Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas · Public

All 100 assessed programs leave graduates out-earning a typical Texas high-school graduate (about $34,809/yr). Another 98 could not be assessed.

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Family income	Net price per year
Under $30k	$12,715
$30k to $48k	$13,557
$48k to $75k	$13,804
$75k to $110k	$20,028
$110k and up	$24,713
All families (average)	$16,805

Net price is the yearly cost after grants and scholarships, by family income (College Scorecard). It reflects students who received federal aid.

Program earnings vs a high-school graduate

Earnings are measured four years after completion when available. Where four-year earnings are suppressed, one-year earnings are shown and marked 1-year earnings. One-year and four-year figures reflect different career stages and should not be compared as if measured at the same time.

100 of 198 programs could be assessed 51% have an earnings verdict

Programs by earnings versus a typical Texas high-school graduate.
Program	Degree	Median earnings	vs a high-school grad	Verdict	Median debt	Years to repay	Recent completers
Psychology	Bachelor's Degree	$50,549	+$15,740	clears the bar	$21,000	1.3 yrs	523
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Bachelor's Degree	$55,832	+$21,023	clears the bar	$22,084	1.1 yrs	414
Business Administration	Bachelor's Degree	$67,048	+$32,239	clears the bar	$18,543	0.6 yrs	411
Public Relations and Advertising	Bachelor's Degree	$59,009	+$24,200	clears the bar	$19,536	0.8 yrs	386
Criminal Justice	Bachelor's Degree	$52,447	+$17,638	clears the bar	$17,000	1.0 yrs	339
Marketing	Bachelor's Degree	$71,539	+$36,730	clears the bar	$20,000	0.5 yrs	295
Computer Science	Bachelor's Degree	$104,127	+$69,318	clears the bar	$22,842	0.3 yrs	241
Radio, TV and Digital Media	Bachelor's Degree	$49,987	+$15,178	clears the bar	$20,964	1.4 yrs	217
Finance	Bachelor's Degree	$75,100	+$40,291	clears the bar	$21,291	0.5 yrs	210
Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$55,605	+$20,796	clears the bar	$22,837	1.1 yrs	208
Interdisciplinary Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$54,053	+$19,244	clears the bar	$21,635	1.1 yrs	190
Accounting	Bachelor's Degree	$78,418	+$43,609	clears the bar	$21,875	0.5 yrs	164
English	Bachelor's Degree	$47,634	+$12,825	clears the bar	$19,769	1.5 yrs	163
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$54,099	+$19,290	clears the bar	$22,687	1.2 yrs	157
Theatre	Bachelor's Degree	$48,502	+$13,693	clears the bar	$19,500	1.4 yrs	149
Construction Engineering Technology/Technician	Bachelor's Degree	$100,352	+$65,543	clears the bar	$22,000	0.3 yrs	124
Political Science	Bachelor's Degree	$56,716	+$21,907	clears the bar	$20,231	0.9 yrs	115
Social Work	Bachelor's Degree	$52,766	+$17,957	clears the bar	$21,000	1.2 yrs	114
Design	Bachelor's Degree	$61,539	+$26,730	clears the bar	$23,000	0.9 yrs	103
Communications and Media	Bachelor's Degree	$53,009	+$18,200	clears the bar	$21,500	1.2 yrs	92
Electrical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$94,780	+$59,971	clears the bar	$24,987	0.4 yrs	92
Music	Bachelor's Degree	$52,320	+$17,511	clears the bar	$23,250	1.3 yrs	92
Business Administration	Master's Degree	$109,005	+$74,196	clears the bar	$23,092	0.3 yrs	92
Teacher Education (by level)	Master's Degree	$54,565	+$19,756	clears the bar	$30,824	1.6 yrs	89
Fine Arts	Bachelor's Degree	$44,934	+$10,125	clears the bar	$24,742	2.4 yrs	88
Nursing	Bachelor's Degree	$84,557	+$49,748	clears the bar	$21,500	0.4 yrs	87
History	Bachelor's Degree	$52,329	+$17,520	clears the bar	$21,500	1.2 yrs	86
Social Work	Master's Degree	$62,619	+$27,810	clears the bar	$30,722	1.1 yrs	85
Computer and Information Science	Bachelor's Degree	$77,701	+$42,892	clears the bar	$20,000	0.5 yrs	83
Healthcare Administration	Bachelor's Degree	$60,895	+$26,086	clears the bar	$24,430	0.9 yrs	83
Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations	Bachelor's Degree	$58,794	+$23,985	clears the bar	$22,014	0.9 yrs	82
Human Development and Family Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$50,151	+$15,342	clears the bar	$20,985	1.4 yrs	80
Anthropology	Bachelor's Degree	$40,706	+$5,897	clears the bar	$23,250	3.9 yrs	80
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services	Bachelor's Degree	$52,836	+$18,027	clears the bar	$22,500	1.2 yrs	78
Natural Resources and Conservation	Bachelor's Degree	$55,595	+$20,786	clears the bar	$23,200	1.1 yrs	77
Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment	Bachelor's Degree	$79,289	+$44,480	clears the bar	$25,000	0.6 yrs	77
Sociology	Bachelor's Degree	$53,434	+$18,625	clears the bar	$21,360	1.1 yrs	76
Counseling Psychology	Master's Degree	$63,761	+$28,952	clears the bar	$40,940	1.4 yrs	72
Animal Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	$51,157	+$16,348	clears the bar	$20,875	1.3 yrs	64
