CIP 1301 · Bachelor's Degree · University of Houston-Clear Lake

Education, General at University of Houston-Clear Lake

Federal outcomes for bachelor's degree graduates of University of Houston-Clear Lake. Median earnings 5 years after completion: $58,497.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$58,497
Texas CIP-4 median $46,333
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$53,337
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
$277,596
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 8
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 8year 0year 39
Cost per year
$9,994
HS-only baseline · TX
$37,300
Years to complete
4
CIP family
13

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 1301

Education, 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.

University of Houston-Clear LakeTHIS PROGRAM$58,497
Southwestern Assemblies of God UniversityPEER$46,3333 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 →