First professional · San Antonio, Texas
Is Medicine at University of the Incarnate Word worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ 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
- $65,591
- 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
- $343,248
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $364k (likely $364k – $364k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $5k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out 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
- −$842k (likely −$948k – −$746k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$781k (likely −$933k – −$634k)
- 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 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
Medicine at other schools in Texas
- University of North Texas Health Science Center$133,668
- The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston$116,208
- Texas A&M University-College Station$114,060
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center$106,472
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston$102,873
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio$102,246
- Baylor College of Medicine$93,456
- The University of Texas at Austin$64,290
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley$62,778