Master's · Odessa, Texas
Is Public Administration at The University of Texas Permian Basin 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 in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 4.3 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $74,756
- 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
- $30,625
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $32k (likely $32k – $32k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $14k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in TX
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 4.3 years (likely 2.2–13.9)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$46k (likely −$150k – $86k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $104k (likely −$116k – $392k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
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- Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians (Bachelor's)$91,215
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- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$66,490
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$62,226
- Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education (Master's)$61,032
- Communication and Media Studies (Bachelor's)$60,805
- Special Education and Teaching (Master's)$59,290
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$56,608
- Marketing (Bachelor's)$54,598
Public Administration at other schools in Texas
- Sam Houston State University$86,633
- Wayland Baptist University$85,003
- Texas Tech University$84,635
- The University of Texas at Arlington$83,344
- Tarleton State University$83,252
- The University of Texas at Tyler$80,315
- Texas A&M University-College Station$80,153
- The University of Texas at Dallas$79,427
- University of North Texas$77,071
- The University of Texas at San Antonio$76,337