Bachelor's · Searcy, Arkansas
Is Computer and Information Sciences, General at Harding University worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 2.6 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $77,379
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- Not enough borrowers to report
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $84k (likely $84k – $110k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $45k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in AR
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 2.6 years (likely 1.8–3.9)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $195k (likely $53k – $390k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $673k (likely $385k – $1.09M)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 71%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at Harding University
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$124,272
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's)$119,507
- Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (First professional)$115,516
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$110,206
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$92,014
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$81,717
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$80,311
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (First professional)$79,976
- Theological and Ministerial Studies (Master's)$79,289
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$76,668
- Information Science/Studies (Master's)$76,630
- Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's)$73,601
Computer and Information Sciences, General at other schools in Arkansas
- University of Arkansas$102,747
- University of Arkansas-Fort Smith$82,688
- Strayer University-Arkansas$82,304
- Arkansas State University$79,309
- University of Central Arkansas$75,893
- University of Arkansas at Little Rock$70,696
- Arkansas Tech University$70,588
- Southern Arkansas University Main Campus$60,952
- University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff$59,597