UNT Business Economics (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Business/Managerial Economics
- Public university
- Denton, TX
- About 15 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
UNT business economics graduates earn about what business economics graduates earn nationally, $54,058 in their first year. Where this program stands out is debt. The typical graduate leaves with $14,125 in federal loans, less than at 96% of business economics programs in the country. Strong value, but not one of the highest-paying business economics degrees in Texas.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Texas and national columns are the medians across all business economics bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, UNT graduates earn more than the national figure and about $23,974 more than the Texas median.
Debt and first-year pay at every Texas business economics 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 77% 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 $150 a month, or 3.3% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
88% of graduates (21 of 24) were working in Texas one year after graduating. Prices in the Dallas area are about 3% above the national average, so a $54,058 salary here buys what about $52,438 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 economics, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
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.
Financial Risk Specialists
$103,760Median pay in Texas. 4,780 people work in this job in Texas. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 7% from 2025 to 2035, with about 4,800 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Economists
$121,420Median pay in Texas. 560 people work in this job in Texas. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035, with about 1,100 openings a year. Typical education to start: master's degree.
Survey Researchers
$47,330Median pay in Texas. 680 people work in this job in Texas. Nationally, jobs are projected to shrink 5% from 2025 to 2035, with about 600 openings a year. Typical education to start: master's degree.
About UNT
Business Economics ranks 13th of 60 bachelor's programs at UNT by first-year earnings. The top three are Computer Engineering ($78,714), Electrical Engineering ($75,265), and Construction Engineering Technology ($72,266).
Other business economics bachelor's programs near Denton
Common questions
The median graduate earns $54,058 one year after graduating and $95,473 five years after. The median across business economics bachelor's programs in Texas is $53,984.
The median federal loan balance is $14,125, which ranks the lowest of 5 business economics bachelor's programs in Texas. That works out to about $150 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 26% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 42%.
Most do. 88% (21 of 24) 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 economics 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