Bachelor's · San Antonio, Texas
Is Computer and Information Sciences, General at Our Lady of the Lake 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 2.7 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $72,953
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- Not enough borrowers to report
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $64k (likely $64k – $84k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $36k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in TX
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 2.7 years (likely 1.8–4.5)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $128k (likely −$24k – $308k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $553k (likely $242k – $928k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 44%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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AP classes
- AP Computer Science Principles
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- Computer Science HL
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Other majors at Our Lady of the Lake University
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- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$59,876
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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