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Master's · Newark, New Jersey

Is Computer and Information Sciences, General at New Jersey Institute of Technology 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 1.3 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
$109,412
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
$149,674
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
$30,750
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
$33k (likely $33k – $33k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$81k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in NJ
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
1.3 years (likely 1.0–1.6)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
$563k (likely $425k – $727k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
$1.54M (likely $1.19M – $1.94M)
Today's dollars

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