Master's · Houston, Texas
Is Curriculum and Instruction at University of Houston 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 6.9 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $72,790
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $69,119
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $27,365
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $29k (likely $29k – $29k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $6k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in TX
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 6.9 years (likely 3.2–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$122k (likely −$189k – −$54k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$101k (likely −$225k – $30k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at University of Houston
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Master's)$138,873
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$138,841
- Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (First professional)$137,021
- Law (First professional)$135,984
- Optometry (First professional)$129,383
- Chemical Engineering (Master's)$125,334
- Mechanical Engineering (Master's)$125,271
- Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies (Master's)$122,385
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Doctoral)$114,813
- Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences (Master's)$110,277
- Chemical Engineering (Bachelor's)$110,184
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's)$107,399
Curriculum and Instruction at other schools in Texas
- Texas A & M International University$67,935
- University of Houston-Clear Lake$65,747
- Texas Tech University$65,068
- The University of Texas at Arlington$64,929
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley$64,700
- University of North Texas$63,684
- The University of Texas at Austin$63,172
- University of Houston-Downtown$63,052
- The University of Texas at El Paso$62,807
- East Texas A&M University$62,644