Master's · New York, New York

Is Information Science/Studies at Pace University 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 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $95,126; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $108,782; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $33,691; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $36k (likely $36k – $36k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $41k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in NY; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 2 years (likely 1.5–3.1); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $198k (likely $77k – $348k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $713k (likely $424k – $1.06M); Today's dollars

Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.