CIP 5202 · Master's Degree · UT Dallas

Business Administration, Management and Operations at UT Dallas

Federal outcomes for master's degree graduates of UT Dallas. 388 completers in the most recent 4-year window (397 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $132,107.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$132,107
Texas CIP-4 median $95,652
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$116,685
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$49,818
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
388
397 most recent year
DEBT-TO-EARNINGS

What this program's debt costs its graduates

Annual debt service as a share of median 5-year-post-completion earnings, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation.

This program at UT Dallas

5.0%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $49,818 amortized over 10 years vs. median 5-year earnings $132,107.

Statewide CIP-4 peer median

6.9%
0%8% · GE20%+

Same debt against the Texas CIP 5202 peer-median earnings $95,652.

SECTION 02 · PROGRAM HISTORY

How this program has shifted

Federal Field-of-Study history covers 2014–15 onward. Vintage-by-vintage values for earnings, debt, and completers.

DEBT · 20142018$49,818
$49,818$40,66920142018
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
COMPLETERS · 20142019388
39733720142019
Annual completers (IPEDS C).IPEDS
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
$1,501,564
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 7
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 7year 0year 39
Cost per year
$14,813
HS-only baseline · TX
$37,300
Years to complete
6
CIP family
52

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 5202

Business Administration, Management and Operations 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 AustinPEER$183,281530 gradsRicePEER$176,3961 gradsSMUPEER$155,39080 gradsTexas A&MPEER$148,001284 gradsTCUPEER$143,476139 gradsBaylorPEER$141,489233 grads
UT DallasTHIS PROGRAM$132,107388 grads
UHPEER$130,338142 gradsUniversity of North TexasPEER$115,326209 gradsUTSAPEER$115,202195 gradsUT ArlingtonPEER$113,963575 gradsTexas TechPEER$110,9970 gradsHouston Christian UniversityPEER$110,44550 gradsUniversity of DallasPEER$107,333118 gradsUniversity of St ThomasPEER$105,90779 gradsThe University of Texas at TylerPEER$105,200303 gradsUniversity of Houston-Clear LakePEER$104,040162 gradsTexas State UniversityPEER$102,31080 gradsSaint Edward's UniversityPEER$100,97779 gradsSam Houston State UniversityPEER$99,41171 gradsTexas A & M University-CommercePEER$98,315268 gradsDallas Baptist UniversityPEER$95,65244 gradsUniversity of Mary Hardin-BaylorPEER$94,45815 gradsUniversity of Houston-VictoriaPEER$91,225274 gradsUTEPPEER$88,771133 gradsTexas Woman's UniversityPEER$88,709436 gradsTarleton State UniversityPEER$86,802127 gradsConcordia University TexasPEER$86,53184 gradsUniversity of the Incarnate WordPEER$85,152334 gradsUniversity of Houston-DowntownPEER$84,229421 gradsTexas A&M University-Central TexasPEER$84,05760 gradsLamar UniversityPEER$83,308167 gradsWayland Baptist UniversityPEER$81,702188 gradsTexas SouthernPEER$80,77353 gradsPrairie View A&MPEER$80,27661 gradsThe University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyPEER$79,747161 gradsTexas A & M University-KingsvillePEER$77,66179 gradsTexas A & M University-Corpus ChristiPEER$74,331459 gradsLeTourneau UniversityPEER$74,06330 gradsTexas A&M University-TexarkanaPEER$71,76156 gradsStephen F Austin State UniversityPEER$69,27516 gradsOur Lady of the Lake UniversityPEER$66,19874 gradsTexas A & M International UniversityPEER$59,467164 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.

Methodology →