Computing & data

Mathematics and Computer Science

Pepperdine University · Malibu, CA

Medium evidenceMatched peers12 institutions · related subjectsSee the evidence

The degree in numbers

Cost & earnings.

Annual tuition$66,742Institution-level tuition; programme fees may differ · before aid
Grouped debt estimate$25,141Related subjects at 12 matched peer institutions · bachelor's
Annual credentials awarded8Average of available recent award years; not the earnings sample size.

Earnings context

One career stage.
A clearer comparison.

USD · Bachelor's · 1 year after completion
Same source release. National references exclude this degree.

Selected degree estimate$65,053
Same subject · national$79,081
Computing & data · national$56,415

Behind the number

Your comparison group.

Medium evidence

Related subjects at 12 matched peer institutions · bachelor's

Grouped estimate. Middle half of comparison values: $54,066–$69,618.

Historical earnings archive. College Scorecard legacy FOS archive (file dated 2022-01-19; cohorts vary). Do not interpret this as today's graduate salary. Further study and career changes are not modelled by this early-career figure.

Bachelor's outcomes · 1 year after completion
Institution & subjectReported earnings
University of San DiegoComputer Science$69,338
Bentley UniversityComputer/Information Technology Administration and Management$67,101
Furman UniversityComputer Science$69,338
Santa Clara UniversityMathematics and Computer Science$93,076
Worcester Polytechnic InstituteComputer Software and Media Applications$33,993
George Washington UniversityInformation Science/Studies$62,012
St Lawrence UniversityComputer and Information Sciences, General$42,682
Connecticut CollegeComputer Science$76,460
Rollins CollegeComputer and Information Sciences, General$63,005
Moravian UniversityComputer Science$57,860
The New SchoolComputer Software and Media Applications$41,565
Case Western Reserve UniversityComputer Engineering$70,456
How matching & uncertainty work

We first look for the same subject code (or exact subject name), qualification, country, currency, source release and earnings horizon. Peer institutions are matched using admissions selectivity, completion rates, undergraduate size and institution type, with a small preference for the same region. These are institutional proxies, not a ranking of programme quality.

If subject-matched peers are sparse, we try related subjects at closely matched universities, related degrees at this university, then an explicitly labelled national reference. We never multiply a salary by a university prestige score.

Peer and national estimates give each reporting institution one vote, after taking the median of its related programmes. Shared branch-campus outcomes count once. The middle-half range describes variation between reporting institutions. It is not an individual salary range or a statistical confidence interval.

Evidence labels describe match quality and coverage, not validated prediction accuracy. Admissions and size are undergraduate institutional measures, so graduate-degree comparisons are especially approximate.

Historical cohort outcomes are not promised salaries or a causal effect of attending this programme. College Scorecard earnings cover eligible federal-aid recipients, not every graduate or international student. Source definitions ↗