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The University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, TX 30,834 Undergrads 58.0% Grad Rate
Total Cost
$25,265
Sticker Price
Avg Net Price
$15,235
After Aid
Median Earnings
$63,199
10yr Post-Entry
Vs. Peer Institutions
Net Price$15,235
Peer Midpoint: $19,729.5
Earnings (10yr)$63,199
Peer Midpoint: $53,747
Graduation Rate58.0%
Peer Midpoint: 58.5%
Socio-Economic Diversity
Pell Grant Recipients38.5%
Enrollment Status
Full-Time65.8%
Economic Outcomes
Earn More than HS82.9%
Admissions Profile
Acceptance
81.3%
SAT Avg
1,116
SAT Reading
25th: 50055575th: 620
SAT Math
25th: 49055575th: 610
ACT Composite
25th: 182375th: 26
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
+$542k
+$145k
+$57k
Median Cost$15k/yr
+$487k
+$90k
+$2k
Full Cost$25k/yr
+$451k
+$54k
-$34k
ROI Efficiency Metrics
Break-Even Age
Return on Inv. %
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
37
∞
Median Cost$15k/yr
62
4%
Full Cost$25k/yr
Never
-37%
Analysis Assumptions:
- Starting Salary: Estimated from the 10-year 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 Return31%
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-42%
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
$18,747
Earnings (5yr)
$74,852
Lifetime Value Added
+$101k
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
BachCIP: 1402
Median Debt
$25,130
Earnings (5yr)
$88,986
Lifetime Value Added
+$206k
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
BachCIP: 5109
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$54,119
Lifetime Value Added
-$60k
Anthropology
BachCIP: 4502
Median Debt
$19,441
Earnings (5yr)
$45,666
Lifetime Value Added
-$130k
Architecture
BachCIP: 0402
Median Debt
$23,535
Earnings (5yr)
$65,283
Lifetime Value Added
+$28k
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
BachCIP: 2602
Median Debt
$19,779
Earnings (2yr)
$26,353
Lifetime Value Added
-$280k
Biology, General
BachCIP: 2601
Median Debt
$16,050
Earnings (5yr)
$58,980
Lifetime Value Added
-$21k
Business Administration, Management and Operations
BachCIP: 5202
Median Debt
$18,375
Earnings (5yr)
$65,488
Lifetime Value Added
+$30k
Civil Engineering
BachCIP: 1408
Median Debt
$19,583
Earnings (5yr)
$89,430
Lifetime Value Added
+$210k
Computer Engineering
BachCIP: 1409
Median Debt
$19,083
Earnings (5yr)
$116,258
Lifetime Value Added
+$410k
Computer Science
BachCIP: 1107
Median Debt
$17,899
Earnings (5yr)
$107,910
Lifetime Value Added
+$348k
Criminal Justice and Corrections
BachCIP: 4301
Median Debt
$16,831
Earnings (5yr)
$55,315
Lifetime Value Added
-$50k
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
BachCIP: 5005
Median Debt
$18,833
Earnings (2yr)
$14,935
Lifetime Value Added
-$386k
Economics
BachCIP: 4506
Median Debt
$18,750
Earnings (5yr)
$80,774
Lifetime Value Added
+$145k
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
BachCIP: 1410
Median Debt
$23,316
Earnings (5yr)
$95,707
Lifetime Value Added
+$257k
English Language and Literature, General
BachCIP: 2301
Median Debt
$19,723
Earnings (5yr)
$52,557
Lifetime Value Added
-$73k
Finance and Financial Management Services
BachCIP: 5208
Median Debt
$18,500
Earnings (5yr)
$70,757
Lifetime Value Added
+$70k
Fine and Studio Arts
BachCIP: 5007
Median Debt
$22,683
Earnings (5yr)
$48,032
Lifetime Value Added
-$110k
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
BachCIP: 4006
Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (5yr)
$53,275
Lifetime Value Added
-$67k
Health and Physical Education/Fitness
BachCIP: 3105
Median Debt
$16,861
Earnings (5yr)
$56,943
Lifetime Value Added
-$37k
History
BachCIP: 5401
Median Debt
$22,000
Earnings (5yr)
$57,421
Lifetime Value Added
-$34k
Industrial Engineering
BachCIP: 1435
Median Debt
$18,359
Earnings (5yr)
$97,042
Lifetime Value Added
+$267k
Information Science/Studies
BachCIP: 1104
Median Debt
$17,796
Earnings (5yr)
$88,357
Lifetime Value Added
+$202k
Interior Architecture
BachCIP: 0405
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$58,048
Lifetime Value Added
-$28k
International Business
BachCIP: 5211
Median Debt
$18,751
Earnings (5yr)
$61,996
Lifetime Value Added
+$3k
Journalism
BachCIP: 0904
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$44,851
Lifetime Value Added
-$137k
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
BachCIP: 2401
Median Debt
$21,078
Earnings (5yr)
$55,901
Lifetime Value Added
-$46k
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services
BachCIP: 1601
Median Debt
$19,085
Earnings (2yr)
$25,194
Lifetime Value Added
-$291k
Management Information Systems and Services
BachCIP: 5212
Median Debt
$19,000
Earnings (5yr)
$70,105
Lifetime Value Added
+$65k
Marketing
BachCIP: 5214
Median Debt
$17,551
Earnings (5yr)
$63,236
Lifetime Value Added
+$12k
Mathematics
BachCIP: 2701
Median Debt
$14,667
Earnings (5yr)
$58,273
Lifetime Value Added
-$27k
Mechanical Engineering
BachCIP: 1419
Median Debt
$23,031
Earnings (5yr)
$87,372
Lifetime Value Added
+$194k
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology
BachCIP: 2605
Median Debt
$20,813
