Bachelor's · earnings grade

Is a Management Information Systems degree worth it?

Graduates earn a median $58,985 two years after finishing, more than 76% of bachelor's majors. Measured across 433 US programmes by the Department of Education — real graduate pay, not survey answers.

B

The verdict on the money

Yes — graduates earn more than most majors at this level.

Median earnings $58,985 2 years after finishing · per graduate
Typical range $46,478–$61,303 middle half of US programmes
Over no degree +$19,465 vs $39,520 high-school median
Graduates a year 7,889 433 programmes

Where a Management Information Systems degree pays best US programmes ranked on their own graduates' median earnings two years out.

#University1 yr out2 yrs out3 yrs outGraduates/yr
1 Santa Clara University cost & debt at this university → not published $80,391 not published 42
2 Worcester Polytechnic Institute cost & debt at this university → not published $79,284 not published 1
3 Bellevue University cost & debt at this university → $68,259 $78,971 $95,916 55
4 Georgetown University $71,747 $75,989 $88,811
5 The University of Texas at Austin cost & debt at this university → $75,338 $75,652 $86,061 178
6 University of Notre Dame cost & debt at this university → $74,178 $74,307 $92,866 3
7 Augsburg University cost & debt at this university → $57,327 $74,157 not published 25
8 Binghamton University $52,800 $73,949 $76,330 74
9 National University cost & debt at this university → $63,126 $73,949 $70,865 31
10 Colorado State University Global cost & debt at this university → $76,872 $72,022 $80,318
11 Villanova University cost & debt at this university → $71,297 $71,947 $86,990 5
12 George Fox University not published $71,575 not published

What this figure does and does not tell you

Two medians are worth separating. $58,985 is what the typical graduate earns — each programme counted in proportion to how many students it graduates. $56,099 is what the typical programme reports, counting a class of twenty the same as a class of two thousand. The weighted figure is higher here, which means the larger programmes in this field are the better-paying ones.

It is the median of what real graduates of this exact major earned, taken from tax records two years after they completed. It is not a starting salary, not an average of job adverts, and not a projection. The median bachelor's major in this dataset reports $36,497, so Management Information Systems sits above the middle by $22,488.

Two years is early in a career. Fields with long training pipelines — medicine, law, research — look weaker at this point than they will at ten, while trades and applied technical fields peak sooner. Read a low figure in a long-pipeline subject as "slow start", not "bad degree".

There is no debt figure here on purpose. The Department of Education publishes earnings by field of study but not borrowing, so nobody can honestly tell you the debt of a specific major. Debt is published per institution — that is where our university cost pages carry it.

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Management Information Systems: the questions people ask

How much do Management Information Systems graduates earn?
The median bachelor's graduate earns $58,985 two years after finishing (weighting each programme by how many students it graduates), across 178 US programmes that publish the figure. One year out it is $53,048.
Is a Management Information Systems degree worth it?
Yes — graduates earn more than most majors at this level. The median graduate earns $19,465 a year more than a US worker whose highest qualification is a high-school diploma.
What is the salary range for Management Information Systems?
Half of US programmes report medians between $46,478 and $61,303. Where you study moves this figure more than most applicants expect.
How many people graduate in Management Information Systems each year?
About 7,889 students complete a bachelor's in this field each year across 433 US programmes.
Does this include student debt?
No — and deliberately. The Department of Education publishes earnings by field of study but not debt, so any "debt by major" figure you see elsewhere is an estimate. Debt is published per institution, which is why our university pages carry it and this page does not.

Classified by the Department of Education as Management Information Systems and Services (CIP 5212). Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard, field-of-study earnings (median earnings of graduates who received federal financial aid, measured 1–3 years after completion). Figures are per major and credential level, pooled across US programmes. Information only, not financial advice.