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Master's · Macon, Georgia

Is Computer and Information Sciences, General at Middle Georgia State University 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 2.3 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
$78,922
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
$96,498
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
$28,500
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
$30k (likely $30k – $30k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$35k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in GA
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
2.3 years (likely 1.7–3.1)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
$165k (likely $71k – $273k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
$614k (likely $381k – $870k)
Today's dollars

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