Which UTRGV major has the lowest debt?

Management Information Systems graduates leave with a median of $8,360 in federal loans, the lowest among 36 UTRGV bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does UTRGV cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $9,987 a year, and $19,827 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $4,831 a year.

How many UTRGV programs report graduate pay?

37 bachelor's programs at UTRGV report first-year pay, and 36 of them also report federal debt.

UTRGV Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Public university
Edinburg, TX
28,666 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

37 UTRGV bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($77,619), and Philosophy the least ($14,151). The median program pays $30,173.

In-state tuition and fees$9,987Per year. Out-of-state $19,827

Average net price after aid$4,831Per year

Graduation rate51%Within 6 years

Admission rate94%Of applicants

All 37 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 195 graduates a year	$77,619	$87,989	$11,674	21st of 48
2	Mechanical EngineeringAbout 128 graduates a year	$60,924	$77,043	$15,500	20th of 23
3	Computer EngineeringAbout 52 graduates a year	$57,841	$87,467	$16,055	9th of 9
4	Medical Laboratory ScienceAbout 19 graduates a year	$56,421	$56,240	$13,825	7th of 9
5	MusicAbout 41 graduates a year	$56,373	$59,947	$20,920	2nd of 21
6	Civil EngineeringAbout 70 graduates a year	$54,182	$74,618	$11,000	12th of 12
7	Computer and Information ScienceGraduates a year not reported	$49,910	$60,284	$16,043	24th of 32
8	Social SciencesAbout 18 graduates a year	$47,248	$52,615	$20,238	1st of 4
9	MathematicsAbout 41 graduates a year	$47,199	$61,938	$12,225	15th of 21
10	Electrical EngineeringAbout 54 graduates a year	$45,597	$87,466	$19,250	19th of 19
11	Other Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 364 graduates a year	$41,757	$54,523	$15,465	31st of 39
12	Health SciencesAbout 122 graduates a year	$40,655	Not reported	$16,500	2nd of 16
13	Management Information SystemsAbout 18 graduates a year	$38,672	$57,693	$8,360	15th of 15
14	FinanceAbout 80 graduates a year	$37,711	$49,184	$16,896	37th of 39
15	AccountingAbout 143 graduates a year	$37,216	$55,859	$13,694	37th of 39
16	Business AdministrationAbout 153 graduates a year	$33,579	$49,369	$15,668	58th of 63
17	Criminal JusticeAbout 476 graduates a year	$32,899	$50,935	$11,644	30th of 39
18	Social WorkAbout 160 graduates a year	$30,436	$46,031	$16,526	23rd of 24
19	MarketingAbout 66 graduates a year	$30,173	$52,301	$16,912	36th of 39
20	International BusinessAbout 44 graduates a year	$29,271	Not reported	$10,370	8th of 9
21	Rehabilitation and TherapyAbout 83 graduates a year	$28,872	$47,753	$16,014	4th of 6
22	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 331 graduates a year	$27,731	$52,121	$15,110	37th of 42
23	Romance LanguagesAbout 28 graduates a year	$27,138	$45,243	$12,633	10th of 12
24	Human Development and Family StudiesAbout 65 graduates a year	$26,897	Not reported	$20,871	10th of 10
25	CommunicationsAbout 133 graduates a year	$26,748	$48,282	$11,956	27th of 33
26	PsychologyAbout 461 graduates a year	$26,541	$44,064	$12,000	47th of 52
27	HistoryAbout 67 graduates a year	$26,081	$42,544	$18,125	21st of 23
28	ESL TeachingGraduates a year not reported	$25,048	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
29	BiologyAbout 532 graduates a year	$24,841	$55,383	$13,950	35th of 43
30	Political ScienceAbout 72 graduates a year	$24,804	$47,968	$10,250	25th of 27
31	EnglishAbout 126 graduates a year	$24,187	$51,271	$17,625	28th of 30
32	Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender StudiesAbout 5 graduates a year	$23,604	Not reported	$13,000	2nd of 2
33	ChemistryAbout 26 graduates a year	$22,913	$63,154	$10,500	12th of 12
34	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 73 graduates a year	$21,891	$33,171	$17,687	16th of 19
35	AnthropologyAbout 8 graduates a year	$21,213	Not reported	$11,427	10th of 11
36	TheatreAbout 35 graduates a year	$16,706	$28,318	$16,001	14th of 15
37	PhilosophyAbout 17 graduates a year	$14,151	Not reported	$13,000	6th of 6

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.

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.

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

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Lowest median debt

Largest programs

BiologyAbout 532 graduates a year
Criminal JusticeAbout 476 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 461 graduates a year
Other Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 364 graduates a year
Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 331 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $77,619 in their first year, the most of 37 UTRGV 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