Does a Management Information Systems and Services Degree Pay Off? Earnings, Debt & Schools

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This page shows what graduates with a bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems and Services earn four years after graduating, what they typically owe, the schools that report these figures (listed alphabetically), and the occupations linked to this field by the federal CIP-to-SOC crosswalk. It covers 161 reporting units (schools, or groups of campuses that report together) with these figures.

Median earnings, 4 years after graduation

$83,290

All graduates nationally

Middle half of graduates nationally

$58,799–$111,586

25th to 75th percentile

Typical federal debt of graduates

$23,400

Median across reporting units

Schools reporting earnings for Management Information Systems and Services graduates

Listed alphabetically to start; MajorPays does not rank schools. Click a column heading to sort; shift-click more headings to sort by several columns as a group. Median earnings four years after graduation, bachelor's degree, for programs with at least 30 graduates measured (109 reporting units; campuses that share one federal school ID report together and appear once). Schools with fewer graduates in the major, or whose figure the Department of Education withholds, are not listed.

School	State	Median earnings, 4 years after	Graduates measured
Appalachian State University	NC	$87,041	97
Ashford University	CA	$77,907	141
Ball State University	IN	$78,566	31
Baylor University	TX	$96,148	97
Bellevue University	NE	$82,946	76
Binghamton University	NY	$109,721	45
California State University-Long Beach	CA	$76,664	144
California State University-Northridge	CA	$88,999	65
California State University-San Marcos	CA	$72,448	47
Central Connecticut State University	CT	$87,396	64
Central Michigan University	MI	$95,721	88
Colorado State University Global	CO	$95,518	45
Columbia College	MO	$74,816	53
DePaul University	IL	$94,197	84
Drexel University	PA	$101,790	71
East Carolina University	NC	$79,238	82
Eastern Michigan University	MI	$69,974	38
ECPI University	VA	$73,327	46
Florida Atlantic University	FL	$70,318	137
Florida Gulf Coast University	FL	$74,739	55
Florida International University	FL	$85,737	60
Florida State University	FL	$103,648	108
Georgetown University	DC	$138,263	33
Georgia Southern University	GA	$81,310	56
Howard University	DC	$103,478	30
Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus	PA	$60,927	45
Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion (reported together with 1 other campus under one federal school ID)	IN	$73,742	79
Iowa State University	IA	$87,413	117
Kansas State University	KS	$85,396	56
Liberty University	VA	$84,228	100
Louisiana Tech University	LA	$63,474	36
Loyola University Chicago	IL	$103,884	107
Metropolitan State University	MN	$70,500	45
Metropolitan State University of Denver	CO	$91,399	115
Miami University-Oxford	OH	$111,158	36
Middle Tennessee State University	TN	$75,044	117
Mississippi State University	MS	$74,780	40
Missouri State University-Springfield	MO	$80,753	88
Montana Technological University	MT	$58,332	31
National University	CA	$94,118	41
North Dakota State University-Main Campus	ND	$76,527	36
Northern Arizona University	AZ	$76,041	83
Northern Kentucky University	KY	$85,697	36
Oakland University	MI	$88,497	64
Ohio State University-Main Campus	OH	$110,192	64
Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus (reported together with 5 other campuses under one federal school ID)	OH	$93,774	139
Old Dominion University	VA	$74,465	211
Oregon State University	OR	$88,149	48
Park University	MO	$85,162	76
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus (reported together with 2 other campuses under one federal school ID)	PA	$95,935	134
Post University	CT	$74,249	56
Rhode Island College	RI	$76,873	34
Rochester Institute of Technology	NY	$94,827	67
Rutgers University-New Brunswick (reported together with 1 other campus under one federal school ID)	NJ	$89,098	92
Seminole State College of Florida	FL	$65,553	195
Seton Hall University	NJ	$101,578	69
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania	PA	$73,570	79
Temple University	PA	$75,286	59
Texas A&M University-Central Texas	TX	$69,468	42
Texas A&M University-College Station	TX	$94,724	69
The University of Alabama	AL	$105,393	144
The University of Montana	MT	$73,149	33
The University of Texas at Arlington	TX	$81,538	59
The University of Texas at Austin	TX	$127,158	135
The University of Texas at El Paso	TX	$62,136	53
The University of Texas at San Antonio	TX	$90,049	79
Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Carolina Campus	PR	$33,453	60
Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Cupey Campus	PR	$36,557	56
University of Alabama at Birmingham	AL	$79,843	101
University of Alabama in Huntsville	AL	$78,319	64
University of Arizona	AZ	$104,513	148
University of Arkansas at Monticello	AR	$55,650	30
University of California-Irvine	CA	$108,038	37
University of Central Arkansas	AR	$74,094	54
University of Central Oklahoma	OK	$66,442	35
University of Dayton	OH	$107,354	58
University of Delaware	DE	$107,062	88
University of Georgia	GA	$113,184	194
University of Hawaii at Manoa	HI	$76,713	44
University of Houston	TX	$91,983	289
University of Houston-Clear Lake	TX	$73,352	30
University of Houston-Downtown	TX	$66,881	74
University of Idaho	ID	$63,639	32
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	IL	$116,339	129
University of Kansas	KS	$87,704	40
University of Louisville	KY	$90,799	99
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth	MA	$83,480	43
University of Memphis	TN	$73,323	75
University of Michigan-Dearborn	MI	$95,864	53
University of North Alabama	AL	$75,870	32
University of North Carolina at Charlotte	NC	$95,640	47
University of North Texas	TX	$91,514	99
University of Northern Iowa	IA	$76,329	54
University of Notre Dame	IN	$122,821	48
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	OK	$91,291	78
University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez	PR	$43,372	43
University of South Florida	FL	$83,227	201
University of Washington-Seattle Campus	WA	$113,308	59
University of West Georgia	GA	$70,574	57
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire	WI	$90,193	69
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	WI	$76,422	108
Villanova University	PA	$118,712	73
Washington State University	WA	$85,967	141
Wayne State University	MI	$80,630	93
Weber State University	UT	$104,748	32
West Virginia University	WV	$95,324	67
Western Carolina University	NC	$62,128	39
Western Kentucky University	KY	$68,333	43
Western Washington University	WA	$81,678	72

