Bachelor's · Arlington, Texas

Is Information Science/Studies at The University of Texas at Arlington worth it?

High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.

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

Pays back fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 2.9 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $63,536; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $84,805; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $14,996; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $72k (likely $72k – $98k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $48k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in TX; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 2.9 years (likely 2.6–3.5); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $208k (likely $132k – $270k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $775k (likely $624k – $946k); Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide): 51%; Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in: not reported / ≤ 10%; NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20

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AP classes

AP Computer Science Principles
AP Computer Science A
AP Precalculus
AP Calculus AB or BC

IB Higher Level

Computer Science HL
Mathematics: Analysis and Approaches HL

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