Master's · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Is Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management at Carnegie Mellon 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
- $110,812
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $157,443
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $53,000
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $56k (likely $56k – $56k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $86k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in PA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 2 years (likely 1.6–2.4)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $559k (likely $426k – $721k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $1.58M (likely $1.26M – $1.99M)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at Carnegie Mellon University
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$268,121
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's)$250,168
- Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering (Master's)$221,170
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Master's)$209,847
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$208,503
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Master's)$193,154
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$187,437
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Master's)$166,093
- Cognitive Science (Bachelor's)$162,106
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$160,783
- Statistics (Bachelor's)$156,743
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's)$150,366
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management at other schools in Pennsylvania
- Temple University$128,874
- Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus$119,536
- Pennsylvania State University-World Campus$119,536
- Robert Morris University$100,752
- Strayer University-Pennsylvania$96,961
- Mercyhurst University$72,397