Top Ranked Programs
The University of Texas At Tyler's program mix is anchored in Health, with additional strength in business and interdisciplinary fields. Nursing is the largest program with 620 graduates, followed by Interdisciplinary Studies (204 graduates), Psychology, General (104 graduates), Kinesiology (96 graduates), and Mechanical Engineering (82 graduates). Across 31 programs serving roughly 1,910 students annually, 22 meet Azimuth's ranking threshold. Business accounts for 15% of degree output, Engineering represents 9%, and Social Sciences adds 2% — a health-forward portfolio consistent with regional workforce demand. The strongest early-career earnings come from Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering, where 44 graduates earn median earnings of $95,295 four years after enrollment, and Azimuth ranks the program #147 for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions. The Mechanical Engineering program graduates 82 students with median earnings of $88,562, and Azimuth ranks it #180 for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions. Civil Engineering adds another applied-health pathway, with 54 graduates earning $88,102 and a national rank of #55 per [how Azimuth evaluates programs](/analysis/college-program-rankings-how-to-actually-evaluate-programs/). Nursing combines substantial cohort scale with solid earnings, making it the program that contributes the most aggregate economic value to The University of Texas At Tyler's graduates. Health-related programs at the university feed directly into high-demand local and regional labor markets — nursing, allied health, and clinical fields where employer recruitment is steady and starting salaries reflect workforce scarcity. The [supply and demand for college graduates](/analysis/supply-demand-map-college-degrees/) framework provides broader context for how these fields align with national hiring trends.