Master's · Canyon, Texas
Is Educational/Instructional Media Design at West Texas A & M University worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 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 5 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $74,457
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $69,936
- 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
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $27k (likely $27k – $27k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $7k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in TX
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 5 years (likely 1.9–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$112k (likely −$230k – $16k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$81k (likely −$312k – $164k)
- 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 West Texas A & M University
- Management Information Systems and Services (Master's)$143,805
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$124,819
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Master's)$121,970
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$118,510
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's)$117,518
- Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's)$93,938
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$93,925
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Master's)$89,631
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$83,825
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$79,583
- Public Administration (Bachelor's)$74,261
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$71,979
Educational/Instructional Media Design at other schools in Texas
- University of North Texas$82,284
- Texas A&M University-College Station$68,705
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley$67,562
- Lamar University$66,550
- University of Houston-Clear Lake$65,619
- East Texas A&M University$64,997
- Texas Tech University$64,716
- Sam Houston State University$64,012