Accounting	Master's Degree	$99,772	+$64,963	clears the bar	$17,425	0.3 yrs	64
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology	Bachelor's Degree	$65,502	+$30,693	clears the bar	$23,115	0.8 yrs	60
Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General	Bachelor's Degree	$78,671	+$43,862	clears the bar	$20,500	0.5 yrs	56
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	$54,541	+$19,732	clears the bar	$21,750	1.1 yrs	51
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$58,484	+$23,675	clears the bar	$20,045	0.8 yrs	48
Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities Management	Bachelor's Degree	$47,752	+$12,943	clears the bar	$21,500	1.7 yrs	48
Educational Administration	Master's Degree	$66,494	+$31,685	clears the bar	$26,300	0.8 yrs	45
Zoology/Animal Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$43,943	+$9,134	clears the bar	$25,000	2.7 yrs	44
Geography and Cartography	Bachelor's Degree	$60,646	+$25,837	clears the bar	$20,123	0.8 yrs	44
Journalism	Bachelor's Degree	$57,963	+$23,154	clears the bar	$16,869	0.7 yrs	43
Manufacturing Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$88,995	+$54,186	clears the bar	$19,750	0.4 yrs	43
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	Master's Degree	$65,348	+$30,539	clears the bar	$31,917	1.0 yrs	43
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Master's Degree	$64,908	+$30,099	clears the bar	$30,500	1.0 yrs	42
Dance	Bachelor's Degree	$53,057	+$18,248	clears the bar	$20,500	1.1 yrs	41
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Bachelor's Degree	$66,995	+$32,186	clears the bar	$18,524	0.6 yrs	41
Physical and Occupational Therapy	First Professional Degree	$76,047	+$41,238	clears the bar	$56,406	1.4 yrs	40
Family and Consumer Economics and Related Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$49,406	+$14,597	clears the bar	$19,349	1.3 yrs	39
Public Administration	Master's Degree	$68,342	+$33,533	clears the bar	$22,440	0.7 yrs	39
Agriculture, General	Bachelor's Degree	$71,237	+$36,428	clears the bar	$21,469	0.6 yrs	38
International/Globalization Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$60,976	+$26,167	clears the bar	$21,482	0.8 yrs	38
Business/Managerial Economics	Bachelor's Degree	$74,435	+$39,626	clears the bar	$20,012	0.5 yrs	38
Healthcare Administration	Master's Degree	$72,926	+$38,117	clears the bar	$34,907	0.9 yrs	35
Special Education	Master's Degree	$62,709	+$27,900	clears the bar	$30,500	1.1 yrs	34
Industrial Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$90,729	+$55,920	clears the bar	$24,483	0.4 yrs	34
Public Health	Bachelor's Degree	$54,229	+$19,420	clears the bar	$23,375	1.2 yrs	34
Communications and Media	Master's Degree	$70,534	+$35,725	clears the bar	$20,500	0.6 yrs	33
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$64,830	+$30,021	clears the bar	$22,365	0.7 yrs	33
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Master's Degree	$71,450	+$36,641	clears the bar	$38,332	1.0 yrs	33
Mathematics	Bachelor's Degree	$58,566	+$23,757	clears the bar	$23,250	1.0 yrs	32
Public Administration	Bachelor's Degree	$59,074	+$24,265	clears the bar	$24,141	1.0 yrs	30
Music	Master's Degree	$37,655	+$2,846	clears the bar	$33,399	11.7 yrs	29
Nursing	Master's Degree	$111,334	+$76,525	clears the bar	$35,780	0.5 yrs	27
Teacher Education (by subject)	Master's Degree	$59,180	+$24,371	clears the bar	$25,473	1.0 yrs	24
Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment	Master's Degree	$65,834	+$31,025	clears the bar	$30,370	1.0 yrs	24
Physics	Bachelor's Degree	$65,217	+$30,408	clears the bar	$19,500	0.6 yrs	23
Interdisciplinary Studies	Master's Degree	$74,866	+$40,057	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	22
Applied Mathematics	Bachelor's Degree	$72,464	+$37,655	clears the bar	$24,366	0.6 yrs	21
Medical Laboratory Science	Bachelor's Degree	$68,940	+$34,131	clears the bar	$22,000	0.6 yrs	21
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology	Master's Degree	$59,573	+$24,764	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	20
Chemistry	Bachelor's Degree	$58,396	+$23,587	clears the bar	$27,000	1.1 yrs	20
Educational Administration	Doctoral Degree	$91,833	+$57,024	clears the bar	$44,977	0.8 yrs	19
Film and Photography	Bachelor's Degree	$39,473	+$4,664	clears the bar	$25,239	5.4 yrs	19
Agricultural Business and Management	Bachelor's Degree	$49,571	+$14,762	clears the bar	$19,625	1.3 yrs	18
Criminal Justice	Master's Degree	$65,491	+$30,682	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
Philosophy	Bachelor's Degree	$50,768	+$15,959	clears the bar	$24,500	1.5 yrs	17
Research Psychology	Master's Degree	$62,661	+$27,852	clears the bar	$32,780	1.2 yrs	17
Physical and Occupational Therapy	Master's Degree	$44,837	+$10,028	clears the bar	$28,935	2.9 yrs	17
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services	Master's Degree	$64,351	+$29,542	clears the bar	$35,716	1.2 yrs	15
