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Best Interdisciplinary Studies Colleges for Social Mobility in Texas (2025)

27 Interdisciplinary Studies colleges in Texas with strong social mobility outcomes. Average earnings: $56,784.

📊 Schools must be in the 60th percentile or above for social mobility, then ranked by graduate earnings.

Average Graduate Earnings: $56,784

All 27 Schools

Rank	School	Graduate Earnings	Student Debt	Student GPS	Parent Debt	Parent GPS	Mobility
#26	Prairie View A & M UniversityPublic	$45,411	$27,000	Manageable	$16,012	High	92th percentile mobility
#27	Texas Southern UniversityPublic	$38,924	$29,000	Manageable	$19,929	Challenging	88th percentile mobility

#26Prairie View A & M University

Prairie View, TX • Public

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$45,411Graduate Earnings

🎓92th percentile mobility

Cohort

$27,000

Student Debt

$16,012

Parent Debt

GPS Affordability(What's this?)

15.3% burden

25.8% burden

📚

62.4%

Pell Share

👨‍👩‍👧

33.5%

First-Gen

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#27Texas Southern University

Houston, TX • Public

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$38,924Graduate Earnings

🎓88th percentile mobility

Cohort

$29,000

Student Debt

$19,929

Parent Debt

GPS Affordability(What's this?)

12.8% burden

23.0% burden

📚

71.3%

Pell Share

👨‍👩‍👧

38.8%

First-Gen

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How These Rankings Work

Our social mobility rankings answer: "Which schools deliver the best outcomes for students from low-income backgrounds?"

This is not simply "which schools admit the most low-income students" — it's which schools both serve low-income students and deliver strong earnings outcomes.

Two-Step Methodology

Filter for Accessibility: Schools must be in the 60th percentile or above for our mobility index. This filters out schools that don't meaningfully serve low-income students.

Rank by Outcomes: Among schools passing the filter, we rank by median graduate earnings. This surfaces schools with strong outcomes, not just high accessibility.

Mobility Index Components

• Pell Grant share: % of students receiving federal Pell Grants (proxy for low-income)
• First-generation share: % of first-generation college students
• Earnings mobility: How much graduates earn relative to their starting economic position

Important Caveats

• The 60th percentile threshold is a design choice — schools at 59th percentile are excluded
• Mobility index weights may not reflect every user's priorities
• Schools serving middle-income students well may be underrepresented
• Higher earnings doesn't always mean better outcomes (teaching, social work have high value but lower salaries)

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