+32%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Texas A & M University-Commerce rose 32% between 2021 and 2024 (7.5k → 9.9k).
Texas · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
Texas A & M University-Commerce
Commerce, Texas. 8,249 undergraduate students. 106 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Texas A & M University-Commerce
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
+11%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Texas A & M University-Commerce rose 11% between 2021 and 2024 (25.7% → 28.5%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Texas
Each tile compares this institution to the Texas median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$50,296+17% · 6→10y
Texas median $39,639$43,157
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry45.9%+30% · '97→'24
Texas median 51.8%$14,250+273% · '97→'20
At program completion8,249+101% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS63.1%-12% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time92.6%+62% · '01→'24
latest cohort$10,026+292% · '00→'24
out-of-state $22,626SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
3.8%Median federal debt $14,250 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $50,296 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+30%
Texas A & M University-Commerce · completion · 150% rose
32.8% → 42.8%
+12873%
Texas A & M University-Commerce · completion · 100% rose
0.2% → 28.5%
-12%
Texas A & M University-Commerce · retention fell
65.0% → 57.2%
+101%
Texas A & M University-Commerce · undergrad enrollment rose
4,929 → 9,912
+292%
Texas A & M University-Commerce · in-state tuition rose
$2,560 → $10,026
+160%
Texas A & M University-Commerce · out-of-state tuition rose
$8,580 → $22,326
+273%
Texas A & M University-Commerce · median debt rose
$5,500 → $20,500
+30%
Texas A & M University-Commerce · earnings_median_10yr rose
$38,800 → $50,296
+29%
Texas A & M University-Commerce · earnings_median_8yr rose
$35,900 → $46,297
+31%
Texas A & M University-Commerce · earnings_median_6yr rose
$32,900 → $43,157
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Computer and Information Sciences, General.$99,643Business Administration, Management and Operations.$98,315Accounting and Related Services.$89,259Educational Administration and Supervision.$88,972Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$87,338Mathematics.$79,846Accounting and Related Services.$68,654Educational Administration and Supervision.$67,128Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$65,235Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$63,960Curriculum and Instruction.$61,213Criminology.$60,575Educational/Instructional Media Design.$59,307Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$59,194Marketing.$57,491Social Work.$56,790Health and Physical Education/Fitness.$56,580Business/Commerce, General.$54,648Business Administration, Management and Operations.$53,649Health and Physical Education/Fitness.$52,692Agriculture, General.$52,593Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other.$51,684Psychology, General.$49,152Music.$48,875
Showing top 24 of 29 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
29 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
EDUCATION · CIP 13
Educational Administration and Supervision.$67,128Curriculum and Instruction.$61,213Educational Administration and Supervision.$88,972Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$65,235Educational/Instructional Media Design.$59,307Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$63,960Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$59,194
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS · CIP 27
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
AGRICULTURE · CIP 01
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Texas A & M University-Commerce
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$238,657
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 12
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $11,193
- HS-only baseline · TX
- $37,300
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 30
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Texas
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Texas A & M University-Commerce graduates earn $X” — not “Texas A & M University-Commerce makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Texas A & M University-Commerce caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.