International Relations	Bachelor's Degree	$53,407	+$18,598	clears the bar	$17,750	1.0 yrs	15
City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning	Bachelor's Degree	$55,625	+$20,816	clears the bar	$20,792	1.0 yrs	14
English	Master's Degree	$58,914	+$24,105	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Biology	Master's Degree	$63,079	+$28,270	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Anthropology	Master's Degree	$48,469 1-year earnings	+$13,660	clears the bar	$33,251	2.4 yrs	11
Economics	Bachelor's Degree	$71,739	+$36,930	clears the bar	$18,500	0.5 yrs	11
Healthcare Administration	Graduate/Professional Certificate	$93,963 1-year earnings	+$59,154	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
History	Master's Degree	$48,794	+$13,985	clears the bar	$29,575	2.1 yrs	10
Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities Management	Master's Degree	$51,883	+$17,074	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Sociology	Master's Degree	$70,116	+$35,307	clears the bar	$36,380	1.0 yrs	8
Legal Support Services	Graduate/Professional Certificate	$45,867 1-year earnings	+$11,058	clears the bar	$33,135	3.0 yrs	3
Legal Support Services	Master's Degree	$67,050	+$32,241	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Geography and Cartography	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$61,225	+$26,416	clears the bar	$25,385	1.0 yrs	insufficient data
Teacher Education (by level)	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	351
Health Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	120
Computer Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	45
Non-Professional Legal Studies	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	36
Non-Professional Legal Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	30
Management Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	29
Marketing	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	28
Engineering, General	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	26
Special Education	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	21
Geography and Cartography	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	20
Human Development and Family Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Human Resources	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Construction Engineering Technology/Technician	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Mathematics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Public Health	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Gerontology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Educational/Instructional Media Design	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Engineering-Related Fields	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Sustainability Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Philosophy	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Agriculture, General	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Geography and Cartography	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Materials Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Political Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Physics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Design	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Theatre	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Natural Resources and Conservation	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Communications and Media	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Computer Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Philosophy	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Natural Resources and Conservation	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Applied Mathematics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
International/Globalization Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Chemistry	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Geography and Cartography	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Music	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Natural Resources and Conservation	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Education, Other	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Criminal Justice	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Criminal Justice	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Computer Science	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Education, Other	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Earnings are medians measured four years after completion where available (programs shown with a 1-year figure are marked), compared with the state high-school-graduate benchmark ($34,809/yr). Debt is federal loans only. Suppressed values are shown as insufficient data, never imputed. Figures describe past graduates and are never a promise.