Master's · Miami, Florida
Is Computer and Information Sciences, General at Florida International 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 1.2 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $107,191
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $122,428
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $28,244
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $30k (likely $30k – $30k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $59k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in FL
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1.2 years (likely 0.8–1.7)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $404k (likely $239k – $598k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $1.11M (likely $761k – $1.56M)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
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- Law (Doctoral)$105,414
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Computer and Information Sciences, General at other schools in Florida
- University of Florida$133,614
- Florida State University$126,240
- University of Central Florida$123,587
- University of West Florida$110,932
- Nova Southeastern University$103,720
- Florida Atlantic University$89,110
- Atlantis University$34,525