Master's · Austin, Texas

Is Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods at The University of Texas at Austin worth it?

High confidence High confidence: 100+ 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 2.4 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
$97,398
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
$138,464
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
$58,200
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
$62k (likely $62k – $62k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$75k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in TX
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
2.4 years (likely 2.1–2.8)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
$468k (likely $375k – $579k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
$1.38M (likely $1.13M – $1.68M)
Today's dollars

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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.