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Master's · Baltimore, Maryland

Is Computer and Information Sciences, General at Johns Hopkins University worth it?

High confidence High confidence: 100+ 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 0.6 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
$156,907
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
$190,060
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
$30,500
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
$32k (likely $32k – $32k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$123k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MD
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
0.6 years (likely 0.5–0.7)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
$1.03M (likely $896k – $1.17M)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
$2.50M (likely $2.13M – $2.86M)
Today's dollars

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