Which Texas Southmost College associate's program has the lowest debt?

Teacher Education graduates leave with a median of $7,750 in federal loans, the lowest among 5 Texas Southmost College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Texas Southmost College cost?

In-district tuition and fees are $3,148 a year, and $4,948 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $3,085 a year.

How many Texas Southmost College programs report graduate pay?

5 associate's programs and 2 certificate programs at Texas Southmost College report first-year pay, and 6 of them also report federal debt.

Texas Southmost College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Brownsville, TX
3,372 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

5 Texas Southmost College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Diagnostic and Treatment Professions pays the most in the first year ($61,406), and Teacher Education the least ($10,576). The median program pays $25,873. Texas Southmost College also has 2 certificate programs that report pay.

In-district tuition and fees$3,148Per year. Out-of-state $4,948

Average net price after aid$3,085Per year

Graduation rate30%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 5 associate's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Texas" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Texas. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Texas
1	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 33 graduates a year	$61,406	$71,417	$12,349	8th of 36
2	Criminal JusticeAbout 100 graduates a year	$25,923	$40,587	$8,000	15th of 18
3	BusinessAbout 61 graduates a year	$25,873	Not reported	$10,655	11th of 12
4	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 534 graduates a year	$22,111	$33,862	$11,000	39th of 47
5	Teacher EducationAbout 64 graduates a year	$10,576	$28,407	$7,750	13th of 13

Program names link to the program's own page, and Texas ranks link to the full ranking for the field.

One more associate's program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

Both certificate programs

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Texas" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Texas.

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Texas
Practical NursingAbout 22 graduates a year	$46,052	Not reported	$10,102	17th of 37
Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 17 graduates a year	$20,461	Not reported	Not reported	16th of 16

Program names link to the program's own page, and Texas ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Texas programs in the field do too.

Common questions

Diagnostic and Treatment Professions graduates earn a median of $61,406 in their first year, the most of 5 Texas Southmost College associate's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
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 rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels