+43%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at The University of Texas at Arlington rose 43% between 2006 and 2009 ($5.6k → $8.0k).
Texas · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
UT Arlington
Arlington, Texas. 30,834 undergraduate students. 201 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at UT Arlington
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.
+19%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at The University of Texas at Arlington rose 19% between 2021 and 2024 (28.1% → 33.6%).
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.
$63,199+4% · 6→10y
Texas median $39,639$60,902
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry56.5%+91% · '97→'24
Texas median 51.8%$11,791+60% · '97→'09
At program completion30,834+137% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS72.9%+6% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time81.3%-6% · '01→'24
latest cohort$11,728+298% · '00→'24
out-of-state $29,660SECTION 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
2.5%Median federal debt $11,791 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $63,199 (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.
+91%
UT Arlington · completion · 150% rose
28.3% → 54.0%
+366%
UT Arlington · completion · 100% rose
7.2% → 33.6%
+137%
UT Arlington · undergrad enrollment rose
13,627 → 32,294
+298%
UT Arlington · in-state tuition rose
$3,000 → $11,950
+244%
UT Arlington · out-of-state tuition rose
$8,600 → $29,582
+60%
UT Arlington · median debt rose
$5,000 → $7,975
+27%
UT Arlington · pell share rose
33.4% → 42.3%
+30%
UT Arlington · earnings_median_10yr rose
$48,500 → $63,199
+38%
UT Arlington · earnings_median_8yr rose
$45,600 → $63,000
+46%
UT Arlington · earnings_median_6yr rose
$41,600 → $60,902
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.
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$125,796Computer Engineering.$116,258Business Administration, Management and Operations.$113,963Computer Science.$107,910Bioethics/Medical Ethics.$107,762Mechanical Engineering.$106,062Information Science/Studies.$103,700Civil Engineering.$101,387Accounting and Related Services.$100,759Human Resources Management and Services.$99,635Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$97,855Industrial Engineering.$97,042Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering.$95,707Biomedical/Medical Engineering.$93,189Taxation.$90,669Civil Engineering.$89,430Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering.$88,986Information Science/Studies.$88,357Mechanical Engineering.$87,372Economics.$80,774Public Administration.$80,355Physics.$79,646Accounting and Related Services.$74,852Architecture.$74,816
Showing top 24 of 60 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
60 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
ENGINEERING · CIP 14
Mechanical Engineering.$87,372Civil Engineering.$89,430Civil Engineering.$101,387Mechanical Engineering.$106,062Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering.$95,707Computer Engineering.$116,258Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering.$88,986Biomedical/Medical Engineering.$93,189Industrial Engineering.$97,042
FOREIGN LANGUAGES · CIP 16
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
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
PHYSICAL SCIENCES · CIP 40
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
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$97,855Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$125,796Bioethics/Medical Ethics.$107,762Health and Medical Administrative Services.$73,510Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$54,119
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
Business Administration, Management and Operations.$113,963Business Administration, Management and Operations.$65,488Marketing.$63,236Finance and Financial Management Services.$70,757Accounting and Related Services.$74,852International Business.$61,996Accounting and Related Services.$100,759Management Information Systems and Services.$70,105Human Resources Management and Services.$99,635Taxation.$90,669
HISTORY · CIP 54
NATURAL RESOURCES & CONSERVATION · CIP 03
ARCHITECTURE · CIP 04
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at UT Arlington
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
$1,061,498
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 5
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $14,602
- HS-only baseline · TX
- $37,300
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 51
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
“UT Arlington graduates earn $X” — not “UT Arlington makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending UT Arlington 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.