Bachelor's · Menomonie, Wisconsin
Is Computer and Information Sciences, General at University of Wisconsin-Stout 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 3 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $68,355
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $88,994
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $16,438
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $74k (likely $74k – $104k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $48k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in WI
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 3 years (likely 2.4–3.9)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $182k (likely $73k – $285k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $761k (likely $545k – $997k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 52%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Master's)$123,573
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- Human Resources Management and Services (Master's)$86,764
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- Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General (Bachelor's)$76,784
Computer and Information Sciences, General at other schools in Wisconsin
- University of Wisconsin-Madison$119,655
- University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire$106,724
- Carthage College$106,611
- Marquette University$98,108
- Lakeland University$96,835
- University of Wisconsin-La Crosse$93,633
- University of Wisconsin-Platteville$82,652
- University of Wisconsin-Whitewater$79,799
- University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point$78,823
- Edgewood University$71,969