Bachelor's · Alpine, Texas
Is Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities at Sul Ross 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
Graduates typically don't earn back the cost within 20 years, compared with the no-degree baseline.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $36,967
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $16,000
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $69k (likely $69k – $93k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $2k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in TX
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- Not within 20 years in most scenarios
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$231k (likely −$323k – −$139k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$213k (likely −$367k – −$24k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 30%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at Sul Ross State University
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$75,739
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$74,084
- Special Education and Teaching (Master's)$65,438
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (Master's)$65,321
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (Bachelor's)$57,658
- Education, General (Master's)$53,043
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$49,510
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other (Bachelor's)$49,184
- English Language and Literature, General (Bachelor's)$46,897
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Bachelor's)$42,239
- Psychology, General (Bachelor's)$42,185
- History (Bachelor's)$40,245
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities at other schools in Texas
- The University of Texas at Austin$73,089
- Southern Methodist University$63,405
- University of the Incarnate Word$62,084
- University of St Thomas$61,219
- University of Houston$58,450
- Texas Tech University$58,375
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley$58,060
- University of North Texas$55,562
- The University of Texas at Arlington$54,975
- Texas State University$54,099