Which UTMB major has the lowest debt?

Nursing graduates leave with a median of $20,500 in federal loans, the lowest among 3 UTMB bachelor's programs that report debt.

How many UTMB programs report graduate pay?

3 bachelor's programs at UTMB report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

UTMB Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Public university
Galveston, TX
545 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

3 UTMB bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($80,433), and Medical Laboratory Science the least ($59,591). The median program pays $72,789.

All 3 bachelor'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 bachelor'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	NursingAbout 312 graduates a year	$80,433	$88,238	$20,500	15th of 48
2	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 13 graduates a year	$72,789	Not reported	$24,250	4th of 7
3	Medical Laboratory ScienceAbout 29 graduates a year	$59,591	Not reported	$25,000	6th of 9

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

Some nursing bachelor's programs are for nurses who are already licensed and working (RN-to-BSN). College Scorecard counts them with programs for new students, and their graduates' pay reflects years of nursing experience, so high pay at a program here may not mean higher starting pay for a new nurse.

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $80,433 in their first year, the most of 3 UTMB bachelor'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