Graduate certificate · Phoenix, Arizona

Is Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications at DeVry University-Arizona worth it?

High confidence High confidence: 100+ 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 2.9 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $78,267; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $98,036; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $30,592; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $32k (likely $32k – $32k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $33k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in AZ; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 2.9 years (likely 2.2–3.7); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $188k (likely $106k – $273k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $605k (likely $407k – $840k); Today's dollars

Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.