See every school that awarded bachelor's degrees in Management Information Systems and Services in 2023-24, including schools that do not report earnings, with the number of degrees awarded (IPEDS Completions).

Occupations O*NET associates with this field

Occupations that U.S. Department of Labor O*NET data links to Management Information Systems and Services programs, with each occupation's national median pay, projected job growth and yearly openings. They are listed in the order O*NET links them to this field; click a column heading to sort. This is a classification crosswalk, not evidence that graduates enter these jobs, and many of these occupations require more education, a license or experience beyond this credential. The figures describe the occupation, not the graduates of this major.

Career	Median pay, 2025	Projected growth, 2025–2035	Openings per year
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$175,140	+15.8%	53,500
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$96,980	+4.9%	3,200
Database Architects	$139,500	+9.4%	3,900
Data Warehousing Specialists	$139,500	+9.4%	3,900
Computer Programmers	$100,390	-7.3%	4,400

Frequently asked questions

Does a Management Information Systems and Services degree pay off?

Graduates with a bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems and Services earn a median of $83,290 four years after graduating, and typically owe about $23,400 in federal loans. Earnings four years out are early-career pay, and they vary widely by school, job and place. Compare the pay with the cost of your own school on its graduate earnings page.

How much do college graduates earn overall?

See earnings by education level and by state.

Do Management Information Systems and Services graduates work in their field?

The National Survey of College Graduates (2023) asked employed graduates whose highest degree is a bachelor's in management and administration fields how closely their job relates to their degree. About 43% said closely related, 38% somewhat related and 19% not related (roughly 6.6 million graduates). This is a broad group of fields, not only Management Information Systems and Services, and a job outside the field is not a bad outcome by itself.

Closely relatedSomewhat relatedNot related

Source: U.S. National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, National Survey of College Graduates, 2023 (Table 1-3, bachelor's level, all occupations). Survey estimates, rounded by NSF. MajorPays selected and reorganized these figures; NSF has not approved or endorsed them.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education, College Scorecard field-of-study data (June 2026 release), licensed under Creative Commons Attribution; careers from O*NET 31.0 by the U.S. Dept. of Labor, ETA, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Career pay, growth and openings: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025) and Employment Projections (2025-2035). MajorPays has selected and reorganized these figures; neither agency has approved or endorsed them. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. MajorPays has modified all or some of the O*NET information; USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. Earnings are for graduates who received federal financial aid and were working and not enrolled four years after finishing (graduates of academic years 2014-15 and 2015-16, in 2021 dollars; the debt figures are for graduates of 2018-19 and 2019-20); the data says nothing about how much a school added to its graduates' earnings.