CollegeCostWise

Master's · Austin, Texas

Is Computer and Information Sciences, General at The University of Texas at Austin 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 0.5 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
$182,061
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
$30,750
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
$33k (likely $33k – $33k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$125k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in TX
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
0.5 years (likely 0.4–0.6)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
$1.07M (likely $841k – $1.37M)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
$2.40M (likely $1.93M – $3.03M)
Today's dollars

Change income, residency or loans Compare Computer and Information Sciences, General at other schools

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

Other majors at The University of Texas at Austin

Computer and Information Sciences, General at other schools in Texas