Bachelor's · Dearborn, Michigan
Is Computer and Information Sciences, General at University of Michigan-Dearborn 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 1 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $81,532
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $97,133
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $21,250
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $33k (likely $33k – $46k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $60k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MI
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1 years (likely 0.8–1.3)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $396k (likely $302k – $504k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $1.10M (likely $896k – $1.35M)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 61%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at University of Michigan-Dearborn
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$142,710
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Master's)$134,543
- Engineering-Related Fields (Master's)$131,391
- Management Information Systems and Services (Master's)$120,972
- Mechanical Engineering (Master's)$119,691
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Master's)$114,255
- Computer Engineering (Bachelor's)$111,740
- Industrial Engineering (Master's)$110,280
- Computer Programming (Bachelor's)$106,484
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's)$105,446
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Master's)$97,114
- Management Information Systems and Services (Bachelor's)$95,864
Computer and Information Sciences, General at other schools in Michigan
- University of Michigan-Ann Arbor$172,904
- Kalamazoo College$117,826
- Michigan State University$116,905
- Wayne State University$104,630
- Grand Valley State University$94,330
- Hope College$92,116
- Walsh College$91,273
- Oakland University$90,737
- Saginaw Valley State University$90,681
- Eastern Michigan University$90,620