Master's · Boca Raton, Florida

Is Computer and Information Sciences, General at Florida Atlantic 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 1 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $102,938; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $95,715; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $20,500; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $22k (likely $22k – $22k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $32k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in FL; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 1 years (likely 0.7–1.4); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $148k (likely $45k – $273k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $423k (likely $223k – $675k); Today's dollars

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