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West Texas A&M University

⌖ Canyon, TX · 42 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$169,788 over 10 years

Modeled from observed year-5 institution earnings and the institution-wide average net price over four years.

At these assumptions, the estimated earnings premium does not recover the modeled economic investment within ten years.

29.3 yrsModeled economic break-even
−66%Modeled 10-year ROI
$53,816Observed earnings · year 5
Economic ROI includes direct price and earnings forgone during study · $45,000 comparison earnings · values held flat · see the formula
ECONOMIC INVESTMENT → PAYBACK

Estimated payoff over ten years.

The scenario counts direct price and earnings forgone upfront, then applies the reported annual earnings premium.

10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$169,788at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$257,9480
2
4
6
8
−$169,78810
Years after graduationBreak-even: 29.3 years
FEDERAL COST DATA

Four ways to read college price.

Annual college-wide figures from the current College Scorecard release. Average net price covers full-time, first-time undergraduates receiving federal aid; public-college figures use in-state students. Program tuition and individual aid offers may differ.

Published in-state tuition$9,101
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$10,996
Sticker price
Average net price$19,487
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$23,482
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$19,487Average net price / year
$23,482Cost of attendance
$19,500Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$207/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$53,816Median earnings · year 5 after completion
55.0%Completion rate
98.7%Admission rate
6,917Student size

Institution debt covers federal student-loan borrowers who completed. Parent PLUS and private loans are excluded; missing and privacy-suppressed values remain unavailable.

PRICE BY FAMILY INCOME

Average net price is not one price

Federal averages for aided students in each family-income band. Your aid offer can differ.

$0–30k$16,525
$30–48k$17,218
$48–75k$19,268
$75–110k$22,454
$110k+$23,439
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$53,816
Year 6$44,399
Year 10$50,741
Full-time retention
69.6%
Part-time retention
65.2%
Completion within 200% of normal time
47.8%

Earnings timepoints may use different historical cohorts and should not be read as one group’s guaranteed salary growth.

NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.

70thEarnings percentile
45thCompletion percentile
WHAT STANDS OUT

A faster read on this college

These summaries use only reportable field-and-credential records at this institution. They do not fill privacy-suppressed outcomes.

$59,555Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$22,500Median federal debt across categories that report debt
32%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$43,203Year 1
$55,166Year 4
$53,816Year 5

Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.

PROGRAM PAYOFF SPREAD

The college average is not the whole story.

Observed earnings vary substantially by field and credential at the same institution.

1Management Information Systems and Services · Master's Degree$143,8052Business Administration, Management and Operations · Master's Degree$124,8193Finance and Financial Management Services · Master's Degree$121,9704Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Master's Degree$118,5105Health and Medical Administrative Services · Master's Degree$117,5186Mechanical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree$93,9387Accounting and Related Services · Master's Degree$83,8258Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Bachelor's Degree$79,583

Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding

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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt
Management Information Systems and ServicesMaster's Degree$143,805Not available
Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's Degree$124,819Not available
Finance and Financial Management ServicesMaster's Degree$121,970Not available
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingMaster's Degree$118,510Not available
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesMaster's Degree$117,518Not available
Mechanical EngineeringBachelor's Degree$93,938$21,125
Accounting and Related ServicesMaster's Degree$83,825Not available
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's Degree$79,583$22,884
Public AdministrationBachelor's Degree$74,261$24,798
Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's Degree$71,979$22,070
Communication Disorders Sciences and ServicesMaster's Degree$67,693Not available
Finance and Financial Management ServicesBachelor's Degree$66,534$20,993
Educational/Instructional Media DesignMaster's Degree$65,110Not available
Special Education and TeachingMaster's Degree$63,537Not available
Educational Administration and SupervisionMaster's Degree$62,763Not available
Student Counseling and Personnel ServicesMaster's Degree$62,283Not available
Social WorkMaster's Degree$62,188Not available
Accounting and Related ServicesBachelor's Degree$61,262$19,651
Business/Commerce, GeneralBachelor's Degree$60,430$23,383
Curriculum and InstructionMaster's Degree$59,555Not available
Clinical, Counseling and Applied PsychologyMaster's Degree$58,923Not available
MarketingBachelor's Degree$58,303$23,050
Criminal Justice and CorrectionsBachelor's Degree$58,011$24,365
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralBachelor's Degree$51,397$23,250
Agricultural Business and ManagementBachelor's Degree$51,103$19,125
Agriculture, GeneralBachelor's Degree$50,396$13,460
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesBachelor's Degree$49,618$23,250
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, OtherBachelor's Degree$49,241$24,804
MusicBachelor's Degree$48,656$24,750
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessBachelor's Degree$48,492$22,500
Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftBachelor's Degree$47,175$22,328
Communication and Media StudiesBachelor's Degree$47,009Not available
Psychology, GeneralBachelor's Degree$45,193$19,619
English Language and Literature, GeneralBachelor's Degree$44,920$21,839
Social WorkBachelor's Degree$44,174$26,000
Biology, GeneralBachelor's Degree$43,403$23,125
Radio, Television, and Digital CommunicationBachelor's Degree$40,183$17,750
Agricultural and Domestic Animal ServicesBachelor's Degree$37,996$21,559
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied CommunicationBachelor's DegreeNot available$21,419
Computer ScienceBachelor's DegreeNot available$26,000
Zoology/Animal BiologyBachelor's DegreeNot available$21,406
Management Information Systems and ServicesBachelor's DegreeNot available$28,475

Earnings, price, completion and enrollment are observed federal measures. ROI, payoff and break-even are modeled scenarios built from those measures and fixed assumptions. College payoff is not the payoff of every degree at this school; use the program table for a more precise comparison.