Undergraduate certificate · Denver, Colorado
Is Computer and Information Sciences, General at Colorado State University Global worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 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 1.2 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $64,457
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $74,959
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $7,125
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $19k (likely $19k – $26k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $31k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in CO
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1.2 years (likely 0.9–1.8)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $236k (likely $155k – $336k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $626k (likely $434k – $856k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 26%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at Colorado State University Global
- Management Information Systems and Services (Master's)$113,193
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$102,672
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Master's)$102,553
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Master's)$102,553
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Master's)$102,355
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Graduate certificate)$95,673
- Management Information Systems and Services (Bachelor's)$95,518
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's)$94,688
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$94,130
- International Business (Master's)$92,506
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$91,204
- Human Resources Management and Services (Master's)$90,296
Computer and Information Sciences, General at other schools in Colorado
- Front Range Community College$59,741
- Pueblo Community College$36,890