Bachelor's · Canyon, Texas
Is Mechanical Engineering at West Texas A & M University worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 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 1.9 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $88,454
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $100,901
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $14,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $76k (likely $76k – $103k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $64k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in TX
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1.9 years (likely 1.6–2.5)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $394k (likely $265k – $520k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $1.16M (likely $868k – $1.45M)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 50%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at West Texas A & M University
- Management Information Systems and Services (Master's)$143,805
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$124,819
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Master's)$121,970
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$118,510
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's)$117,518
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$93,925
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Master's)$89,631
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$83,825
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$79,583
- Public Administration (Bachelor's)$74,261
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$71,979
- Communication Disorders Sciences and Services (Master's)$67,693
Mechanical Engineering at other schools in Texas
- Rice University$108,970
- The University of Texas at Austin$104,523
- Texas Tech University$98,113
- Texas A&M University-College Station$97,903
- Lamar University$97,159
- University of Houston$93,275
- Baylor University$92,990
- Southern Methodist University$90,649
- The University of Texas at Arlington$90,158
- The University of Texas at Dallas$90,102