Program Payoff

Information Science/Studies programs in Pennsylvania

19 schools in Pennsylvania teach this, at certificate or associate level. 9 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $42,682 at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus.

What this work pays in Pennsylvania

Software Developers in Pennsylvania earn a median of $126,550 a year across 55,920 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in Pennsylvania
Computer and Information Systems Managers$163,91027,060
Computer Occupations, All Other$107,23014,580
Web and Digital Interface Designers$104,1602,820
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary$97,5001,520
Computer and Information Research Scientists$130,300330

Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park Associate's degree $21,000 $42,682 (51 grads)
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine Media Associate's degree $21,000 $42,682 (51 grads) 1
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State DuBois DuBois Associate's degree $21,000 $42,682 (51 grads) 6
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton Hazleton Associate's degree $21,000 $42,682 (51 grads)
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto Mont Alto Associate's degree $21,000 $42,682 (51 grads) 2
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Scranton Dunmore Associate's degree $21,000 $42,682 (51 grads)
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre Dallas Associate's degree $21,000 $42,682 (51 grads) 2
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York York Associate's degree $21,000 $42,682 (51 grads) 4
Pennsylvania State University-World Campus University Park Associate's degree $21,000 $42,682 (51 grads) 33
Bucks County Community College Newtown Associate's degree not published 14
Elizabethtown College Elizabethtown Associate's degree not published 1
Immaculata University Immaculata Associate's degree not published 5
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park Undergraduate certificate not published 1
Reading Area Community College Reading Undergraduate certificate not published
Reading Area Community College Reading Associate's degree not published
Strayer University-Pennsylvania Philadelphia Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Thiel College Greenville Associate's degree not published 2
University of Pittsburgh-Bradford Bradford Associate's degree not published 3
Widener University Chester Associate's degree not published 0

A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.

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Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.