Master's · Ithaca, New York
Is Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management at Cornell 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 1.6 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $173,176
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $93,791
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $99k (likely $99k – $99k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $111k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in NY
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1.6 years (likely 1.2–2.2)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $804k (likely $530k – $1.14M)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $1.99M (likely $1.40M – $2.68M)
- 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 Cornell University
- Law (Doctoral)$259,851
- Computer Science (Master's)$235,762
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$226,632
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$223,309
- Operations Research (Master's)$203,340
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Master's)$196,882
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's)$163,586
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Master's)$156,103
- Human Resources Management and Services (Master's)$155,909
- Operations Research (Bachelor's)$151,709
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's)$147,241
- Agricultural Business and Management (Bachelor's)$145,218
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management at other schools in New York
- New York University$152,422
- Columbia University in the City of New York$151,659
- Fordham University$150,150
- Excelsior University$135,961
- Marist University$127,221
- St Bonaventure University$117,157
- Rochester Institute of Technology$113,461
- Syracuse University$107,931
- Mercy University$90,632
- Pace University$90,145