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East Texas A&M University
Commerce, TX 9,912 Undergrads 52.9% Grad Rate
Total Cost
$23,438
Sticker Price
Avg Net Price
$11,841
After Aid
Median Earnings
$57,494
4yr Post-Grad
Vs. Peer Institutions
Net Price$11,841
Peer Midpoint: $20,080.5
Earnings (4yr Post-Grad)$57,494
Peer Midpoint: $60,428
Graduation Rate52.9%
Peer Midpoint: 58.9%
Socio-Economic Diversity
Pell Grant Recipients40.8%
Enrollment Status
Full-Time63.2%
Economic Outcomes
Earn More than HS71.2%
Admissions Profile
Acceptance
92.2%
SAT Avg
1,076
SAT Reading
25th: 48052575th: 580
SAT Math
25th: 43051575th: 570
ACT Composite
25th: 182175th: 24
ROI Sensitivity Analysis
This analysis tests three cost scenarios (Scholarship, Average Net Price, Full Sticker Price) to show how college costs impact your long-term return compared to the average student and a high school graduate.
Lifetime Value Added (NPV)
Institution Lifetime NPV
Vs Median Peer
Vs HS Grad
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
+$515k
+$49k
+$31k
Median Cost$12k/yr
+$473k
+$6k
-$12k
Full Cost$23k/yr
+$431k
-$36k
-$53k
ROI Efficiency Metrics
Break-Even Age
Return on Inv. %
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
42
∞
Median Cost$12k/yr
Never
-27%
Full Cost$23k/yr
Never
-63%
Analysis Assumptions:
- Starting Salary: Estimated from the 4-year post-graduation median earnings (assuming 2% annual growth from graduation).
- Comparisons: "Vs Median Peer" compares to the median student nationwide in a similar level program. "Vs HS Grad" compares to a median high school graduate.
- Break-Even: The age at which the college investment net income exceeds the median high school graduate's lifetime earnings.
- NPV: Net Present Value of all future earnings minus costs and taxes, discounted at 7.8%.
Social Impact ROINew
Measures the societal return on a donor's investment. Calculated as the incremental pre-tax lifetime earnings vs. HS grad, divided by the tax-adjusted donation cost.
Donor Return-14%
Gov. Pell Grant ROINew
Measures the government's return on Pell Grants via increased tax revenue. Calculated as the portion of incremental lifetime taxes (discounted at 5.4%) attributed to the Pell Grant investment.
Taxpayer Return-52%
Important Note: Your ROI with any major will depend on the cost you pay to attend the program, and your starting salary. Both vary significantly across institutions. We encourage you to explore the ROI of a specific program variant by selecting the Program title of the credential level you are interested in. You will then have a more detailed return analysis for programs at specific institutions. We also encourage you to use the ROI calculator with your specific estimates of cost and salary.
Program ROI Analysis
Bachelor's Degrees
Accounting and Related Services
BachCIP: 5203
Median Debt
$17,750
Earnings (4yr)
$68,346
Natl Median: $76,194
Lifetime Value Added
+$74k
Agricultural and Domestic Animal Services
BachCIP: 0105
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $40,334
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Agricultural Business and Management
BachCIP: 0101
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $66,647
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Agriculture, General
BachCIP: 0100
Median Debt
$19,181
Earnings (4yr)
$51,983
Natl Median: $53,676
Lifetime Value Added
-$57k
Animal Sciences
BachCIP: 0109
Median Debt
$19,000
Earnings (4yr)
$41,105
Natl Median: $49,634
Lifetime Value Added
-$149k
Biology, General
BachCIP: 2601
Median Debt
$18,804
Earnings (4yr)
$55,100
Natl Median: $57,214
Lifetime Value Added
-$31k
Business Administration, Management and Operations
BachCIP: 5202
Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (4yr)
$63,791
Natl Median: $68,257
Lifetime Value Added
+$39k
Business/Commerce, General
BachCIP: 5201
Median Debt
$20,750
Earnings (4yr)
$63,965
Natl Median: $68,407
Lifetime Value Added
+$40k
Chemistry
BachCIP: 4005
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,120
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Computer and Information Sciences, General
BachCIP: 1101
Median Debt
$22,062
Earnings (4yr)
$100,394
Natl Median: $92,374
Lifetime Value Added
+$319k
Construction Engineering
BachCIP: 1433
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$80,585
Natl Median: $97,303
Lifetime Value Added
+$168k
Criminal Justice and Corrections
BachCIP: 4301
Median Debt
$23,378
Earnings (4yr)
$46,596
Natl Median: $55,378
Lifetime Value Added
-$102k
Design and Applied Arts
BachCIP: 5004
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$61,748
Natl Median: $51,490
Lifetime Value Added
+$23k
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
BachCIP: 5005
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $39,775
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
English Language and Literature, General
BachCIP: 2301
Median Debt
$15,003
Earnings (4yr)
$46,615
Natl Median: $48,590
Lifetime Value Added
-$102k
Film/Video and Photographic Arts
BachCIP: 5006
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $43,765
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Finance and Financial Management Services
BachCIP: 5208
Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (4yr)
$72,682
Natl Median: $83,343
