
58	Colorado School of Mines	CO	$127,217	222	60.7%
59	Southern Methodist University	TX	$126,590	95	63.3%
60	Binghamton University	NY	$126,183	117	38.6%
61	University of Portland	OR	$125,929	38	89.2%
62	Loyola University Maryland	MD	$124,858	25	75.5%
63	Texas A&M University	TX	$124,283	392	57.4%
64	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	IN	$123,753	63	76.9%
65	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	MA	$123,519	498	59.7%
66	Brandeis University	MA	$123,460	92	40.5%
67	University of California-Santa Cruz	CA	$123,422	658	65.8%
68	St Olaf College	MN	$122,912	33	48.3%
69	University of Denver	CO	$121,993	54	77.8%
70	University of Colorado Boulder	CO	$121,952	483	78.1%
71	Wentworth Institute of Technology	MA	$121,671	101	91.2%
72	University of Miami	FL	$121,589	53	18.9%
73	Gonzaga University	WA	$121,512	45	81.7%
74	Oregon State University	OR	$121,405	877	77.3%
75	Oregon State University-Cascades Campus	OR	$121,405	35	63.1%
76	Illinois Institute of Technology	IL	$120,953	103	54.9%
77	University of Illinois Chicago	IL	$120,470	337	77.3%
78	DePauw University	IN	$120,076	46	57.2%
79	Mount Holyoke College	MA	$120,021	33	36%
80	California State University-East Bay	CA	$119,900	175	97.4%
81	Washington State University	WA	$119,686	193	86.6%
82	Tulane University of Louisiana	LA	$118,931	52	14%
83	Pace University	NY	$117,835	63	75.9%
84	University of California-Riverside	CA	$117,705	310	76.4%
85	University of Arizona	AZ	$117,451	223	86.1%
86	American University	DC	$117,293	29	62%
87	CUNY City College	NY	$116,238	105	60%
88	Clark University	MA	$115,804	23	39.5%
89	Wake Forest University	NC	$115,493	67	21.7%
90	Southern New Hampshire University	NH	$115,259	631	99.5%
91	Arizona State University	AZ	$114,868	708	89.9%
92	Gettysburg College	PA	$114,433	18	38.9%
93	Indiana University	IN	$114,199	184	78.2%
94	Merrimack College	MA	$114,115	4	70%
95	Regis University	CO	$114,098	33	86.5%
96	Portland State University	OR	$113,889	160	90.9%
97	Drexel University	PA	$113,610	209	79.4%
98	North Carolina State University	NC	$113,478	287	41.7%
99	CUNY Queens College	NY	$112,903	289	64.4%
100	Chapman University	CA	$112,780	57	65.4%

Showing the top 100 of 327 colleges that report earnings. 332 more colleges award this degree but have no earnings figure, usually because the program is small.

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Frequently asked questions

Which college has the highest-paid Computer Science graduates?

Carnegie Mellon University ($268,121), Massachusetts Institute of Technology ($225,141), Cornell University ($223,309), Princeton University ($217,973), Pomona College ($217,051) report the highest median earnings four years after graduation.

How much do Computer Science majors make?

The median across 327 colleges is $100,055 four years after graduation. By college it runs from $29,212 to $268,121.

Which colleges have the biggest Computer Science programs?

By bachelor's degrees awarded in a year: University of California-Berkeley (994), Oregon State University (877), University of Maryland (873), Arizona State University (708), University of California-Santa Cruz (658).

Does a higher-earning program mean a better program?

Not on its own. Earnings reflect where graduates live, what jobs they take, and who enrolled in the first place, as well as the teaching. The figures cover only graduates who received federal financial aid, and small programs are left out, so a college missing from this list may still have a strong department.

Source: College Scorecard, Most Recent Data by Field of Study (U.S. Department of Education), 2026-06-10 release, federal program category "Computer Science". Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal financial aid, working and not enrolled, four years after a bachelor's degree.