Bachelor's · Baltimore, Maryland
Is Computer and Information Sciences, General at Johns Hopkins 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 0.9 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $127,116
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $211,029
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $7,625
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $78k (likely $78k – $78k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $172k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MD
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 0.9 years (likely 0.8–1.1)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $1.40M (likely $1.16M – $1.65M)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $3.39M (likely $2.84M – $4.01M)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 93%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at Johns Hopkins University
- Education, Other (Graduate certificate)$306,793
- Education, Other (Master's)$303,202
- Biology, General (Master's)$243,863
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Master's)$176,945
- Biology, General (Doctoral)$176,414
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Doctoral)$168,121
- Real Estate (Master's)$166,291
- Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering (Master's)$165,562
- Business/Commerce, General (Master's)$158,699
- Systems Engineering (Master's)$154,775
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Master's)$152,415
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$152,108
Computer and Information Sciences, General at other schools in Maryland
- University of Maryland-College Park$144,501
- University of Maryland Global Campus$101,498
- Salisbury University$97,414
- St. Mary's College of Maryland$94,101
- University of Maryland Eastern Shore$89,918
- Mount St. Mary's University$87,360
- Morgan State University$83,099
- Strayer University-Maryland$82,304
- Towson University$75,785
- Frostburg State University$70,144