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title: Is a Management Information Systems and Services degree worth the debt?
cip: 5212
source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard — Field of Study (2026-06-10 release)
sourceId: src:doe:college-scorecard:field-of-study:2026-06-10
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# Is a Management Information Systems and Services degree worth the debt?

Leading with the **Bachelor's**, across **155** colleges (155 of 155 programs report earnings):

- **Median pay, 1 year after completion:** $53,048 ($56,596 at 2 years)
- **Median federal debt:** $22,275 (federal loans only)
- **Debt-to-earnings:** 0.42× a first year's pay
- **Across-college spread (middle 50%):** $46,066–$59,428 — the program you choose moves the number this much.


**How to read this:** these are MEDIANS across college programs, measured **1–2 years after completion** (early career, graduates only) — NOT lifetime earnings, and NOT comparable to a college's 10-years-after-entry figure. They cover **federally-aided completers at programs large enough to report**; small programs are suppressed. A field median is not a prediction of your outcome, not causal (who enters a field differs by field), and **not a "best majors" ranking** — earnings are one dimension of worth. Verify by field at the official College Scorecard (https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/).

## By degree level

| Level | Pay (1yr) | Federal debt | Debt/pay | Colleges | Programs reporting |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Associate's | $39,540 | $22,114 | 0.56× | 8 | 8/8 |
| Bachelor's | $53,048 | $22,275 | 0.42× | 155 | 155/155 |
| Master's | $65,974 | $40,861 | 0.59× | 51 | 51/51 |

## Where a Bachelor's in this field reports the highest early-career pay

Reflects who enrolls and where, not causal program quality.

| College | Pay (1yr) | Federal debt |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Colorado State University Global (CO) | $76,872 | $23,854 |
| The University of Texas at Austin (TX) | $75,338 | $18,750 |
| University of Notre Dame (IN) | $74,178 | — |
| Howard University (DC) | $74,153 | $20,500 |
| Georgetown University (DC) | $71,747 | — |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (IL) | $71,440 | $19,300 |
| Villanova University (PA) | $71,297 | — |
| Texas A&M University-College Station (TX) | $69,062 | $19,500 |
| Bellevue University (NE) | $68,259 | $24,139 |
| University of Georgia (GA) | $67,138 | $17,261 |
| The University of Alabama (AL) | $66,858 | $21,375 |
| University of Delaware (DE) | $66,395 | $25,182 |
| Miami University-Oxford (OH) | $66,235 | $25,994 |
| Loyola University Chicago (IL) | $66,063 | $24,166 |
| Park University (MO) | $65,534 | $17,546 |

RECORDED College Scorecard figures + one DERIVED ratio (debt-to-earnings). Informs and compares; not advice on what to major in. Each college's full record: `/education/<slug>`.

Structured data: `/education/fields/management-information-systems-and-services.jsonld` · `/education/fields/management-information-systems-and-services.json`