Master's · Mount Pleasant, Michigan
Is Computer and Information Sciences, General at Central Michigan 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 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $103,659
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $107,098
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $43,377
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $46k (likely $46k – $46k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $42k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MI
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 2 years (likely 1.5–2.7)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $200k (likely $85k – $325k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $619k (likely $391k – $872k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at Central Michigan University
- Medicine (First professional)$138,552
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Doctoral)$125,201
- Engineering-Related Fields (Master's)$123,591
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's)$123,450
- Management Information Systems and Services (Master's)$112,443
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Graduate certificate)$101,507
- International Business (Master's)$101,449
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$96,611
- Management Information Systems and Services (Bachelor's)$95,721
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's)$91,542
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$90,336
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$89,216
Computer and Information Sciences, General at other schools in Michigan
- University of Michigan-Ann Arbor$131,130
- Michigan State University$123,621
- University of Michigan-Dearborn$114,255
- Oakland University$106,639
- Walsh College$106,055
- University of Michigan-Flint$103,038
- Wayne State University$100,236
- Grand Valley State University$93,683