The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Edinburg, Texas · Public

Of 65 assessed programs, 61 leave graduates out-earning a typical Texas high-school graduate (about $34,809/yr) and 4 fall short. Another 96 could not be assessed.

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My family earns and I expect to take

Family income	Net price per year
Under $30k	$3,785
$30k to $48k	$3,877
$48k to $75k	$5,665
$75k to $110k	$7,972
$110k and up	$13,782
All families (average)	$4,831

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.

65 of 161 programs could be assessed 40% 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
Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$47,954	+$13,145	clears the bar	$12,051	0.9 yrs	587
Criminal Justice	Bachelor's Degree	$49,979	+$15,170	clears the bar	$11,000	0.7 yrs	581
Psychology	Bachelor's Degree	$40,140	+$5,331	clears the bar	$11,604	2.2 yrs	486
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Bachelor's Degree	$53,769	+$18,960	clears the bar	$14,297	0.8 yrs	310
Interdisciplinary Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$56,493	+$21,684	clears the bar	$13,849	0.6 yrs	240
Social Work	Bachelor's Degree	$50,073	+$15,264	clears the bar	$15,126	1.0 yrs	184
Nursing	Bachelor's Degree	$88,067	+$53,258	clears the bar	$11,208	0.2 yrs	183
Health Sciences	Master's Degree	$69,643	+$34,834	clears the bar	$18,418	0.5 yrs	172
Business Administration	Bachelor's Degree	$49,595	+$14,786	clears the bar	$14,500	1.0 yrs	170
Educational Administration	Master's Degree	$66,977	+$32,168	clears the bar	$17,819	0.6 yrs	151
Social Work	Master's Degree	$64,161	+$29,352	clears the bar	$20,015	0.7 yrs	146
Communications and Media	Bachelor's Degree	$39,940	+$5,131	clears the bar	$11,540	2.2 yrs	142
Accounting	Bachelor's Degree	$53,420	+$18,611	clears the bar	$12,449	0.7 yrs	133
Special Education	Master's Degree	$60,899	+$26,090	clears the bar	$15,000	0.6 yrs	128
Mechanical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$87,991	+$53,182	clears the bar	$15,125	0.3 yrs	122
English	Bachelor's Degree	$45,746	+$10,937	clears the bar	$15,750	1.4 yrs	122
Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment	Master's Degree	$134,068	+$99,259	clears the bar	$73,496	0.7 yrs	116
Civil Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$71,848	+$37,039	clears the bar	$11,000	0.3 yrs	100
Fine Arts	Bachelor's Degree	$35,115	+$306	clears the bar	$15,500	50.7 yrs	100
Physical and Occupational Therapy	Bachelor's Degree	$44,201	+$9,392	clears the bar	$14,500	1.5 yrs	91
Physical and Occupational Therapy	Master's Degree	$67,397	+$32,588	clears the bar	$35,487	1.1 yrs	88
Public Administration	Master's Degree	$68,057	+$33,248	clears the bar	$21,250	0.6 yrs	86
Curriculum and Instruction	Master's Degree	$64,700	+$29,891	clears the bar	$15,000	0.5 yrs	85
Educational/Instructional Media Design	Master's Degree	$67,562	+$32,753	clears the bar	$19,000	0.6 yrs	84
Political Science	Bachelor's Degree	$44,895	+$10,086	clears the bar	$9,563	0.9 yrs	78
Marketing	Bachelor's Degree	$45,859	+$11,050	clears the bar	$14,500	1.3 yrs	71
Finance	Bachelor's Degree	$50,156	+$15,347	clears the bar	$15,000	1.0 yrs	70
Accounting	Master's Degree	$68,815	+$34,006	clears the bar	$17,091	0.5 yrs	62
History	Bachelor's Degree	$50,620	+$15,811	clears the bar	$17,500	1.1 yrs	62
School Counseling	Master's Degree	$65,025	+$30,216	clears the bar	$36,491	1.2 yrs	60
Sociology	Bachelor's Degree	$57,807	+$22,998	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	56
Criminal Justice	Master's Degree	$37,728 1-year earnings	+$2,919	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	52
Medicine	First Professional Degree	$60,293 1-year earnings	+$25,484	clears the bar	$104,124	4.1 yrs	51
International Business	Bachelor's Degree	$47,431	+$12,622	clears the bar	$10,147	0.8 yrs	49
Music	Bachelor's Degree	$59,218	+$24,409	clears the bar	$15,175	0.6 yrs	48
Computer Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$77,097	+$42,288	clears the bar	$15,902	0.4 yrs	47
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Master's Degree	$60,785 1-year earnings	+$25,976	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	45
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Bachelor's Degree	$59,624	+$24,815	clears the bar	$13,670	0.6 yrs	45
Electrical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$85,971	+$51,162	clears the bar	$17,892	0.3 yrs	44
Chemistry	Bachelor's Degree	$57,100	+$22,291	clears the bar	$10,837	0.5 yrs	42
Mathematics	Bachelor's Degree	$60,645	+$25,836	clears the bar	$11,000	0.4 yrs	38
Health Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	$59,794	+$24,985	clears the bar	$14,205	0.6 yrs	38
Mechanical Engineering	Master's Degree	$103,803	+$68,994	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	34
Counseling Psychology	Master's Degree	$72,427	+$37,618	clears the bar	$29,158	0.8 yrs	34
Mathematics	Master's Degree	$64,802 1-year earnings	+$29,993	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	31
Human Development and Family Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$43,699	+$8,890	clears the bar	$19,677	2.2 yrs	30
Theatre	Bachelor's Degree	$38,865	+$4,056	clears the bar	$11,002	2.7 yrs	29
Management Information Systems	Bachelor's Degree	$40,147	+$5,338	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	29
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	$42,224	+$7,415	clears the bar	$11,945	1.6 yrs	28
Biology	Master's Degree	$61,507	+$26,698	clears the bar	$17,000	0.6 yrs	28
Philosophy	Bachelor's Degree	$33,457	-$1,352	falls short	$13,000	insufficient data	26
Nursing	Master's Degree	$128,123	+$93,314	clears the bar	$23,302	0.2 yrs	26
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Master's Degree	$75,924	+$41,115	clears the bar	$25,578	0.6 yrs	25
Economics	Bachelor's Degree	$56,369	+$21,560	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	19
Medical Laboratory Science	Bachelor's Degree	$63,426	+$28,617	clears the bar	$14,469	0.5 yrs	19
Anthropology	Bachelor's Degree	$34,505	-$304	falls short	$9,605	insufficient data	14
Teacher Education (by subject)	Master's Degree	$69,841 1-year earnings	+$35,032	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Social Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	$59,440	+$24,631	clears the bar	$17,500	0.7 yrs	10
