Bachelor's · Emmitsburg, Maryland
Is Computer and Information Sciences, General at Mount St. Mary's University worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 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 2.1 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $91,639
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $93,835
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $24,173
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $82k (likely $82k – $82k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $53k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MD
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 2.1 years (likely 1.5–2.9)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $258k (likely $108k – $471k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $790k (likely $500k – $1.22M)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 61%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$105,159
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- Communication and Media Studies (Bachelor's)$57,669
- Sociology (Bachelor's)$57,290
Computer and Information Sciences, General at other schools in Maryland
- Johns Hopkins University$196,467
- University of Maryland-College Park$144,501
- University of Maryland Global Campus$101,498
- Salisbury University$97,414
- St. Mary's College of Maryland$94,101
- University of Maryland Eastern Shore$89,918
- Morgan State University$83,099
- Strayer University-Maryland$82,304
- Towson University$75,785
- Frostburg State University$70,144