Bachelor's · Petersburg, Virginia
Is Computer and Information Sciences, General at Virginia State 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 in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 3.9 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $60,254
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $64,744
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $25,000
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $63k (likely $63k – $87k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $25k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in VA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 3.9 years (likely 2.5–6.9)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$6k (likely −$135k – $130k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $273k (likely $21k – $556k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 37%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$72,375
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$66,322
- Hospitality Administration/Management (Bachelor's)$56,476
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- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Bachelor's)$50,015
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$49,764
Computer and Information Sciences, General at other schools in Virginia
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University$144,103
- University of Virginia-Main Campus$142,041
- Virginia Commonwealth University$118,521
- University of Richmond$112,621
- George Mason University$110,754
- James Madison University$104,806
- Old Dominion University$95,485
- University of Mary Washington$95,461
- Marymount University$82,795
- Strayer University-Virginia$82,304