Master's · Seattle, Washington

Is Computer and Information Sciences, General at University of Washington-Seattle Campus 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 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $133,456; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $182,809; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $37,297; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $40k (likely $40k – $40k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $114k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in WA; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 1 years (likely 0.9–1.2); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $886k (likely $768k – $1.02M); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $2.24M (likely $1.92M – $2.60M); Today's dollars

Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.