Bachelor's · San Antonio, Texas
Is Biology, General at University of the Incarnate Word 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 slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 7.1 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $33,534
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $54,124
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $25,000
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $74k (likely $74k – $95k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $18k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in TX
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 7.1 years (likely 5.6–9.5)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$89k (likely −$156k – −$26k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $136k (likely $8k – $287k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 53%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- not reported / ≤ 10%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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Other majors at University of the Incarnate Word
- Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (First professional)$140,895
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (First professional)$133,644
- Optometry (First professional)$133,498
- Education, General (Doctoral)$95,483
- Human Resources Management and Services (Master's)$88,995
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (First professional)$87,091
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$84,286
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$83,447
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's)$82,359
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$80,749
- Human Resources Management and Services (Bachelor's)$72,061
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$65,405
Biology, General at other schools in Texas
- Southern Methodist University$78,466
- The University of Texas at Austin$66,264
- University of Houston-Clear Lake$64,555
- Texas Christian University$63,572
- Southwestern University$62,928
- Texas A&M University-College Station$61,734
- Dallas Baptist University$60,722
- Saint Edward's University$60,546
- University of Mary Hardin-Baylor$59,307
- The University of Texas at Dallas$58,540