Bachelor's · Houston, Texas
Is Computer and Information Sciences, General at American InterContinental University-Houston worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ 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 1.9 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $61,298
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $76,785
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $39,188
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $41k (likely $41k – $41k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $40k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in TX
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1.9 years (likely 1.7–2.2)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $196k (likely $145k – $254k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $678k (likely $538k – $842k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 12%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- not reported / ≤ 10%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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Other majors at American InterContinental University-Houston
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Master's)$83,657
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's)$65,155
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$60,434
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$53,959
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$53,956
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Bachelor's)$47,083
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Bachelor's)$45,672
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Associate's)$38,683
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Associate's)$38,042
- Music (Undergraduate certificate)$36,639
Computer and Information Sciences, General at other schools in Texas
- Rice University$182,443
- The University of Texas at Austin$155,168
- Texas Tech University$113,062
- The University of Texas at San Antonio$106,358
- University of North Texas$104,024
- The University of Texas at Dallas$103,603
- The University of Texas at El Paso$103,286
- East Texas A&M University$100,394
- University of Houston$98,790
- Trinity University$98,708