Program Payoff

Computer Science programs in Texas

25 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
Data Scientists$122,09025,860
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$101,85019,590
Information Security Analysts$129,89016,130

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

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
Alvin Community College Alvin Undergraduate certificate not published 4
Blinn College District Brenham Associate's degree not published 7
Collin County Community College District McKinney Associate's degree not published 50
Dallas College Dallas Associate's degree not published 15
El Paso Community College El Paso Associate's degree not published 56
Galveston College Galveston Associate's degree not published
Houston City College Houston Associate's degree not published 101
Jacksonville College-Main Campus Jacksonville Associate's degree not published
Laredo College Laredo Associate's degree not published
Lone Star College System The Woodlands Associate's degree not published 35
Midland College Midland Associate's degree not published
Northwest Vista College San Antonio Associate's degree not published 0
Odessa College Odessa Associate's degree not published 6
Palo Alto College San Antonio Associate's degree not published 0
South Plains College Levelland Associate's degree not published 1
South Texas College McAllen Associate's degree not published 50
Southwestern Adventist University Keene Associate's degree not published 1
St Philip's College San Antonio Associate's degree not published 0
Temple College Temple Associate's degree not published 9
Texas State Technical College Waco Associate's degree not published 0
The University of Texas Permian Basin Odessa Undergraduate certificate not published 7
The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington Undergraduate certificate not published 5
Tyler Junior College Tyler Associate's degree not published 8
Vernon College Vernon Associate's degree not published
Wharton County Junior College Wharton Associate's degree not published 4

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.