Master's · Huntsville, Texas
Is Student Counseling and Personnel Services at Sam Houston State 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 slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 17.6 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $67,121
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $51,171
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $54k (likely $54k – $54k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $4k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in TX
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 17.6 years (likely 5.4–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$188k (likely −$312k – −$36k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$118k (likely −$373k – $204k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at Sam Houston State University
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Master's)$136,772
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$99,143
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$96,727
- Construction Engineering Technology/Technician (Bachelor's)$93,904
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$91,697
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$89,213
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$88,132
- Public Administration (Master's)$86,633
- Homeland Security (Master's)$82,876
- Management Information Systems and Services (Bachelor's)$73,734
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$72,388
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$72,059
Student Counseling and Personnel Services at other schools in Texas
- University of Houston-Clear Lake$72,849
- Texas A&M University-Victoria$72,514
- University of Houston$70,528
- Houston Christian University$69,694
- Dallas Baptist University$65,605
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley$65,025
- West Texas A & M University$62,283
- Texas Tech University$61,932
- Angelo State University$61,622
- The University of Texas at San Antonio$61,361