Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management at University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

These numbers should raise red flags, though the small sample size means they may not tell the full story. UW-Oshkosh graduates are earning $46,661 their first year—roughly $11,000 below the Wisconsin median and in just the 5th percentile nationally. Even among Wisconsin's five schools offering this program, it ranks near the bottom. The debt level of $26,000 is reasonable in absolute terms and notably lower than Wisconsin's $41,837 median, but that advantage gets undermined when paired with earnings this far below market rate.

The concerning pattern here is that Wisconsin tech programs generally cluster around $57,000-$60,000 in first-year earnings, making UW-Oshkosh's outcome an outlier. The 0.56 debt-to-earnings ratio isn't catastrophic, but you're looking at roughly two years to recoup costs that competitors' graduates might pay off in 18 months while earning significantly more. Whether this reflects program quality, employer networks, or just statistical noise from the small cohort is unclear.

Given the limited data and weak earnings performance, I'd want to see multiple years of outcomes before committing here. If your child is set on UW-Oshkosh for other reasons, this might work as a backup major, but for computer technology specifically, the other Wisconsin options show substantially stronger earning power right out of the gate.