CIP 2601 · Bachelor's Degree · Texas Southmost College

Biology, General at Texas Southmost College

Federal outcomes for bachelor's degree graduates of Texas Southmost College. Median earnings 5 years after completion: $56,349.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$56,349
Texas CIP-4 median $55,383
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$38,436
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
IPEDS award counts
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION

Estimate the financial outcome of this 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. Selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. This is an 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
$324,713
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 8
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 8year 0year 39
Cost per year
$8,340
HS-only baseline · TX
$37,300
Years to complete
4
CIP family
26

Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.

PEER COMPARISON · CIP 2601

Biology, General across Texas institutions

Same CIP-4 code and credential level, all Texas Title-IV institutions where Scorecard publishes outcomes. Cohort floor is 30 students.

UT DallasPEER$66,026340 gradsUT AustinPEER$65,785679 gradsAustin CollegePEER$64,92718 gradsTexas A&MPEER$64,611742 gradsBaylorPEER$63,803230 gradsTCUPEER$63,40986 gradsAngelo State UniversityPEER$62,85346 gradsUHPEER$62,349413 gradsTexas Lutheran UniversityPEER$61,92820 gradsTexas Woman's UniversityPEER$60,61990 gradsTexas A & M International UniversityPEER$60,60192 gradsSMUPEER$59,31693 gradsUT ArlingtonPEER$58,980324 gradsMidwestern State UniversityPEER$58,44547 gradsSt. Mary's UniversityPEER$56,84957 gradsDallas Baptist UniversityPEER$56,70030 grads
Texas Southmost CollegeTHIS PROGRAM$56,349
Lamar UniversityPEER$56,09134 gradsTexas TechPEER$55,979189 gradsUTSAPEER$55,482333 gradsThe University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyPEER$55,383549 gradsUniversity of North TexasPEER$55,209426 gradsUniversity of Houston-Clear LakePEER$55,17793 gradsTexas A & M University-Corpus ChristiPEER$54,313164 gradsTexas A & M University-KingsvillePEER$54,17574 gradsSam Houston State UniversityPEER$53,949136 gradsTexas State UniversityPEER$53,861214 gradsSaint Edward's UniversityPEER$53,80043 gradsTarleton State UniversityPEER$52,33895 gradsUniversity of the Incarnate WordPEER$51,82079 gradsUTEPPEER$51,785278 gradsAbilene Christian UniversityPEER$51,35733 gradsWest Texas A & M UniversityPEER$50,76763 gradsTexas A & M University-CommercePEER$48,75741 gradsPrairie View A&MPEER$48,711103 gradsThe University of Texas at TylerPEER$48,36966 gradsTexas SouthernPEER$44,37473 gradsStephen F Austin State UniversityPEER$42,09563 gradsUniversity of Houston-DowntownPEER$41,92356 gradsTexas CollegePEER$32,0038 grads
SUPPRESSION & SELECTION

What this page tells you, and what it doesn't

Earnings are median annual earnings of federally aided students who completed this program at this institution, drawn from federal tax records. They describe cohorts. They do not predict your earnings, and they do not claim that this program caused those outcomes — selection effects (who enrolls, who finishes, what fields they enter) dominate cross-program differences. Em-dashes mean the federal data was suppressed because the cohort was below the 30-student floor.

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