The University of Texas Permian Basin Earnings: $64K (2026)

How much do The University of Texas Permian Basin graduates earn?

The reported median is $63,864 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $57,301 as its benchmark; the difference is $6,563 per year.

Return figures are favorable at The University of Texas Permian Basin, whose return sits in the 78th percentile of nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $10,039 more than expects for similar students.

That earnings-beyond-expectations result, the gap between graduate earnings and the model’s expectation for similar students, reaches the 83rd percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $5,947.

The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain adds $4,092. Among federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled, median earnings are $63,864 four years after completion, placing the university in the 62nd percentile.

The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $57,301; the university stands $6,563 above it. Above-peer earnings and higher-than-expected earnings point in the same direction.

At The University of Texas Permian Basin, the program mix points to considerable variation in modeled earnings. The downside scenario is $49,807, and the upside scenario is $89,103; both are earnings scenarios rather than observed groups of graduates.

Published earnings data cover 1 field. In Communication and Media Studies, median earnings are $60,805 four years after completion, with 34 degrees awarded.

The modeled range therefore sketches possible variation beyond the available published field result.

Further study matters when reading the earnings figure. An estimated 29.7% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment.

Four years after completion, earnings cover completers who are working and not enrolled, leaving those continuing their education outside that snapshot.

Median earnings · four years after completion: $63,864
Rank for difference from expectations: 83rd percentile

Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks

The University of Texas Permian Basin reported median: $63,864
Peer schools comparable schools · $6,563 below The University of Texas Permian Basin: $57,301
Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $10,039 below The University of Texas Permian Basin: $53,825

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 many The University of Texas Permian Basin first-year students return?

First-time, full-time bachelor’s cohorts · CDS 2025-26

Returned the following fall: 62.0%

Source: The University of Texas Permian Basin Common Data Set 2025-26, B22 retention.

How could earnings differ from the median?

Earnings four years after completion

Planning rangeReported median

Lower estimate: $49,807
Median · reported: $63,864
Higher estimate: $89,103

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 The University of Texas Permian Basin 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.

The University of Texas Permian Basin graduates’ reported earnings are $10,039 above that expectation, the 83rd 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 The University of Texas Permian Basin caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

Which fields at The University of Texas Permian Basin report the highest earnings?

The University of Texas Permian Basin has a focused set of ranked programs. Only 1 bachelor's program has an Azimuth national rank, and it is the one that awards the most degrees.

Communication and Media Studies awards 34 degrees a year. Four years after completion, those graduates earn a median of $60,805.

Azimuth ranks the program #20 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field, and #1 in Texas. The program's median earnings are 1.08x the national median for the field.

With 20.7% of degrees awarded in STEM, the university's program mix leans toward fields where the earnings picture is more moderate.

The University of Texas Permian Basin has 1 nationally ranked bachelor's program among nonprofit four-year institutions, and it is the one that dominates the degree count. Business accounts for 20.8% of bachelor's degrees awarded, followed by Psychology at 13.0% and Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies at 9.4%.

The single ranked program, Communication and Media Studies, is also the largest program with published earnings by degrees awarded, at 34 a year. Azimuth ranks it #20 nationally within its field and #1 in Texas.

Graduates earn a median of $60,805 four years after completion. With only one program carrying a national rank and earnings data, the picture is narrow.

A student whose interest falls outside this field will need to weigh the university's overall return and affordability figures more heavily than its program-level metrics.

Further analysis

Field choice makes the modeled earnings range broad. Program-mix earnings scenarios put the downside at $49,807, the typical scenario at $63,864, and the upside at $89,103.

Communication and Media Studies is the highest-earning program and the lowest-earning among the listed largest programs, with median earnings of $60,805 four years after completion and 34 degrees awarded. These scenarios show variation by field rather than observed groups.

For federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled, The University of Texas Permian Basin has median earnings of $63,864 four years after completion. The earnings cohort includes 159 completers, and Azimuth places this measure in the 62nd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Graduates earn about $10,039 more than the model expects for similar students. Modeled from the university's program mix, the earnings scenarios extend from $49,807 in the downside scenario to $89,103 in the upside scenario; the typical scenario aligns with the reported median.

An estimated 29.7% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix. The scenarios show variation across fields, while the model result describes the overall earnings picture.

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.