Master's · Edinburg, Texas
Is Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley 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 4.4 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $71,678
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $77,795
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $30,375
- 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
- $15k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in TX
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 4.4 years (likely 2.4–12.9)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$44k (likely −$151k – $88k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $143k (likely −$87k – $432k)
- 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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- Engineering-Related Fields (Master's)$89,423
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Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology at other schools in Texas
- St. Mary's University$92,592
- University of North Texas$75,626
- University of Houston-Clear Lake$72,708
- Houston Christian University$69,658
- Texas A&M University-College Station$68,483
- Texas A&M University-Central Texas$67,045
- Lamar University$66,540
- Texas A&M University-Victoria$66,116
- The University of Texas at Austin$65,180
- Baylor University$65,057