Bachelor's · La Crosse, Wisconsin
Is Computer and Information Sciences, General at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse 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 fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 2.3 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $78,028
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $100,573
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $18,962
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $72k (likely $72k – $94k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $60k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in WI
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 2.3 years (likely 1.8–2.9)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $308k (likely $197k – $446k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $1.02M (likely $761k – $1.33M)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 71%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's)$127,722
- Data Science (Master's)$122,027
- Biology, General (Master's)$109,836
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's)$92,256
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Doctoral)$80,611
- Physics (Bachelor's)$80,594
- Management Information Systems and Services (Bachelor's)$80,552
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$78,296
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$76,227
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Bachelor's)$75,197
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions (Bachelor's)$73,439
- Economics (Bachelor's)$71,768
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
- Lakeland University$96,835
- 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