Bachelor's · Shreveport, Louisiana
Is Computer Science at Louisiana State University-Shreveport 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 2.1 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $52,140
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $86,226
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- Not enough borrowers to report
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $47k (likely $47k – $65k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $51k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in LA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 2.1 years (likely 1.6–3.0)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $264k (likely $126k – $407k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $869k (likely $565k – $1.20M)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 33%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$87,130
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- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$61,601
- Public Health (Bachelor's)$61,423
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$61,117
- Curriculum and Instruction (Master's)$59,571
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$54,808
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Bachelor's)$53,352
- Marketing (Bachelor's)$52,371
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$51,647
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Bachelor's)$49,127
- Biology, General (Bachelor's)$45,759
Computer Science at other schools in Louisiana
- Tulane University of Louisiana$118,931
- University of New Orleans$99,548
- Louisiana Tech University$96,365
- Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College$89,307
- University of Louisiana at Lafayette$83,527
- Southeastern Louisiana University$72,410
- McNeese State University$64,834
- Southern University and A & M College$58,951
- Southern University Law Center$58,951