El Paso Community College Business (Associate's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Associate's in Business/Commerce, General
- Public college
- El Paso, TX
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
El Paso Community College business graduates earn less than graduates of most business programs nationally, $25,900 in their first year. Where this program stands out is debt. The typical graduate leaves with $6,250 in federal loans, less than at 94% of business programs in the country. Debt is low, but pay is also below the Texas median of $31,411.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Texas and national columns are the medians across all business associate's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, El Paso Community College graduates earn less than the national figure and about $3,013 less than the Texas median. Several Texas programs with higher debt show higher pay by the five-year mark.
Debt and first-year pay at every Texas business program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Texas medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
What graduates earn over time
Pay rises about 60% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $66 a month, or 3.1% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
The government publishes these as ranges to protect privacy. They were measured in 2018 to 2020, partly during the pandemic pause on federal loan payments, so the forbearance share may be higher than usual.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
90% of graduates (123 of 136) were working in Texas one year after graduating. Prices in the El Paso area are about 10% below the national average, so a $25,900 salary here buys what about $28,806 buys in a typical US city.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to business, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
General and Operations Managers
$103,230Median pay in Texas. 431,310 people work in this job in Texas. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035, with about 285,000 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus 5 years or more of related work experience.
Project Management Specialists
$98,440Median pay in Texas. 138,960 people work in this job in Texas. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 7% from 2025 to 2035, with about 76,500 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Management Analysts
$101,400Median pay in Texas. 50,990 people work in this job in Texas. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 10% from 2025 to 2035, with about 94,100 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.
Sales Managers
$136,020Median pay in Texas. 76,010 people work in this job in Texas. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035, with about 47,300 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.
About El Paso Community College
Business ranks 3rd of 11 associate's programs at El Paso Community College by first-year earnings. The top three are Nursing ($79,996), Diagnostic and Treatment Professions ($58,814), and Business ($25,900).
Common questions
The median graduate earns $25,900 one year after graduating and $41,344 five years after. The median across business associate's programs in Texas is $31,411.
The median federal loan balance is $6,250, which ranks 3rd lowest of 12 business associate's programs in Texas. That works out to about $66 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 24% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 35%. If the highest possible early salary is the main goal, several Texas programs report higher pay, usually with more debt.
Most do. 90% (123 of 136) were working in Texas one year after graduating.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Texas comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the business program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024