Bachelor's · Richardson, Texas
Is Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at Dallas 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 1.4 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $95,258
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $121,017
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $20,187
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $65k (likely $65k – $83k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $84k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in TX
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1.4 years (likely 1.2–1.7)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $589k (likely $506k – $680k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $1.57M (likely $1.36M – $1.82M)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 79%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- not reported / ≤ 20%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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Other majors at The University of Texas at Dallas
- Systems Engineering (Master's)$144,307
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Master's)$142,523
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$140,481
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Graduate certificate)$136,888
- Applied Mathematics (Master's)$132,383
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Master's)$130,924
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Master's)$124,603
- Information Science/Studies (Master's)$122,669
- Computer Engineering (Master's)$114,875
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$105,357
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's)$104,448
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$103,603
Computer Engineering at other schools in Texas
- Texas A&M University-College Station$127,042
- University of North Texas$109,151
- University of Houston$107,283
- The University of Texas at Arlington$105,871
- Texas Tech University$92,615
- The University of Texas at San Antonio$87,983
- DeVry University-Texas$86,645
- University of Houston-Clear Lake$79,710
- St. Mary's University$78,406
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley$77,097