Bachelor's · San Antonio, Texas
Is Computer Science at Texas A&M University-San Antonio 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 fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 3 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $63,455
- 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
- $18,750
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $61k (likely $61k – $85k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $30k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in TX
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 3 years (likely 1.8–5.3)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $65k (likely −$86k – $244k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $385k (likely $89k – $769k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 34%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$88,035
- Management Information Systems and Services (Bachelor's)$86,929
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$78,518
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$69,440
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$64,417
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Master's)$63,819
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$63,786
- Special Education and Teaching (Master's)$61,312
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$60,376
- International Business (Bachelor's)$59,781
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$59,353
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Master's)$58,584
Computer Science at other schools in Texas
- Baylor University$128,411
- Southern Methodist University$126,590
- Texas A&M University-College Station$124,283
- The University of Texas at Arlington$109,197
- Texas State University$104,127
- Tarleton State University$102,423
- West Texas A & M University$93,925
- Abilene Christian University$91,894
- Saint Edward's University$87,890
- University of Mary Hardin-Baylor$78,137