Master's · San Antonio, Texas
Is Public Administration at The University of Texas at San Antonio 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 4.8 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $68,438
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $81,995
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $36,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $39k (likely $39k – $39k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $19k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in TX
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 4.8 years (likely 3.3–8.0)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$17k (likely −$113k – $88k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $249k (likely $26k – $494k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
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- Information Science/Studies (Master's)$132,174
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- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's)$90,846
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- Management Information Systems and Services (Bachelor's)$90,049
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- Sam Houston State University$86,633
- Wayland Baptist University$85,003
- Texas Tech University$84,635
- The University of Texas at Arlington$83,344
- Tarleton State University$83,252
- The University of Texas at Tyler$80,315
- Texas A&M University-College Station$80,153
- The University of Texas at Dallas$79,427
- University of North Texas$77,071
- The University of Texas at El Paso$72,517