Lifetime Value Added
+$107k
Fine and Studio Arts
BachCIP: 5007
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$29,685
Natl Median: $41,367
Lifetime Value Added
-$238k
History
BachCIP: 5401
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$50,988
Natl Median: $50,680
Lifetime Value Added
-$65k
Industrial Engineering
BachCIP: 1435
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$91,614
Natl Median: $98,442
Lifetime Value Added
+$252k
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians
BachCIP: 1506
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$68,588
Natl Median: $80,890
Lifetime Value Added
+$76k
Information Science/Studies
BachCIP: 1104
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$89,459
Natl Median: $85,294
Lifetime Value Added
+$235k
Journalism
BachCIP: 0904
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$27,978
Natl Median: $56,278
Lifetime Value Added
-$253k
Legal Support Services
BachCIP: 2203
Median Debt
$22,942
Earnings (4yr)
$49,075
Natl Median: $53,266
Lifetime Value Added
-$81k
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
BachCIP: 2401
Median Debt
$18,987
Earnings (4yr)
$49,846
Natl Median: $53,072
Lifetime Value Added
-$75k
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
BachCIP: 5213
Median Debt
$24,475
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $86,176
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Marketing
BachCIP: 5214
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$61,719
Natl Median: $69,303
Lifetime Value Added
+$22k
Mathematics
BachCIP: 2701
Median Debt
$17,544
Earnings (4yr)
$74,396
Natl Median: $69,562
Lifetime Value Added
+$120k
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
BachCIP: 3099
Median Debt
$18,767
Earnings (4yr)
$54,059
Natl Median: $55,693
Lifetime Value Added
-$40k
Music
BachCIP: 5009
Median Debt
$24,728
Earnings (4yr)
$55,438
Natl Median: $42,892
Lifetime Value Added
-$28k
Natural Resources Conservation and Research
BachCIP: 0301
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,012
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Physics
BachCIP: 4008
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $76,786
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Political Science and Government
BachCIP: 4510
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $63,293
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Psychology, General
BachCIP: 4201
Median Debt
$23,228
Earnings (4yr)
$46,639
Natl Median: $50,706
Lifetime Value Added
-$102k
Public Health
BachCIP: 5122
Median Debt
$19,928
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $58,808
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication
BachCIP: 0907
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $50,497
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
BachCIP: 5138
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$87,338
Natl Median: $88,910
Lifetime Value Added
+$206k
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
BachCIP: 2313
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $48,471
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
BachCIP: 1609
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,000
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Social Work
BachCIP: 4407
Median Debt
$19,197
Earnings (4yr)
$52,013
Natl Median: $51,790
Lifetime Value Added
-$57k
Sociology
BachCIP: 4511
Median Debt
$22,983
Earnings (4yr)
$45,301
Natl Median: $52,657
Lifetime Value Added
-$113k
Special Education and Teaching
BachCIP: 1310
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $50,499
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
BachCIP: 3105
Median Debt
$20,000
Earnings (4yr)
$45,169
Natl Median: $54,562
Lifetime Value Added
-$114k
Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management
BachCIP: 0306
Median Debt
$20,558
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $45,338
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Master's Degrees
Accounting and Related Services
MastCIP: 5203
Median Debt
$30,809
Earnings (4yr)
$87,702
Natl Median: $95,833
Lifetime Value Added
+$111k
Agriculture, General
MastCIP: 0100
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$59,177
Natl Median: $61,941
Lifetime Value Added
-$142k
Biology, General
MastCIP: 2601
Median Debt
$25,561
Earnings (4yr)
$65,283
Natl Median: $69,830
Lifetime Value Added
-$86k
Business Administration, Management and Operations
MastCIP: 5202
Median Debt
$31,018
Earnings (4yr)
$105,692
Natl Median: $103,485
Lifetime Value Added
+$268k
Chemistry
MastCIP: 4005
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $82,937
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology
MastCIP: 4228
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,184
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Computer and Information Sciences, General
MastCIP: 1101
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $124,201
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Criminology
MastCIP: 4504
Median Debt
$31,050
Earnings (5yr)
$60,575
Natl Median: $67,647
Lifetime Value Added
-$140k
Curriculum and Instruction
MastCIP: 1303
Median Debt
$25,922
Earnings (4yr)
$62,644
Natl Median: $63,399
Lifetime Value Added
-$110k
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
