Texas A&M University-Kingsville Earnings: $57K (2026)

How much do Texas A&M University-Kingsville graduates earn?

The reported median is $56,982 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $57,301 as its benchmark; the difference is -$319 per year.

Return at Texas A&M University-Kingsville is mixed: graduates earn about $9,314 more than expects for similar students. That earnings-beyond-expectations measure, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, is in the 82nd percentile.

Azimuth places the return in the 53rd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $1,068.

The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain adds $8,246. Four years after completion, the median earnings figure is $56,982, in the 39th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $57,301, with Texas A&M University-Kingsville below it by $319. Higher-than-expected earnings and a modest peer edge sit alongside a lower earnings percentile.

Program choice matters here: earnings scenarios run from $42,526 in the downside scenario to $84,300 in the upside scenario, both four years after completion. These are earnings scenarios rather than observed groups.

The higher end is illustrated by Chemical Engineering at $97,811, Electrical Engineering at $94,810, and Mechanical Engineering at $88,830 four years after completion. Those field-level medians show why the modeled range is wider than the schoolwide figure alone suggests.

An estimated 27.1% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment. Four-year earnings cover completers who are working and not enrolled, so this estimate matters when reading the earnings figure as a snapshot rather than a record of every graduate.

Median earnings · four years after completion: $56,982
Rank for difference from expectations: 82nd percentile

Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks

Texas A&M University-Kingsville reported median: $56,982
Peer schools comparable schools · $319 above Texas A&M University-Kingsville: $57,301
Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $9,314 below Texas A&M University-Kingsville: $47,668

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: $42,526
Median · reported: $56,982
Higher estimate: $84,300

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 Texas A&M University-Kingsville 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.

Texas A&M University-Kingsville graduates’ reported earnings are $9,314 above that expectation, the 82nd 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 Texas A&M University-Kingsville caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

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

At Texas A&M University-Kingsville, program earnings differ across fields, so the schoolwide figure does not describe every academic option. These medians cover completers working four years after completion, with higher- and moderate-earning fields separated clearly.

For Agriculture, median earnings are $58,245 and 26 degrees awarded; Azimuth ranks the field #10 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions. Music records $57,117 with 32 degrees awarded and ranks #14 nationally by Azimuth among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians has $71,207 in median earnings, 29 degrees awarded, and an Azimuth rank of #24 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions. The contrast shows why program choice matters for the return picture.

Texas A&M University-Kingsville has 17 bachelor’s programs with an Azimuth national field rank, alongside published earnings for 22 programs. The ranked programs span distinct earnings levels, so the field chosen matters to the outcome picture.

Azimuth ranks Agriculture #10 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field; it awarded 26 degrees and reports median earnings of $58,245 four years after completion. Music ranks #14 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field, with 32 degrees awarded and $57,117 in median earnings.

Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians ranks #24 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field, awarded 29 degrees, and shows median earnings of $71,207.

Further analysis

Earnings scenarios grounded in the program mix range from $42,526 in the downside scenario to $56,982 in the typical scenario and $84,300 in the upside scenario. Chemical Engineering reaches $97,811 four years after completion, while Biology is at $42,405. The spread shows substantial variation by field.

The schoolwide earnings measure is a useful starting point, while earnings scenarios show that outcomes can differ across program mixes. Among federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled, Texas A&M University-Kingsville reports median earnings of $56,982 four years after completion.

Azimuth places that earnings measure in the 39th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. The measure is based on an earnings cohort of 1,177 completers.

The typical earnings scenario is $56,982 four years after completion; scenarios are model outputs, not observed groups. An estimated 27.1% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix.

The median gives the schoolwide reference point, and the scenarios supply context for differences by field.

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.