Master's · Riverside, California
Is Computer Science at University of California-Riverside 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 0.5 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $136,535
- 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
- $20,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $22k (likely $22k – $22k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $73k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in CA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 0.5 years (likely 0.4–0.8)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $557k (likely $330k – $807k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $1.35M (likely $872k – $1.88M)
- 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 University of California-Riverside
- Medicine (Doctoral)$128,469
- Medicine (First professional)$126,607
- Engineering, General (Master's)$122,820
- Research and Experimental Psychology (Doctoral)$119,816
- Chemistry (Doctoral)$118,789
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$117,705
- Biomedical/Medical Engineering (Master's)$109,400
- Computer Engineering (Bachelor's)$107,193
- Mechanical Engineering (Master's)$106,742
- Education, General (Doctoral)$105,195
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's)$102,630
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Master's)$101,455
Computer Science at other schools in California
- Stanford University$255,667
- California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo$235,241
- University of California-San Diego$231,397
- University of Southern California$188,871
- California State University-Northridge$178,136
- University of California-Irvine$175,922
- California State Polytechnic University-Pomona$141,744
- National University$132,798
- California State University-Fullerton$126,439
- California State University-Long Beach$115,854