US College Programs

Entrepreneurship (Bachelor's) Programs in Texas, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

  • 7 programs report first-year pay
  • 6 also report federal debt
  • Bachelor's in Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations

College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025

The short answer

The median Texas entrepreneurship bachelor's program pays its graduates $45,265 in their first year, $51 less than the national median. TCU reports the highest first-year pay ($65,028), and University of Houston the lowest median debt ($11,100).

Median first-year pay$45,265National $45,316
Median pay after 5 years$57,081National $59,202
Median federal debt$22,334National $24,250
Debt-to-earnings41%National 53%

All 7 programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

Dallas Baptist University reports pay but not debt, so it is ranked only by pay.

Debt and first-year pay at every Texas entrepreneurship 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 the 6 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

  1. TCU$65,028
  2. Baylor University$59,052
  3. University of Houston$52,752
  4. UNT$45,265
  5. Lamar University$32,129

Lowest median debt

  1. University of Houston$11,100
  2. UNT$19,365
  3. Baylor University$19,375
  4. TCU$25,292
  5. Lamar University$25,406

Lowest debt for the pay

  1. University of Houston21%
  2. Baylor University33%
  3. TCU39%
  4. UNT43%
  5. Lamar University79%

"Debt for the pay" is median debt divided by first-year pay. Only programs that report both figures are included.

Careers this field leads to

These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to entrepreneurship, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.

General and Operations Managers

$103,230

Median pay in Texas. 431,310 people work in this job in Texas. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035, with about 285,000 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus 5 years or more of related work experience.

Bottom 10%: $46,190Top 10%: $264,620

Chief Executives

$257,850

Median pay in Texas. 8,780 people work in this job in Texas. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 3% from 2025 to 2035, with about 19,100 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus 5 years or more of related work experience.

Bottom 10%: $121,130Top 10%: $558,550

Common questions

TCU in Fort Worth reports the highest median first-year pay, $65,028. Its median federal debt is $25,292.

Related pages

Entrepreneurship (Bachelor's) programs in the US, ranked64 programs by pay and debt

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.
  • 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.
  • Medians are across the entrepreneurship bachelor's programs that report each figure, so the counts differ by figure. Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.

Sources

  1. U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
  2. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
  3. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
  4. NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024