Bachelor's · Huntsville, Texas
Is Computer and Information Sciences, General at Sam Houston State 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
- $68,029
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $103,897
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $20,750
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $63k (likely $63k – $85k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $67k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in TX
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 2 years (likely 1.6–2.5)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $403k (likely $281k – $546k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $1.19M (likely $925k – $1.52M)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 56%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at Sam Houston State University
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Master's)$136,772
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$99,143
- Construction Engineering Technology/Technician (Bachelor's)$93,904
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$91,697
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$89,213
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$88,132
- Public Administration (Master's)$86,633
- Homeland Security (Master's)$82,876
- Management Information Systems and Services (Bachelor's)$73,734
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$72,388
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$72,059
- Special Education and Teaching (Master's)$70,757
Computer and Information Sciences, General at other schools in Texas
- Rice University$182,443
- The University of Texas at Austin$155,168
- Texas Tech University$113,062
- The University of Texas at San Antonio$106,358
- University of North Texas$104,024
- The University of Texas at Dallas$103,603
- The University of Texas at El Paso$103,286
- East Texas A&M University$100,394
- University of Houston$98,790
- Trinity University$98,708