Earnings (5yr)
$58,611
Lifetime Value Added
-$24k
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
BachCIP: 3099
Median Debt
$17,365
Earnings (5yr)
$58,562
Lifetime Value Added
-$24k
Music
BachCIP: 5009
Median Debt
$22,714
Earnings (5yr)
$53,273
Lifetime Value Added
-$67k
Physics
BachCIP: 4008
Median Debt
$22,964
Earnings (5yr)
$79,646
Lifetime Value Added
+$136k
Political Science and Government
BachCIP: 4510
Median Debt
$19,216
Earnings (5yr)
$59,898
Lifetime Value Added
-$14k
Psychology, General
BachCIP: 4201
Median Debt
$17,710
Earnings (5yr)
$49,817
Lifetime Value Added
-$95k
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication
BachCIP: 0909
Median Debt
$19,362
Earnings (5yr)
$57,292
Lifetime Value Added
-$35k
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication
BachCIP: 0907
Median Debt
$18,161
Earnings (5yr)
$55,801
Lifetime Value Added
-$47k
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
BachCIP: 5138
Median Debt
$17,421
Earnings (5yr)
$97,855
Lifetime Value Added
+$273k
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
BachCIP: 2313
Median Debt
$12,917
Earnings (5yr)
$66,592
Lifetime Value Added
+$38k
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
BachCIP: 1609
Median Debt
$15,634
Earnings (5yr)
$51,351
Lifetime Value Added
-$83k
Social Work
BachCIP: 4407
Median Debt
$18,000
Earnings (5yr)
$48,365
Lifetime Value Added
-$107k
Sociology
BachCIP: 4511
Median Debt
$23,000
Earnings (5yr)
$54,592
Lifetime Value Added
-$56k
Master's Degrees
Accounting and Related Services
MastCIP: 5203
Median Debt
$20,893
Earnings (5yr)
$100,759
Lifetime Value Added
+$418k
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
MastCIP: 5109
Median Debt
$40,899
Earnings (2yr)
$49,019
Lifetime Value Added
-$9k
Architecture
MastCIP: 0402
Median Debt
$31,000
Earnings (5yr)
$74,816
Lifetime Value Added
+$195k
Bioethics/Medical Ethics
MastCIP: 5132
Median Debt
$31,540
Earnings (5yr)
$107,762
Lifetime Value Added
+$478k
Biomedical/Medical Engineering
MastCIP: 1405
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$93,189
Lifetime Value Added
+$353k
Business Administration, Management and Operations
MastCIP: 5202
Median Debt
$35,750
Earnings (5yr)
$113,963
Lifetime Value Added
+$531k
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning
MastCIP: 0403
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$57,318
Lifetime Value Added
+$72k
Civil Engineering
MastCIP: 1408
Median Debt
$24,809
Earnings (5yr)
$101,387
Lifetime Value Added
+$423k
Criminal Justice and Corrections
MastCIP: 4301
Median Debt
$36,251
Earnings (5yr)
$68,004
Lifetime Value Added
+$136k
Curriculum and Instruction
MastCIP: 1303
Median Debt
$19,931
Earnings (5yr)
$64,222
Lifetime Value Added
+$103k
Education, General
MastCIP: 1301
Median Debt
$28,837
Earnings (2yr)
$48,041
Lifetime Value Added
-$19k
Educational Administration and Supervision
MastCIP: 1304
Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (5yr)
$69,214
Lifetime Value Added
+$147k
Fine and Studio Arts
MastCIP: 5007
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$26,896
Lifetime Value Added
-$237k
Health and Medical Administrative Services
MastCIP: 5107
Median Debt
$33,649
Earnings (5yr)
$73,510
Lifetime Value Added
+$184k
History
MastCIP: 5401
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$53,810
Lifetime Value Added
+$38k
Human Resources Management and Services
MastCIP: 5210
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$99,635
Lifetime Value Added
+$408k
Information Science/Studies
MastCIP: 1104
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$103,700
Lifetime Value Added
+$443k
Mechanical Engineering
MastCIP: 1419
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$106,062
Lifetime Value Added
+$463k
Natural Resources Conservation and Research
MastCIP: 0301
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$70,468
Lifetime Value Added
+$158k
Political Science and Government
MastCIP: 4510
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$36,141
Lifetime Value Added
-$140k
Public Administration
MastCIP: 4404
Median Debt
$33,971
Earnings (5yr)
$80,355
Lifetime Value Added
+$243k
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
MastCIP: 5138
Median Debt
$48,470
Earnings (5yr)
$125,796
Lifetime Value Added
+$632k
Social Work
MastCIP: 4407
Median Debt
$29,913
Earnings (5yr)
$61,963
Lifetime Value Added
+$83k
Taxation
MastCIP: 5216
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$90,669
Lifetime Value Added
+$331k
Doctoral Degrees
Educational Administration and Supervision
DocCIP: 1304
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$55,512
Lifetime Value Added
-$61k
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
DocCIP: 5138
Median Debt
$46,590
Earnings (2yr)
$135,393
Lifetime Value Added
+$557k
Note: Lifetime Value Added is the Net Present Value (NPV) of estimated career earnings relative to a median high school graduate, 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 should not be compared with those Undergraduate Certificates, Associates or Bachelors starting at age 18.