Master's · Canyon, Texas
Is Social Work at West Texas A & M University 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 slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 11.1 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $59,299
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $66,797
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $28,904
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $31k (likely $31k – $31k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $4k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in TX
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 11.1 years (likely 4.5–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$148k (likely −$261k – −$31k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$51k (likely −$307k – $219k)
- 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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- University of Houston$68,032
- The University of Texas at Austin$64,396
- The University of Texas at San Antonio$64,172
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley$64,161
- Our Lady of the Lake University$62,913
- The University of Texas at Arlington$62,890
- Texas State University$62,619
- The University of Texas at El Paso$62,434
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- Texas Tech University$61,750