Program Payoff

Economics programs in Texas

14 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

Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in Texas earn a median of $63,590 a year across 111,660 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in Texas
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists$72,52063,350
Managers, All Other$134,39061,410
Data Scientists$122,09025,860
Statisticians$102,9601,390
Social Science Research Assistants$58,0701,180

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

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
Austin Community College District Austin Associate's degree not published 16
Blinn College District Brenham Associate's degree not published 268
El Paso Community College El Paso Associate's degree not published 0
Grayson College Denison Associate's degree not published
Laredo College Laredo Associate's degree not published
Northeast Lakeview College Universal City Associate's degree not published 0
Northwest Vista College San Antonio Associate's degree not published 0
Palo Alto College San Antonio Associate's degree not published 0
Panola College Carthage Undergraduate certificate not published 0
San Antonio College San Antonio Associate's degree not published
St Philip's College San Antonio Associate's degree not published 0
Strayer University-Texas Farmers Branch Associate's degree not published 0
Texas A&M University-College Station College Station Undergraduate certificate not published 1
Tyler Junior College Tyler Associate's degree not published 3

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.