Bachelor's · Victoria, Texas
Is History at Texas A&M University-Victoria worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 7.8 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $43,970
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- Not enough borrowers to report
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $37k (likely $34k – $49k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $7k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in TX
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 7.8 years (likely 3.1–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$145k (likely −$234k – −$27k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$54k (likely −$229k – $196k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 22%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at Texas A&M University-Victoria
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$106,719
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$90,119
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$80,774
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$79,123
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$72,514
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations (Master's)$70,135
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$66,487
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$66,116
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$66,083
- Special Education and Teaching (Master's)$64,808
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$62,054
- Marketing (Bachelor's)$61,341
History at other schools in Texas
- The University of Texas at Dallas$61,321
- Austin College$59,833
- Texas A&M University-College Station$57,783
- University of Houston-Clear Lake$57,675
- The University of Texas at Arlington$57,159
- Baylor University$57,006
- The University of Texas at Austin$56,881
- University of North Texas$55,906
- University of Houston$55,475
- Southern Methodist University$54,915