Bachelor's · Fort Worth, Texas

Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas at Texas Christian University worth it?

Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 6.8 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $61,908; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $65,526; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $25,562; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $149k (likely $149k – $157k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $30k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in TX; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 6.8 years (likely 5.2–9.3); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$46k (likely −$137k – $46k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $266k (likely $101k – $454k); Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide): 86%; Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26

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