Bachelor's · Burlington, Vermont
Is Computer Science at Champlain College 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 in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 4.8 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $67,579
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $104,999
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- Not enough borrowers to report
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $168k (likely $168k – $208k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $60k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in VT
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 4.8 years (likely 3.8–5.9)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $164k (likely $35k – $318k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $885k (likely $598k – $1.23M)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 61%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at Champlain College
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Master's)$145,009
- Security Science and Technology (Master's)$134,853
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Graduate certificate)$115,119
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$113,253
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Bachelor's)$112,282
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Undergraduate certificate)$108,994
- Human Resources Management and Services (Graduate certificate)$103,592
- Security Science and Technology (Bachelor's)$101,401
- Computer Programming (Undergraduate certificate)$101,091
- Security Science and Technology (Undergraduate certificate)$93,975
- Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies (Graduate certificate)$93,818
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's)$93,792
Computer Science at other schools in Vermont
- Middlebury College$128,471
- University of Vermont$81,160