Bachelor's · Ewing, New Jersey

Is Computer and Information Sciences, General at The College of New Jersey 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 2.8 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $83,195; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $113,188; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $19,500; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $113k (likely $113k – $123k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $74k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in NJ; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 2.8 years (likely 2.3–3.5); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $399k (likely $250k – $560k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $1.26M (likely $931k – $1.66M); Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide): 85%; Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26