Master's · Oakland, California
Is Computer and Information Sciences, General at Northeastern University Oakland 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 1.1 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $141,540
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $156,724
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $44,988
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $48k (likely $48k – $48k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $88k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in CA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1.1 years (likely 0.9–1.3)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $659k (likely $551k – $781k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $1.68M (likely $1.42M – $1.98M)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at Northeastern University Oakland
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$163,708
- Business/Commerce, General (Bachelor's)$113,620
- Economics (Bachelor's)$101,423
- Public Administration (Master's)$87,852
- Design and Applied Arts (Bachelor's)$87,336
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Bachelor's)$80,233
- Communication and Media Studies (Bachelor's)$80,191
- Biology, General (Bachelor's)$78,327
- Political Science and Government (Bachelor's)$73,539
- Natural Resources Conservation and Research (Bachelor's)$70,272
- Sociology (Bachelor's)$69,585
- English Language and Literature, General (Bachelor's)$67,877
Computer and Information Sciences, General at other schools in California
- University of California-San Diego$201,287
- University of California-Los Angeles$170,827
- University of San Francisco$155,125
- University of California-Davis$150,872
- University of Southern California$122,790
- California State Polytechnic University-Pomona$100,079
- California State University-San Bernardino$92,057
- Northcentral University$91,608