Bachelor's · Kenosha, Wisconsin
Is Computer and Information Sciences, General at Carthage College worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 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 2.9 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $65,462
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $114,513
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $25,625
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $112k (likely $112k – $112k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $73k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in WI
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 2.9 years (likely 2.2–3.8)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $388k (likely $195k – $624k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $1.24M (likely $825k – $1.74M)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 66%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$72,468
- Mathematics (Bachelor's)$72,160
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$71,099
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$71,094
- Marketing (Bachelor's)$69,045
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication (Bachelor's)$68,708
- Economics (Bachelor's)$67,703
- Neurobiology and Neurosciences (Bachelor's)$65,733
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Bachelor's)$60,633
Computer and Information Sciences, General at other schools in Wisconsin
- University of Wisconsin-Madison$119,655
- University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire$106,724
- Marquette University$98,108
- Lakeland University$96,835
- University of Wisconsin-La Crosse$93,633
- University of Wisconsin-Stout$82,853
- University of Wisconsin-Platteville$82,652
- University of Wisconsin-Whitewater$79,799
- University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point$78,823
- Edgewood University$71,969