Master's · Edinburg, Texas

Is Accounting and Related Services at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley 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 4.1 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
$66,294
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
$73,916
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
$17,250
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
$18k (likely $18k – $18k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$11k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in TX
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
4.1 years (likely 2.3–9.7)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
−$56k (likely −$134k – $36k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
$106k (likely −$82k – $325k)
Today's dollars

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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.