Master's · Kingsville, Texas
Is Social Work at Texas A&M University-Kingsville worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 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
- $51,606
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $48,106
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $20,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $22k (likely $22k – $22k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$15k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out 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
- −$321k (likely −$381k – −$256k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$508k (likely −$619k – −$384k)
- 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 Texas A&M University-Kingsville
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- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$86,032
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- Civil Engineering (Bachelor's)$75,033
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Social Work at other schools in Texas
- University of Houston$68,032
- The University of Texas at Austin$64,396
- The University of Texas at San Antonio$64,172
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley$64,161
- Our Lady of the Lake University$62,913
- The University of Texas at Arlington$62,890
- Texas State University$62,619
- The University of Texas at El Paso$62,434
- West Texas A & M University$62,188
- Stephen F Austin State University$61,841