Bachelor's · Amherst, Massachusetts
Is Computer and Information Sciences, General at University of Massachusetts-Amherst 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 in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 6.1 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $62,672
- 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
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $97k (likely $97k – $100k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $21k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 6.1 years (likely 3.6–12.4)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$84k (likely −$206k – $72k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $149k (likely −$101k – $477k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 81%
- 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)$165,473
- Computer Science (Master's)$154,099
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Doctoral)$126,453
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$123,519
- Computer Engineering (Bachelor's)$113,083
- Education, General (Doctoral)$110,816
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$109,628
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Master's)$106,958
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's)$101,091
- Microbiological Sciences and Immunology (Master's)$100,729
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$100,516
- Human Resources Management and Services (Master's)$98,155
Computer and Information Sciences, General at other schools in Massachusetts
- Wellesley College$177,213
- Northeastern University$163,708
- Northeastern University Professional Programs$163,708
- Bentley University$111,853
- University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth$96,727
- Salem State University$92,380
- Worcester State University$92,068
- Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts$87,671
- University of Massachusetts-Boston$83,405
- Framingham State University$82,590