Majors

Best Colleges for Management Information Systems, by Earnings

247 of the colleges we track award a bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems, about 7,141 degrees a year. Across the 128 that report earnings, graduates make a median of $81,424 four years after finishing.

Rank	College	State	Median earnings, 4 years out	Degrees a year	Acceptance rate
1	Santa Clara University	CA	$153,926	42	48%
2	University of Texas at Austin	TX	$127,158	178	26.6%
3	University of Notre Dame	IN	$122,821	3	11.3%
4	Villanova University	PA	$118,712	5	27%
5	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	IL	$116,339	203	42.4%
6	University of Georgia	GA	$113,184	369	37.7%
7	Miami University-Oxford	OH	$111,158	98	75.4%
8	Ohio State University	OH	$110,192	84	60.6%
9	Binghamton University	NY	$109,721	74	38.6%
10	University of California-Irvine	CA	$108,038	64	28.6%
11	University of Dayton	OH	$107,354	35	65.5%
12	University of Delaware	DE	$107,062	99	70.6%
13	The University of Alabama	AL	$105,393	102	76.6%
14	University of Arizona	AZ	$104,513	200	86.1%
15	Loyola University Chicago	IL	$103,884	90	81.6%
16	Florida State University	FL	$103,648	128	24.2%
17	Howard University	DC	$103,478	35	41.3%
18	Drexel University	PA	$101,790	83	79.4%
19	University of Tulsa	OK	$100,887	31	61.5%
20	Franklin University	OH	$99,898	9
21	Fairfield University	CT	$96,937	2	33.3%
22	Baylor University	TX	$96,148	140	51.3%
23	Pennsylvania State University	PA	$95,935	75	60.6%
24	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College	PA	$95,935	28	96.8%
25	University of Michigan-Dearborn	MI	$95,864	30	55.6%
26	Central Michigan University	MI	$95,721	37	89.8%
27	West Virginia University	WV	$95,324	70	89%
28	Quinnipiac University	CT	$95,200	2	72.2%
29	Illinois State University	IL	$95,120	23	88.2%
30	Rochester Institute of Technology	NY	$94,827	56	66.9%
31	Texas A&M University	TX	$94,724	85	57.4%
32	DePaul University	IL	$94,197	46	75.9%
33	National University	CA	$94,118	31
34	Ohio University-Main Campus	OH	$93,774	88	85%
35	University of Houston	TX	$91,983	327	73.9%
36	Metropolitan State University of Denver	CO	$91,399	62	98.8%
37	University of Oklahoma	OK	$91,291	148	76.6%
38	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire	WI	$90,193	39	82.3%
39	The University of Texas at San Antonio	TX	$90,049	65	86.8%
40	Western New England University	MA	$89,255	10	83.5%
41	Rutgers University-Newark	NJ	$89,098	63	71.4%
42	Le Moyne College	NY	$88,532	9	83%
43	Oakland University	MI	$88,497	35	87.8%
44	Oregon State University	OR	$88,149	43	77.3%
45	Oregon State University-Cascades Campus	OR	$88,149	1	63.1%
46	University of Kansas	KS	$87,704	38	93.5%
47	Central Connecticut State University	CT	$87,396	30	73.3%
48	Appalachian State University	NC	$87,041	84	90.1%
49	Texas A&M University-San Antonio	TX	$86,929	28	92.8%
50	Lewis University	IL	$86,275	2	71.3%
51	Saint Louis University	MO	$86,238	6	75%
52	Washington State University	WA	$85,967	45	86.6%
53	Florida International University	FL	$85,737	51	54.7%
54	Northern Kentucky University	KY	$85,697	22	67.7%
55	State University of New York at Plattsburgh	NY	$85,677	16	78.4%
56	Kansas State University	KS	$85,396	30	81.7%
57	Park University	MO	$85,162	16
58	Bowling Green State University-Main Campus	OH	$84,838	34	81%
59	Liberty University	VA	$84,228	78	99%
60	University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth	MA	$83,480	34	90.6%
61	University of South Florida	FL	$83,227	189	43.2%
62	Bellevue University	NE	$82,946	55
63	Western Washington University	WA	$81,678	41	93.3%
64	The University of Texas at Arlington	TX	$81,538	44	79.9%
65	Georgia Southern University	GA	$81,310	30	87.9%
66	Missouri State University-Springfield	MO	$80,753	1	90.5%
67	Wayne State University	MI	$80,630	102	81.2%
68	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse	WI	$80,552	29	75.5%
69	University of Alabama at Birmingham	AL	$79,843	59	88.2%
70	Albertus Magnus College	CT	$79,652	13	59.3%
71	East Carolina University	NC	$79,238	90	89.2%
72	Prairie View A & M University	TX	$78,757	15	79.3%
73	Ball State University	IN	$78,566	22	85.5%
74	University of Alabama in Huntsville	AL	$78,319	67	68.6%
75	The University of Arizona Global Campus	AZ	$77,907	76
76	York College of Pennsylvania	PA	$77,328	3	73.7%
77	Rhode Island College	RI	$76,873	13	91.8%
78	University of Hawaii at Manoa	HI	$76,713	45	86.6%
79	North Dakota State University-Main Campus	ND	$76,527	12	95%
80	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	WI	$76,422	35	90.7%
81	Northern Arizona University	AZ	$76,041	34	89.6%
82	University of North Alabama	AL	$75,870	21	87.3%
83	Augsburg University	MN	$75,100	25	82%
84	Middle Tennessee State University	TN	$75,044	71	69.1%
85	Columbia College	MO	$74,816	55
86	Mississippi State University	MS	$74,780	39	77.6%
87	Florida Gulf Coast University	FL	$74,739	64	63.4%
88	Old Dominion University	VA	$74,465	111	90.4%
89	Lamar University	TX	$74,165	28	86.4%
90	University of Central Arkansas	AR	$74,094	21	89.5%
91	Indiana Wesleyan University-National & Global	IN	$73,742	7
92	Sam Houston State University	TX	$73,734	25	90.3%
93	Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania	PA	$73,570	26	86.5%
94	University of Houston-Clear Lake	TX	$73,352	16	90.5%
95	University of Memphis	TN	$73,323	61	72%
96	The University of Montana	MT	$73,149	5	95.9%
97	Virginia State University	VA	$72,734	12	88.6%
98	University of Mount Olive	NC	$72,370	2	75.8%
99	Western Connecticut State University	CT	$72,291	34	87%
100	Rogers State University	OK	$71,873	8

Showing the top 100 of 128 colleges that report earnings. 119 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 Management Information Systems graduates?

Santa Clara University ($153,926), University of Texas at Austin ($127,158), University of Notre Dame ($122,821), Villanova University ($118,712), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ($116,339) report the highest median earnings four years after graduation.

How much do Management Information Systems majors make?

The median across 128 colleges is $81,424 four years after graduation. By college it runs from $35,212 to $153,926.

Which colleges have the biggest Management Information Systems programs?

By bachelor's degrees awarded in a year: University of Georgia (369), University of Houston (327), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (203), University of Arizona (200), University of South Florida (189).

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 "Management Information Systems and Services". Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal financial aid, working and not enrolled, four years after a bachelor's degree.