Bachelor's · Abilene, Texas
Is Accounting and Related Services at Abilene Christian University 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 in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 3.3 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $73,900
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $99,928
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $24,250
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $118k (likely $118k – $145k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $63k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in TX
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 3.3 years (likely 2.6–4.4)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $305k (likely $138k – $495k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $1.05M (likely $688k – $1.48M)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 55%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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AP classes
- AP Microeconomics
- AP Macroeconomics
- AP Statistics
- AP Precalculus or AP Calculus AB
IB Higher Level
- Business Management HL
- Economics HL
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Other majors at Abilene Christian University
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- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$92,489
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$91,894
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$89,079
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other (Master's)$84,172
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$83,525
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Master's)$78,976
- Communication Disorders Sciences and Services (Bachelor's)$70,864
- Engineering, General (Bachelor's)$65,722
- Marketing (Bachelor's)$65,244
Accounting and Related Services at other schools in Texas
- The University of Texas at Austin$105,143
- Dallas Baptist University$103,694
- Southern Methodist University$103,675
- Texas A&M University-College Station$103,662
- Baylor University$102,011
- Texas Christian University$101,938
- Trinity University$96,844
- Texas Tech University$89,891
- Lamar University$87,924
- University of Houston$84,668