Master's · Dallas, Texas
Is Accounting and Related Services at Southern Methodist University worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 1.9 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $79,693
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $120,589
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $29,110
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $31k (likely $31k – $31k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $57k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in TX
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1.9 years (likely 1.4–2.5)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $348k (likely $222k – $501k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $1.06M (likely $754k – $1.41M)
- 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 Southern Methodist University
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$188,716
- Information Science/Studies (Master's)$173,816
- Computer Systems Analysis (Master's)$172,353
- Systems Engineering (Master's)$163,769
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Master's)$155,769
- Law (First professional)$153,614
- Real Estate (Master's)$147,770
- Applied Mathematics (Master's)$144,761
- Manufacturing Engineering (Master's)$141,296
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Master's)$140,799
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$133,852
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations (Master's)$133,137
Accounting and Related Services at other schools in Texas
- The University of Texas at Austin$117,656
- Baylor University$109,055
- Texas A&M University-College Station$108,934
- University of Dallas$108,023
- University of North Texas$105,657
- The University of Texas at Dallas$105,357
- Texas Christian University$104,294
- Dallas Baptist University$104,279
- University of St Thomas$103,828
- The University of Texas at Tyler$101,727