Program Payoff

Information Science/Studies programs in Texas

10 schools in Texas teach this, at certificate or associate level. The Department of Education publishes earnings for none of them, so the figures below are what the occupation itself pays.

What this work pays in Texas

Software Developers in Texas earn a median of $132,150 a year across 163,880 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in Texas
Computer and Information Systems Managers$171,53073,060
Computer Occupations, All Other$111,53057,020
Database Architects$151,3708,270
Web and Digital Interface Designers$102,6505,910
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary$97,4803,540

Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
El Paso Community College El Paso Undergraduate certificate not published
El Paso Community College El Paso Associate's degree not published
North Central Texas College Gainesville Undergraduate certificate not published 7
North Central Texas College Gainesville Associate's degree not published 21
Northwest Vista College San Antonio Associate's degree not published
Palo Alto College San Antonio Associate's degree not published 0
Panola College Carthage Undergraduate certificate not published 17
Panola College Carthage Associate's degree not published 6
Strayer University-Texas Farmers Branch Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Texas Tech University Lubbock Undergraduate certificate not published 1

A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.

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Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.