MastCIP: 5005
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$62,924
Natl Median: $49,978
Lifetime Value Added
-$107k
Education, General
MastCIP: 1301
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,824
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Educational Administration and Supervision
MastCIP: 1304
Median Debt
$22,372
Earnings (4yr)
$67,656
Natl Median: $71,685
Lifetime Value Added
-$65k
Educational/Instructional Media Design
MastCIP: 1305
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$64,997
Natl Median: $70,644
Lifetime Value Added
-$89k
English Language and Literature, General
MastCIP: 2301
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,512
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Finance and Financial Management Services
MastCIP: 5208
Median Debt
$31,920
Earnings (4yr)
$100,257
Natl Median: $110,694
Lifetime Value Added
+$221k
Fine and Studio Arts
MastCIP: 5007
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $49,079
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
History
MastCIP: 5401
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,360
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians
MastCIP: 1506
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$69,732
Natl Median: $89,051
Lifetime Value Added
-$22k
Library Science and Administration
MastCIP: 2501
Median Debt
$23,622
Earnings (4yr)
$62,242
Natl Median: $56,301
Lifetime Value Added
-$114k
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services
MastCIP: 1601
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $58,093
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
MastCIP: 5213
Median Debt
$27,745
Earnings (4yr)
$120,549
Natl Median: $124,807
Lifetime Value Added
+$398k
Marketing
MastCIP: 5214
Median Debt
$37,570
Earnings (4yr)
$91,404
Natl Median: $79,106
Lifetime Value Added
+$143k
Mathematics
MastCIP: 2701
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $72,654
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Music
MastCIP: 5009
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$45,738
Natl Median: $48,285
Lifetime Value Added
-$252k
Physics
MastCIP: 4008
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $96,478
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Political Science and Government
MastCIP: 4510
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $78,850
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Psychology, General
MastCIP: 4201
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $64,711
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
MastCIP: 1609
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $60,728
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Social Work
MastCIP: 4407
Median Debt
$22,727
Earnings (4yr)
$60,618
Natl Median: $65,123
Lifetime Value Added
-$129k
Sociology
MastCIP: 4511
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $63,330
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Special Education and Teaching
MastCIP: 1310
Median Debt
$24,699
Earnings (4yr)
$63,451
Natl Median: $64,397
Lifetime Value Added
-$103k
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
MastCIP: 3105
Median Debt
$22,372
Earnings (4yr)
$62,497
Natl Median: $62,033
Lifetime Value Added
-$111k
Student Counseling and Personnel Services
MastCIP: 1311
Median Debt
$36,823
Earnings (4yr)
$54,739
Natl Median: $60,111
Lifetime Value Added
-$183k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
MastCIP: 1312
Median Debt
$27,346
Earnings (4yr)
$66,508
Natl Median: $59,916
Lifetime Value Added
-$75k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
MastCIP: 1313
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$59,194
Natl Median: $63,707
Lifetime Value Added
-$152k
Doctoral Degrees
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology
DocCIP: 4228
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $99,878
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Educational Administration and Supervision
DocCIP: 1304
Median Debt
$54,433
Earnings (4yr)
$96,142
Natl Median: $100,573
Lifetime Value Added
+$23k
English Language and Literature, General
DocCIP: 2301
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,831
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Student Counseling and Personnel Services
DocCIP: 1311
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $83,794
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
DocCIP: 1312
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $81,822
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Note: Lifetime Value Added is the Net Present Value (NPV) of estimated career earnings relative to a median high school graduate (for undergraduate programs) or a median bachelor's degree holder (for graduate programs), accounting for this institution's average cost and taxes. Computed over a career to retirement age.
For graduate programs (Master's, Doctoral, etc.), the calculation assumes a starting age of 22 (after undergraduate completion) and does not include the sunk costs of prior degrees. It represents the value added of the graduate degree decision moving forward. These Lifetime Value Added results for graduate degrees should not be compared with those for Undergraduate Certificates, Associates or Bachelors.