Bachelor's · Edinburg, Texas
Is Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Graduates typically don't earn back the cost within 20 years, compared with the no-degree baseline.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $34,609
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- 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
- $21k (likely $21k – $29k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$456 a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in TX
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- Not within 20 years in most scenarios
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$187k (likely −$265k – −$101k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$191k (likely −$335k – −$6k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 55%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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- AP Macroeconomics
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- Business Management HL
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Other majors at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's)$134,068
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$128,123
- Mechanical Engineering (Master's)$103,803
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$103,189
- Engineering-Related Fields (Master's)$89,423
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$88,067
- Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's)$87,991
- Business/Commerce, General (Master's)$87,822
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's)$85,971
- Health Professions Education, Ethics, and Humanities (Master's)$81,382
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$80,857
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Post-baccalaureate certificate)$78,382
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations at other schools in Texas
- Baylor University$86,363
- Lamar University$70,799
- Texas Christian University$70,351
- University of North Texas$69,210
- Dallas Baptist University$65,140
- University of Houston$55,989
- Sam Houston State University$52,901
- The University of Texas at San Antonio$46,192