Bachelor's · Plymouth, Wisconsin
Is Computer and Information Sciences, General at Lakeland 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 3.1 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $74,301
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $104,013
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $20,708
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $101k (likely $101k – $101k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $62k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in WI
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 3.1 years (likely 2.6–3.6)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $295k (likely $198k – $422k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $1.03M (likely $789k – $1.35M)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 38%
- 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 / ≤ 20%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
Change income, residency or loans Compare Computer and Information Sciences, General at other schools
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- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$50,986
Computer and Information Sciences, General at other schools in Wisconsin
- University of Wisconsin-Madison$119,655
- University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire$106,724
- Carthage College$106,611
- Marquette University$98,108
- University of Wisconsin-La Crosse$93,633
- University of Wisconsin-Stout$82,853
- University of Wisconsin-Platteville$82,652
- University of Wisconsin-Whitewater$79,799
- University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point$78,823
- Edgewood University$71,969