UTSA Business Economics (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Business/Managerial Economics
- Public university
- San Antonio, TX
- About 51 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
UTSA business economics graduates earn less than graduates of most business economics programs nationally, $44,424 in their first year. Where this program stands out is debt. The typical graduate leaves with $18,246 in federal loans, less than at 79% of business economics programs in the country. Debt is low, but pay is also below the Texas median of $53,984.
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, UTSA graduates earn less than the national figure and about the same as 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 61% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Does family income change the outcome?
Graduates who received Pell Grants, which go to students from lower-income families, earned $4,743 less in their first year than other graduates. Students who expect to rely on grants should weigh this gap.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $193 a month, or 5.2% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
94% of graduates (62 of 66) were working in Texas one year after graduating. Prices in the San Antonio area are about 5% below the national average, so a $44,424 salary here buys what about $46,902 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 UTSA
Business Economics ranks 18th of 47 bachelor's programs at UTSA by first-year earnings. The top three are Computer Engineering ($73,639), Computer and Information Science ($72,804), and Construction Finishing and Inspection ($71,202).
Other business economics bachelor's programs near San Antonio
Common questions
The median graduate earns $44,424 one year after graduating and $71,403 five years after. The median across business economics bachelor's programs in Texas is $53,984.
The median federal loan balance is $18,246, which ranks 3rd lowest of 5 business economics bachelor's programs in Texas. That works out to about $193 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 41% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 42%. If the highest possible early salary is the main goal, several Texas programs report higher pay.
Most do. 94% (62 of 66) 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