Online Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other programs
19 programs — 4 with federal cost data, the rest suppressed for small class sizes and listed after them, ordered by median debt against median earnings — lowest first.
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Hide for-profit colleges(3 programs)What our data shows about for-profit collegesAcross the creative fields on this site, students at private for-profit institutions borrow 27% more than students at public ones ($29,332 against $23,033) and earn 15% less four years after completing ($38,361 against $45,110).The combined effect is severe. Median debt at a for-profit equals 70% of a graduate’s annual earnings, against 47% at a public institution. And 10% of for-profit programs leave graduates owing more than they earn in a year — against 1% of public ones. Ten times the rate.This is a pattern across 212 for-profit programs, not a handful of outliers, and it holds in every creative field we cover. It does not mean no for-profit program is worth taking: some appear high in our best-value rankings, and this filter hides those too. It means the odds are materially worse, and the burden of proof sits with the school.Figures are medians computed from the College Scorecard and IPEDS data behind every table on this site.
| Institution | Programcredential and delivery | at completion | 4 yrs after | Median federal loan debt at completion, divided by median earnings four years later. It answers a single question: how much of one year’s income do you owe on the day you finish?Below 50% is generally considered manageable. Above 100% means graduates owe more than they earn in a year, and repayment on a standard ten-year plan starts to consume a serious share of income.Debt covers federal loans only, so real ratios are often worse. Both figures are medians — half of graduates fall on the wrong side of each. |
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| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityVA · PublicRequest information → | Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, OtherMaster’s degree · Fully online | $33,240 | $148,000 | 22% |
| Southeast Technical CollegeSD · PublicRequest information → | Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, OtherUndergraduate certificate · Fully online | $12,200 | $53,067 | 23% |
| Capella UniversityMN · Private for-profitRequest information → | Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, OtherBachelor’s degree · Fully online | $27,411 | $80,076 | 34% |
| Hartnell CollegeCA · PublicRequest information → | Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, OtherAssociate degree · Online or on campus | — | $64,469 | — |
| Bossier Parish Community CollegeLA · PublicRequest information → | Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, OtherUndergraduate certificate · Fully online | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| Bunker Hill Community CollegeMA · PublicRequest information → | Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, OtherAssociate degree · Fully online | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| ECPI UniversityVA · Private for-profitRequest information → | Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, OtherUndergraduate certificate · Fully online | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| Foothill CollegeCA · PublicRequest information → | Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, OtherAssociate degree · Online or on campus | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| Golden Gate UniversityCA · Private nonprofitRequest information → | Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, OtherBachelor’s degree · Online or on campus | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| Golden Gate UniversityCA · Private nonprofitRequest information → | Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, OtherMaster’s degree · Online or on campus | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| Hudson Valley Community CollegeNY · PublicRequest information → | Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, OtherAssociate degree · Online or on campus | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| Indiana University-IndianapolisIN · PublicRequest information → | Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, OtherUndergraduate certificate · Fully online | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| Merrimack CollegeMA · Private nonprofitRequest information → | Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, OtherMaster’s degree · Fully online | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| Mt San Antonio CollegeCA · PublicRequest information → | Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, OtherUndergraduate certificate · Fully online | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| Mt San Antonio CollegeCA · PublicRequest information → | Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, OtherAssociate degree · Fully online | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| Piedmont Technical CollegeSC · PublicRequest information → | Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, OtherUndergraduate certificate · Fully online | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| Southwest University at El PasoTX · Private for-profitRequest information → | Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, OtherAssociate degree · Fully online | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| Talladega CollegeAL · Private nonprofitRequest information → | Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, OtherBachelor’s degree · Fully online | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| University of Alaska FairbanksAK · PublicRequest information → | Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, OtherUndergraduate certificate · Fully online | Not reported | Not reported | — |
Source: College Scorecard, Field of Study (retrieved September 2026)
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One thing these figures cannot tell you
Earnings and debt are reported by the federal government at a four-digit program level, so a figure shown against “Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other” covers every related program at that institution rather than one named degree. That pooling also spans delivery: where a school runs the same credential both online and on campus, the federal figures combine both sets of students. We cannot separate them, and we do not estimate. Full methodology.