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$23,604 1-year earnings	-$11,205	falls short	$13,918	insufficient data	9
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Master's Degree	$59,588	+$24,779	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
English	Master's Degree	$62,899	+$28,090	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Computer and Information Science	Bachelor's Degree	$80,857	+$46,048	clears the bar	$15,000	0.3 yrs	insufficient data
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language	Bachelor's Degree	$25,048 1-year earnings	-$9,761	falls short	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$58,060	+$23,251	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Business	Master's Degree	$87,822	+$53,013	clears the bar	$21,006	0.4 yrs	insufficient data
Business Administration	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	286
Computer Science	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	116
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	106
Data Analytics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	63
Nursing	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	43
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	33
Mental Health and Counseling Services	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	27
Health Professions Education, Ethics, and Humanities	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	27
Natural Resources and Conservation	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	24
Electrical Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	21
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	21
Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	19
Business Administration	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	19
Computer Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
Chemistry	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
Communications and Media	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Educational Administration	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Civil Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Engineering-Related Fields	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Computer and Information Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Manufacturing Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Dance	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Curriculum and Instruction	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Agricultural Production Operations	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Nutrition Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Homeland Security	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Manufacturing Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	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
Marine Sciences	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Interdisciplinary Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Sociology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Music	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Statistics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Physics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Physical and Occupational Therapy	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
American Sign Language	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Fine Arts	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Teacher Education (by level)	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Research Psychology	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Agricultural Production Operations	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Research Psychology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
International Business	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
History	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Second Language Learning	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Physics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Design	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
IT Administration and Management	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Statistics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Computational Science	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Psychology	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Political Science	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Political Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Fine Arts	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Business	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Hospitality Management	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Information Science	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Information Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Electrical Engineering	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Physical Sciences, General	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Healthcare Administration	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Medical Laboratory Science	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Physical and Occupational Therapy	First Professional Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Nursing	First Professional Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Special Education	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Civil Engineering	Post-baccalaureate Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Engineering Physics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Mechanical Engineering	Post-baccalaureate Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Non-Professional Legal Studies	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
English	Post-baccalaureate Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Non-Credential Program (Preparatory Coursework/Teacher Certification)	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Post-baccalaureate Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Biology	Post-baccalaureate Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Sustainability Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Interdisciplinary Studies	Post-baccalaureate Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Criminal Justice	Post-baccalaureate Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data

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.