Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $55,112, in the 33rd percentile. That is $2,189 below the $57,301 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).
Graduates earn about $6,522 more than the model expects for similar students. That puts the gap at the 75th percentile.
The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) subtracts $7,823. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain adds $14,345. Return is at the 47th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
Four years after completing a degree, Texas A&M University-San Antonio graduates earn a median of $55,112 among federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled. The four-year earnings cohort includes 1,719 completers.
That figure is below the $57,301 median for comparable institutions (same type and size). The earnings picture shifts when measured against what the model expects.
Graduates earn about $6,522 more than the model expects for similar students, placing the gap at the 75th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Earnings scenarios, estimated from the university's program mix, show a range from a downside of $45,625 to an upside of $67,621, with a typical scenario of $55,112.
An estimated 32.3% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix.
The median earnings figure here is $55,112 four years after completion, at the 33rd percentile nationally. That figure sits below the $57,301 median for comparable institutions (same type and size) by $2,189.
Azimuth ranks Texas A&M University-San Antonio #774 for return among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $6,522 more than the model expects for similar students.
That puts the gap at the 75th percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) subtracts $7,823.
The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain adds $14,345. Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $183.
The program mix tilts toward business and interdisciplinary studies, with a small STEM footprint. Estimated from that mix, the downside earnings scenario is $45,625 and the upside is $67,621.
An estimated 32.3% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix.
The earnings scenarios show a range from $45,625 on the downside to $67,621 on the upside. These are scenarios estimated from the program mix, not observed groups of graduates.
At the higher end, Management Information Systems and Services graduates earn $86,929 four years after completion, from 32 degrees awarded a year. Finance follows at $64,417, with 37 degrees awarded.
At Texas A&M University-San Antonio, graduates earn about $6,522 more than the model expects for similar students, and the median federal student loan debt for borrowers who finish is $18,401. That is $2,828 below the $21,229 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).
That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $209 a month if repaid over ten years. Parents who borrow hold a separate median of $9,333 in Parent PLUS loans.
The published cost of attendance is $21,655, and aid covers about 48% of that for the average aid recipient—an average, not a personal quote. The average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $11,196.
That is $2,872 below the peer median of $14,068. Across income bands, the lowest band averages $9,596 and the highest averages $13,021, a spread of $3,425.