Bachelor's · Durham, North Carolina
Is Computer and Information Sciences, General at North Carolina Central University 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 2.5 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $69,208
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $94,580
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $28,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $71k (likely $71k – $98k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $58k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in NC
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 2.5 years (likely 1.8–3.5)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $305k (likely $126k – $514k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $983k (likely $621k – $1.46M)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 47%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$90,760
- Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (Bachelor's)$88,454
- Law (First professional)$83,361
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$78,048
- Information Science/Studies (Master's)$77,440
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$74,724
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$72,023
- Communication Disorders Sciences and Services (Master's)$65,600
- Public Administration (Master's)$65,374
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions (Master's)$59,513
- Psychology, General (Master's)$57,573
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$57,412
Computer and Information Sciences, General at other schools in North Carolina
- East Carolina University$90,197
- Johnson C Smith University$83,966
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte$83,018
- Strayer University-North Carolina$82,304
- University of North Carolina Wilmington$71,964
- Campbell University$71,497
- Guilford College$65,823
- Winston-Salem State University$63,562
- North Carolina Wesleyan University$53,598
- University of North Carolina at Pembroke$53,022