Bachelor's · Virginia Beach, Virginia

Is Management Information Systems and Services at ECPI University 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 in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 4.4 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $58,501; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $78,762; 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: $95k (likely $95k – $128k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $39k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in VA; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 4.4 years (likely 3.5–5.8); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $75k (likely −$38k – $189k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $551k (likely $312k – $793k); Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide): 41%; Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26