Bachelor's · Willimantic, Connecticut
Is Computer and Information Sciences, General at Eastern Connecticut State 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 fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 3 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $64,767
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $99,968
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $23,562
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $87k (likely $87k – $113k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $59k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in CT
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 3 years (likely 2.4–3.8)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $273k (likely $147k – $407k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $975k (likely $693k – $1.30M)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 54%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at Eastern Connecticut State University
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$78,447
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$77,395
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$75,235
- Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences (Bachelor's)$63,566
- Biology, General (Bachelor's)$62,726
- Social Work (Bachelor's)$61,908
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$61,190
- Mathematics (Bachelor's)$55,574
- Sociology (Bachelor's)$55,084
- Political Science and Government (Bachelor's)$54,479
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Master's)$54,217
- Communication and Media Studies (Bachelor's)$53,673
Computer and Information Sciences, General at other schools in Connecticut
- Yale University$188,157
- Western Connecticut State University$118,324
- University of Connecticut$117,412
- University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus$117,412
- University of Connecticut-Avery Point$117,412
- University of Connecticut-Stamford$117,412
- University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus$117,412
- Sacred Heart University$93,209
- Southern Connecticut State University$87,705
- Central Connecticut State University$86,238