Bachelor's · College Park, Maryland

Is Computer and Information Sciences, General at University of Maryland-College Park 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 0.8 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: Not enough graduates to report; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $155,212; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: Not enough borrowers to report; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $61k (likely $61k – $66k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $115k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MD; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 0.8 years (likely 0.7–0.9); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $918k (likely $807k – $1.03M); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $2.21M (likely $1.93M – $2.47M); Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide): 88%; Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in: not reported / ≤ 5%; NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20

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AP classes

AP Computer Science Principles
AP Computer Science A
AP Precalculus
AP Calculus AB or BC

IB Higher Level

Computer Science HL
Mathematics: Analysis and Approaches HL

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Johns Hopkins University$196,467
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