Bachelor's · Fort Valley, Georgia
Is Computer and Information Sciences, General at Fort Valley State 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 slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 7.1 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $42,990
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $48,208
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $25,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $56k (likely $53k – $74k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $12k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in GA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 7.1 years (likely 4.3–16.7)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$121k (likely −$219k – −$23k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $37k (likely −$151k – $236k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 39%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at Fort Valley State University
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$68,400
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$56,411
- Public Health (Master's)$54,144
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Master's)$49,365
- Psychology, General (Bachelor's)$45,292
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Bachelor's)$45,033
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions (Master's)$42,601
- Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$38,345
- Social Work (Bachelor's)$37,564
- Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians (Bachelor's)$33,851
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Bachelor's)$33,453
- Biology, General (Bachelor's)$30,068
Computer and Information Sciences, General at other schools in Georgia
- Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus$150,628
- Morehouse College$112,934
- Spelman College$100,765
- University of West Georgia$93,769
- Georgia Southern University$92,026
- University of North Georgia$90,765
- Georgia State University$87,020
- Kennesaw State University$83,249
- Augusta University$83,000
- Strayer University-Georgia$82,304