Computing & data

Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other

University of California-Santa Cruz · Santa Cruz, CA

Medium evidenceMatched peers12 institutions · related subjectsSee the evidence

The degree in numbers

Cost & earnings.

Annual tuition$45,337Institution-level tuition; programme fees may differ · before aid
Grouped debt estimate$23,236Related subjects at 12 matched peer institutions · bachelor's

Earnings context

One career stage.
A clearer comparison.

USD · Bachelor's · 2 years after completion
Same source release. National references exclude this degree.

Selected degree estimate$67,396
Same subject · national$55,998
Computing & data · national$59,620

Behind the number

Your comparison group.

Medium evidence

Related subjects at 12 matched peer institutions · bachelor's

Grouped estimate. Middle half of comparison values: $63,842–$72,233.

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 · 2 years after completion
Institution & subjectReported earnings
University of California-RiversideComputer Engineering$69,617
University of DelawareComputer and Information Sciences, General$70,176
University of North FloridaComputer and Information Sciences, General$56,415
University of South Carolina-ColumbiaComputer Engineering, Computer and Information Sciences, General$63,184
The University of Texas at DallasComputer Engineering, Computer and Information Sciences, General$71,138
University of VermontComputer Science$56,641
Arizona State University Digital ImmersionComputer Engineering$75,804
University at BuffaloComputer Engineering, Computer Science$64,060
Florida International UniversityComputer Engineering, Computer and Information Sciences, General$65,176
New Jersey Institute of TechnologyComputer Engineering, Computer and Information Sciences, General, Information Science/Studies$64,679
University of Massachusetts-AmherstComputer Engineering, Computer Science, Computer and Information Sciences, General$75,518
University of Florida-OnlineComputer and Information Sciences, General$79,037
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 ↗