East Texas A&M University Outcomes: $57K Earnings (2026)

How much do East Texas A&M University graduates earn?

The reported median is $57,494 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $57,301 as its benchmark; the difference is $193 per year.

Return data point in different directions: graduates exceed expectation, while the return sits near the middle of Azimuth’s rankings. Azimuth places the return pillar in the 50th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Graduates earn about $2,785 more than the model expects for similar students. Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, is in the 65th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

The part the model attributes to the factors it measures subtracts $8,419. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain adds $11,204.

Federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled earn median earnings of $57,494 four years after completion. Azimuth places that earnings figure in the 41st percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $57,301; the university is $193 above it. Above-expected earnings and earnings above the peer median point the same way.

The program mix at East Texas A&M University coincides with a wide range of earnings scenarios. The downside earnings scenario is $46,042, the typical outcome is $57,494, and the upside reaches $80,378.

Published program medians cluster at both ends of that spectrum. At the high end, Computer and Information Sciences graduates report a median of $100,394 four years after completion.

Information Science/Studies shows $89,459, and Criminal Justice records $46,596. Individual program medians trace that full span.

Graduate study is a factor when reading four-year earnings. An estimated 27.8% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix.

Four-year earnings cover completers who are working and not enrolled, so graduates continuing their education are outside that earnings snapshot.

Median earnings · four years after completion: $57,494
Rank for difference from expectations: 65th percentile

Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks

East Texas A&M University reported median: $57,494
Peer schools comparable schools · $193 below East Texas A&M University: $57,301
Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $2,785 below East Texas A&M University: $54,709

School and program earnings use pooled 2017–18 and 2018–19 completion cohorts, measured in 2022 and 2023 and expressed in 2024 dollars. How the model works.

How could earnings differ from the median?

Earnings four years after completion

Planning rangeReported median

Lower estimate: $46,042
Median · reported: $57,494
Higher estimate: $80,378

Downside shows a lower-earning scenario based on the college’s mix of programs; upside shows a higher-earning scenario. Typical is the school’s reported median four years after completion. These are planning scenarios, not a forecast of your salary or percentiles of individual graduates.

Why the downside matters explores the risk hidden by medians, using older ten-year entrant data. Read about the move to four-year earnings.

Do East Texas A&M University graduates earn more than expected?

Azimuth models what we would expect graduates to earn based on who the college enrolls, how selective it is and its local economy. The difference between that expectation and reported earnings is what Azimuth calls value added.

East Texas A&M University graduates’ reported earnings are $2,785 above that expectation, the 65th percentile for this measure. Unlike a peer comparison, it adjusts for who enrolls.

The breakdown separates the contribution attributed to observed factors from the remaining difference. Neither component establishes how much attending East Texas A&M University caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

Which fields at East Texas A&M University report the highest earnings?

Among the fields with Azimuth ranks, Music has median earnings of $55,438 four years after completion from 48 degrees awarded. Azimuth ranks the field #17 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field.

Agriculture earned a median of $51,983 from 25 degrees awarded, with an Azimuth rank of #18 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field. Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies earned a median of $54,059 from 570 degrees awarded, and Azimuth ranks it #22 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field.

Business/Commerce had $63,965 in median earnings and 30 degrees awarded, ranking #47 nationally by Azimuth among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field. The ranked fields therefore span higher and more moderate earnings four years after completion.

Program results range from a high-ranked arts field to large broad-study fields, with earnings varying considerably by field. East Texas A&M University has 17 bachelor’s fields ranked by Azimuth nationally within their fields among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Azimuth places Music at #17 nationally within its field; 48 degrees were awarded, and median earnings were $55,438 four years after completion. Agriculture stands at #18 within its field, with 25 degrees awarded and $51,983 in median earnings four years after completion.

For Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Azimuth assigns #22 nationally within the field; 570 degrees were awarded and median earnings reached $54,059 four years after completion.

Further analysis

Earnings scenarios grounded in the program mix range from $46,042 in the downside scenario to $57,494 in the typical scenario and $80,378 in the upside scenario. Computer and Information Sciences has median earnings of $100,394 four years after completion, while Criminal Justice, the lowest-earning among the largest programs, has $46,596. The spread shows variation by field.

Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates of East Texas A&M University who are working and not enrolled report a median of $57,494. That covers 2,320 completers.

That median sits $193 above the $57,301 median for comparable institutions (same type and size). That earnings level lands at the 41st percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Graduates earn about $2,785 more than the model expects for similar students. That result sits at the 65th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Azimuth ranks the university #739 for return among nonprofit four-year institutions. Earnings scenarios derived from the program mix range from $46,042 on the downside to $80,378 on the upside, with $57,494 as the typical outcome.

Based on the program mix, an estimated 27.8% of graduates continue to graduate study.

Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: methodology.

Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. About College Azimuth.