First professional · Dallas, Texas

Is Law at University of North 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 in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 4.4 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $83,196; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $108,615; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $81,715; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $87k (likely $87k – $87k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $45k 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 3.7–5.4); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $12k (likely −$95k – $117k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $577k (likely $347k – $830k); Today's dollars

Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.