Bachelor's · Springfield, Missouri
Is Computer and Information Sciences, General at Missouri State University-Springfield 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 in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 5.5 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $54,943
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $22,646
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $73k (likely $73k – $95k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $18k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MO
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 5.5 years (likely 4.1–7.9)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$70k (likely −$144k – −$4k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $123k (likely −$7k – $267k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 59%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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- Security Policy and Strategy (Master's)$121,063
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- Engineering-Related Fields (Master's)$103,408
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Graduate certificate)$99,031
- Construction Management (Bachelor's)$98,563
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$93,738
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- Computer Science (Undergraduate certificate)$88,734
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$88,444
- Communication Disorders Sciences and Services (Doctoral)$87,444
Computer and Information Sciences, General at other schools in Missouri
- Missouri University of Science and Technology$107,195
- Truman State University$106,203
- University of Missouri-Columbia$100,234
- Southeast Missouri State University$93,795
- Saint Louis University$90,660
- Lindenwood University$86,526
- University of Central Missouri$81,657
- Columbia College$81,090
- Northwest Missouri State University$80,690
- Park University$78,561