Colleges in Texas whose graduates clear the bar most often

Ranked by the share of each school's programs whose graduates out-earn a typical high-school graduate (the federal earnings-premium test).

#	College	Programs clearing the bar	Median earnings	Programs measured
1	Rice University	100%	$110,932	17
2	West Coast University-Texas	100%	$103,408	10
3	The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	100%	$102,873	13
4	The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston	100%	$87,315	11
5	The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio	100%	$84,490	14
6	Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center	100%	$82,231	17
7	Texas A&M University-College Station	100%	$79,488	149
8	DeVry University-Texas	100%	$71,675	25
9	University of Houston	100%	$69,451	89
10	The University of Texas at Dallas	100%	$69,383	59
11	LeTourneau University	100%	$67,998	15
12	Texas Christian University	100%	$67,586	43
13	University of St Thomas	100%	$67,089	14
14	University of Houston-Clear Lake	100%	$65,747	43
15	The University of Texas at Tyler	100%	$63,981	36
16	Strayer University-Texas	100%	$63,879	16
17	Lamar University	100%	$63,452	45
18	Prairie View A & M University	100%	$63,033	32
19	University of the Incarnate Word	100%	$61,462	32
20	The University of Texas Permian Basin	100%	$61,052	10
21	Abilene Christian University	100%	$60,816	31
22	Texas State University	100%	$60,771	100
23	Wayland Baptist University	100%	$60,085	10
24	University of North Texas	100%	$59,815	104
25	Texas Woman's University	100%	$59,564	55

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Ranked on one stated metric, the share of a school's programs that clear the benchmark. Schools need at least 10 programs with reported earnings to appear. Note that specialised graduate institutions (medical and health-science centres, for example) often rank at the top because their programs are almost all high-earning; the 'programs measured' column and each school's page give the context.

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (release 2026-06-10). Earnings are median earnings of graduates measured up to four years after completing, and describe past graduates rather than a promise. Method: methodology. Report an error.