Bachelor's · El Paso, Texas
Is Natural Resources Conservation and Research at The University of Texas at El Paso 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
- $35,892
- 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
- Not enough borrowers to report
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $31k (likely $29k – $41k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $1k 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
- −$196k (likely −$276k – −$93k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$182k (likely −$339k – $15k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 51%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$103,286
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Natural Resources Conservation and Research at other schools in Texas
- University of Houston-Clear Lake$75,258
- Baylor University$59,701
- Texas A&M University-College Station$57,722
- The University of Texas at San Antonio$57,431
- Texas State University$55,595
- Stephen F Austin State University$54,077
- Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi$52,301
- Texas Tech University$48,134
- University of Houston$47,522
- Saint Edward's University$44,134