Bachelor's · Denton, Texas
Is Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities at University of North Texas worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ 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 4.9 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $46,337
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $59,680
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $18,750
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $65k (likely $65k – $87k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $23k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in TX
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 4.9 years (likely 4.4–5.9)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$15k (likely −$85k – $17k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $268k (likely $172k – $376k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 63%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Master's)$111,807
- Computer Engineering (Bachelor's)$109,151
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$106,934
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$106,253
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$105,657
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$104,024
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Doctoral)$103,267
- Statistics (Master's)$99,597
- Educational/Instructional Media Design (Doctoral)$98,169
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's)$95,294
- Construction Engineering Technology/Technician (Bachelor's)$92,524
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Master's)$91,548
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities at other schools in Texas
- The University of Texas at Austin$73,089
- Southern Methodist University$63,405
- University of the Incarnate Word$62,084
- University of St Thomas$61,219
- University of Houston$58,450
- Texas Tech University$58,375
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley$58,060
- The University of Texas at Arlington$54,975
- Texas State University$54,099
- Sam Houston State University$54,082