Bachelor's · Houston, Texas
Is Accounting and Related Services at University of St Thomas 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 fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 2.8 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $65,571
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $77,966
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $19,437
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $66k (likely $66k – $88k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $41k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in TX
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 2.8 years (likely 2.0–4.0)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $168k (likely $28k – $323k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $669k (likely $375k – $1.01M)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 67%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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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 St Thomas
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$107,589
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$103,828
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$93,386
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$87,401
- Marketing (Bachelor's)$78,424
- Education, General (Master's)$69,235
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Master's)$64,943
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Bachelor's)$61,219
- Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries (Master's)$57,016
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$56,364
- Communication and Media Studies (Bachelor's)$50,859
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$49,654
Accounting and Related Services at other schools in Texas
- The University of Texas at Austin$105,143
- Dallas Baptist University$103,694
- Southern Methodist University$103,675
- Texas A&M University-College Station$103,662
- Baylor University$102,011
- Texas Christian University$101,938
- Trinity University$96,844
- Abilene Christian University$93,032
- Texas Tech University$89,891
- Lamar University$87,924