Bachelor's · Houston, Texas
Is Management Information Systems and Services at University of Houston 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 1.5 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $76,032
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $98,801
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $15,000
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $49k (likely $49k – $65k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $62k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in TX
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1.5 years (likely 1.4–1.9)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $390k (likely $323k – $448k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $1.13M (likely $966k – $1.30M)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 66%
- 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 / ≤ 10%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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📈 Getting ready in high school
Students heading toward business & money majors like this one often take these classes. Every school offers a different mix, so check with your counselor.
AP classes
- AP Microeconomics
- AP Macroeconomics
- AP Statistics
- AP Precalculus or AP Calculus AB
IB Higher Level
- Business Management HL
- Economics HL
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Other majors at University of Houston
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Master's)$138,873
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$138,841
- Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (First professional)$137,021
- Law (First professional)$135,984
- Optometry (First professional)$129,383
- Chemical Engineering (Master's)$125,334
- Mechanical Engineering (Master's)$125,271
- Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies (Master's)$122,385
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Doctoral)$114,813
- Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences (Master's)$110,277
- Chemical Engineering (Bachelor's)$110,184
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's)$107,399
Management Information Systems and Services at other schools in Texas
- The University of Texas at Austin$127,158
- Baylor University$96,148
- Texas A&M University-College Station$94,724
- University of North Texas$91,514
- The University of Texas at San Antonio$90,049
- Texas A&M University-San Antonio$86,929
- The University of Texas at Arlington$81,538
- Prairie View A & M University$78,757
- Lamar University$74,165
- Sam Houston State University$73,734