+15%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at The University of Texas at Dallas rose 15% between 2006 and 2009 ($10.3k → $11.8k).
Texas · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
UT Dallas
Richardson, Texas. 21,317 undergraduate students. 137 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
Earnings, completion, debt, and enrollment anomalies at UT Dallas
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.
+25%
Public bachelor's-predominant peer
10-year earnings at The University of Texas at Dallas are 25% above the public bachelor's-predominant peer median ($68.2k vs $54.5k).
+14%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at The University of Texas at Dallas rose 14% between 2021 and 2024 (52.3% → 59.5%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
UT Dallas earnings, debt, and completion vs. the Texas median
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.
$68,227+19% · 6→10y
Texas median $39,639$57,249
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry70.8%+97% · '97→'24
Texas median 51.8%$13,750+88% · '97→'09
At program completion21,317+322% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS88.1%+12% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time65.5%+8% · '01→'24
latest cohort$14,564+346% · '00→'24
out-of-state $40,064SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How UT Dallas 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 at UT Dallas
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
2.7%Median federal debt $13,750 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $68,227 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
UT Dallas enrollment, completion, and debt over time
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.
+97%
UT Dallas · completion · 150% rose
38.4% → 75.7%
+180%
UT Dallas · completion · 100% rose
21.2% → 59.5%
+12%
UT Dallas · retention rose
80.0% → 90.0%
+322%
UT Dallas · undergrad enrollment rose
5,151 → 21,751
+346%
UT Dallas · in-state tuition rose
$3,287 → $14,644
+375%
UT Dallas · out-of-state tuition rose
$8,447 → $40,144
+88%
UT Dallas · median debt rose
$6,238 → $11,750
+38%
UT Dallas · pell share rose
21.7% → 30.0%
+28%
UT Dallas · earnings_median_10yr rose
$53,300 → $68,227
+34%
UT Dallas · earnings_median_8yr rose
$47,800 → $64,228
+33%
UT Dallas · earnings_median_6yr rose
$42,900 → $57,249
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
UT Dallas 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 Engineering$141,848Computer and Information Sciences, General$134,087Business Administration, Management and Operations$132,107Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods$117,354Marketing$115,082Information Science/Studies$112,970Computer Engineering$109,387Computer and Information Sciences, General$104,815Accounting and Related Services$102,911Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering$102,788Health and Medical Administrative Services$102,464Mechanical Engineering$86,469International Business$86,091Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods$84,874Biomedical/Medical Engineering$82,860Finance and Financial Management Services$81,869Public Administration$76,817Health and Medical Administrative Services$76,198Cognitive Science$75,620Accounting and Related Services$75,130Marketing$71,437Economics$71,197History$69,862Business/Commerce, General$69,701
Showing top 24 of 44 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
44 UT Dallas programs with earnings, grouped by field
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
ENGINEERING · CIP 14
FOREIGN LANGUAGES · CIP 16
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods$117,354Business Administration, Management and Operations$132,107Finance and Financial Management Services$81,869Accounting and Related Services$75,130Accounting and Related Services$102,911Marketing$71,437Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods$84,874Marketing$115,082International Business$86,091Business/Commerce, General$69,701
HISTORY · CIP 54
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at UT Dallas
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
$1,423,755
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 5
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $14,813
- HS-only baseline · TX
- $37,300
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 11
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
Institutions similar to UT Dallas in Texas
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“UT Dallas graduates earn $X” — not “UT Dallas makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending UT Dallas 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.