+13%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Texas A & M University-Kingsville rose 13% between 2006 and 2009 ($6.6k → $7.5k).
Texas · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
Texas A & M University-Kingsville
Kingsville, Texas. 4,622 undergraduate students. 131 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Texas A & M University-Kingsville
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.
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.
$51,450+15% · 6→10y
Texas median $39,639$44,882
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry45.6%+104% · '97→'24
Texas median 51.8%$15,873+90% · '97→'09
At program completion4,622-5% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS67.0%+27% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time92.3%-9% · '01→'24
latest cohort$9,892+279% · '00→'24
out-of-state $26,106SECTION 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
4.1%Median federal debt $15,873 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $51,450 (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.
+104%
Texas A & M University-Kingsville · completion · 150% rose
20.5% → 41.9%
+403%
Texas A & M University-Kingsville · completion · 100% rose
5.0% → 25.2%
+27%
Texas A & M University-Kingsville · retention rose
51.0% → 64.6%
+279%
Texas A & M University-Kingsville · in-state tuition rose
$2,607 → $9,892
+184%
Texas A & M University-Kingsville · out-of-state tuition rose
$9,057 → $25,746
+90%
Texas A & M University-Kingsville · median debt rose
$3,938 → $7,500
+28%
Texas A & M University-Kingsville · earnings_median_10yr rose
$40,100 → $51,450
+38%
Texas A & M University-Kingsville · earnings_median_8yr rose
$35,100 → $48,345
+51%
Texas A & M University-Kingsville · earnings_median_6yr rose
$29,800 → $44,882
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.
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering.$106,367Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$92,770Chemical Engineering.$92,622Mechanical Engineering.$89,788Finance and Financial Management Services.$79,209Business Administration, Management and Operations.$77,661Civil Engineering.$76,135Accounting and Related Services.$74,877Educational Administration and Supervision.$69,325Management Information Systems and Services.$68,215Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians.$66,401Educational Administration and Supervision.$63,831Music.$60,646Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$59,888Animal Sciences.$58,759Accounting and Related Services.$57,338Agriculture, General.$57,257Business Administration, Management and Operations.$57,220History.$55,753Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$55,166Plant Sciences.$54,535Biology, General.$54,175Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other.$53,674Special Education and Teaching.$53,219
Showing top 24 of 33 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
33 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
EDUCATION · CIP 13
ENGINEERING · CIP 14
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
Business Administration, Management and Operations.$77,661Business Administration, Management and Operations.$57,220Accounting and Related Services.$57,338Finance and Financial Management Services.$79,209Marketing.$49,993Business/Commerce, General.$51,058Management Information Systems and Services.$68,215Accounting and Related Services.$74,877
HISTORY · CIP 54
AGRICULTURE · CIP 01
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Texas A & M University-Kingsville
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
$274,676
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 11
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $11,410
- 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-Kingsville graduates earn $X” — not “Texas A & M University-Kingsville makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Texas A & M University-Kingsville 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.