College Scorecard · cost, debt & earnings

The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, TX · Public · Bachelor-granting · 42,855 undergrads · 27% admitted

Do students finish?

89% complete

Most students who start here finish.

What does it cost?

$31,247/yr net

Average annual price after grants & scholarships. ~$124,988 over four years if you finish on time.

What former students go on to earn

The middle 50% of students who received federal aid, measured 10 years after they entered (an earlier entering class — not a guarantee, and not limited to those who graduated). Earnings vary enormously by field of study.

$75,121 median, 10 yrs after entry

25th pct $50,527 median $75,121 75th pct $116,556

85% earn more than a typical high-school graduate (the dashed line above, $28,000 — a fixed, somewhat dated federal benchmark) ten years on.

Your major matters more than your school

The school-wide figure above blends every major together — but pay varies enormously by program. Pick a degree level (and search your major) to compare like-for-like.

Read these on their own terms. Program pay is measured 1 year after completing the program (early career, graduates only) — not the same as the school-wide number above, which is 10 years after a student first enrolled. Don't compare a program figure to the school figure; use the programs to compare majors to each other.

64 Bachelor's programs · $17,719 to $111,928 (1 yr out)

MajorPay · 1yr outMedian debt

Law.Bachelor's $111,928 —

Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration.Bachelor's $104,263 —

Computer and Information Sciences, General.Bachelor's $89,133 $20,500

Petroleum Engineering.Bachelor's $87,293 $17,239

Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering.Bachelor's $81,984 $20,480

Chemical Engineering.Bachelor's $77,308 $19,672

Management Information Systems and Services.Bachelor's $75,338 $18,750

Mechanical Engineering.Bachelor's $73,222 $18,500

Finance and Financial Management Services.Bachelor's $69,505 $20,500

Business/Commerce, General.Bachelor's $69,337 —

Biomedical/Medical Engineering.Bachelor's $69,298 $21,071

Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering.Bachelor's $65,874 $22,125

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.Bachelor's $65,164 $19,361

Civil Engineering.Bachelor's $64,984 $19,875

Architectural Engineering.Bachelor's $64,188 $25,136

Business Administration, Management and Operations.Bachelor's $63,143 $20,500

Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions.Bachelor's $60,759 —

Marketing.Bachelor's $57,075 $19,625

Information Science/Studies.Bachelor's $54,885 —

Design and Applied Arts.Bachelor's $53,135 $18,000

Architecture.Bachelor's $51,821 $21,000

Accounting and Related Services.Bachelor's $51,656 $19,462

Educational Administration and Supervision.Bachelor's $51,342 —

Mathematics.Bachelor's $50,898 $19,500

Economics.Bachelor's $50,245 $19,500

Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences.Bachelor's $48,555 $16,993

Music.Bachelor's $46,478 $24,625

Communication and Media Studies.Bachelor's $46,014 $19,500

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other.Bachelor's $44,978 $20,294

Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication.Bachelor's $44,918 $20,402

Astronomy and Astrophysics.Bachelor's $42,770 —

Physics.Bachelor's $42,452 $19,500

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.Bachelor's $41,004 $18,625

Chemistry.Bachelor's $40,785 $17,794

Geography and Cartography.Bachelor's $39,114 $21,500

Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies.Bachelor's $38,997 $21,323

Apparel and Textiles.Bachelor's $38,739 $21,749

Political Science and Government.Bachelor's $37,562 $19,500

Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.Bachelor's $36,231 $18,947

International/Globalization Studies.Bachelor's $35,418 $17,750

Social Work.Bachelor's $34,010 $19,125

Journalism.Bachelor's $33,952 $17,250

Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness.Bachelor's $33,497 $20,730

History.Bachelor's $33,263 $18,625

Philosophy.Bachelor's $33,184 $19,500

Sociology.Bachelor's $33,171 $21,500

Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies.Bachelor's $32,606 $24,353

Visual and Performing Arts, General.Bachelor's $32,207 $21,250

Psychology, General.Bachelor's $31,788 $18,750

Neurobiology and Neurosciences.Bachelor's $31,273 $23,250

Public Health.Bachelor's $30,973 $20,500

English Language and Literature, General.Bachelor's $30,744 $20,500

Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services.Bachelor's $30,356 $19,940

Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services.Bachelor's $29,954 $21,500

Radio, Television, and Digital Communication.Bachelor's $29,928 $21,500

Biology, General.Bachelor's $29,918 $20,412

Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology.Bachelor's $29,853 $18,642

Fine and Studio Arts.Bachelor's $29,630 $21,875

Area Studies.Bachelor's $29,469 $20,750

Anthropology.Bachelor's $28,467 $19,809

Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services.Bachelor's $27,205 $21,696

Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.Bachelor's $24,947 $20,500

Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft.Bachelor's $24,559 $25,711

Dance.Bachelor's $17,719 —

The Dept. of Education omits programs with too few graduates (to protect privacy), so not every major appears. Pay is a median for federally-aided graduates. Full program detail on the official Scorecard.

Typical federal loan debt

$18,909

≈ 25% of one year's typical earnings here

This counts federal student loans only — not private loans, Parent PLUS loans, or family savings, so the true cost of borrowing is usually higher.

What these numbers are — and are not

Every figure here is an institution-wide median from the U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard. It is not a prediction of what you would earn or owe — a computer-science and a fine-arts graduate of the same school can earn wildly different amounts, and your field of study matters more than your school. It is not a figure for any one program, not proof the school caused the outcome (selective schools admit students who would earn more anyway), and not a "best college" ranking. Earnings and debt cover federally-aided students.

→ The number that actually answers "worth it" is earnings by major — see the by-major breakdown above (103 programs at this school).

Also available: structured data (JSON-LD) · plain text · JSON. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard (2026-06-10 release). · school website