Business/Commerce, General programs in Texas
60 schools in Texas teach this, at certificate or associate level. 11 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $43,426 at Strayer University-Texas.
What this work pays in Texas
General and Operations Managers in Texas earn a median of $103,230 a year across 431,310 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.
| Also leads to | Median | Jobs in Texas |
|---|---|---|
| Project Management Specialists | $98,440 | 138,960 |
| Sales Managers | $136,020 | 76,010 |
| Managers, All Other | $134,390 | 61,410 |
| Construction Managers | $101,470 | 59,060 |
| Management Analysts | $101,400 | 50,990 |
Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.
Schools
| School | Credential | Median debt | Graduate earnings, 2 yrs | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strayer University-Texas Farmers Branch | Associate's degree | $32,140 | $43,426 (54 grads) | 59 |
| Austin Community College District Austin | Associate's degree | $9,000 | $33,382 (61 grads) | 297 |
| McLennan Community College Waco | Associate's degree | — | $33,281 (18 grads) | 27 |
| Collin County Community College District McKinney | Associate's degree | $5,671 | $32,925 (15 grads) | 231 |
| Lone Star College System The Woodlands | Associate's degree | $6,750 | $32,925 (25 grads) | 267 |
| San Jacinto Community College Pasadena | Associate's degree | $9,950 | $32,711 (45 grads) | 804 |
| Blinn College District Brenham | Associate's degree | $12,000 | $32,569 (25 grads) | 287 |
| Temple College Temple | Associate's degree | $12,000 | $28,816 (19 grads) | 58 |
| El Paso Community College El Paso | Associate's degree | $4,900 | $26,933 (78 grads) | 0 |
| South Texas College McAllen | Associate's degree | — | $24,164 (71 grads) | 258 |
| Tyler Junior College Tyler | Associate's degree | — | $21,508 (17 grads) | — |
| Dallas College Dallas | Associate's degree | $9,000 | not published | 209 |
| DeVry University-Texas Irving | Associate's degree | $26,339 | not published | 4 |
| Howard College Big Spring | Associate's degree | $7,000 | not published | 44 |
| Southern Careers Institute-Austin Austin | Associate's degree | $12,028 | not published | — |
| Southwest College for the Deaf Big Spring | Associate's degree | $7,000 | not published | 0 |
| Texarkana College Texarkana | Associate's degree | $11,297 | not published | 36 |
| Texas Southmost College Brownsville | Associate's degree | $10,179 | not published | 59 |
| Wharton County Junior College Wharton | Associate's degree | $12,000 | not published | 69 |
| Alvin Community College Alvin | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 36 |
| Alvin Community College Alvin | Associate's degree | — | not published | 40 |
| Angelina College Lufkin | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 12 |
| Angelina College Lufkin | Associate's degree | — | not published | 8 |
| Central Texas College Killeen | Associate's degree | — | not published | 57 |
| Cisco College Cisco | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Clarendon College Clarendon | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Coastal Bend College Beeville | Associate's degree | — | not published | 3 |
| College of the Mainland Texas City | Associate's degree | — | not published | 18 |
| Collin County Community College District McKinney | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Dallas Christian College Dallas | Associate's degree | — | not published | 1 |
| Dallas College Dallas | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 3 |
| Del Mar College Corpus Christi | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 13 |
| Del Mar College Corpus Christi | Associate's degree | — | not published | 11 |
| Frank Phillips College Borger | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| Hill College Hillsboro | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 5 |
| Hill College Hillsboro | Associate's degree | — | not published | 38 |
| Houston Christian University Houston | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| Howard College Big Spring | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 8 |
| Jacksonville College-Main Campus Jacksonville | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| Kilgore College Kilgore | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 2 |
| Kilgore College Kilgore | Associate's degree | — | not published | 10 |
| Lamar State College-Orange Orange | Associate's degree | — | not published | 45 |
| McLennan Community College Waco | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 7 |
| Midland College Midland | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 59 |
| Midland College Midland | Associate's degree | — | not published | 17 |
| Navarro College Corsicana | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| Paris Junior College Paris | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Paris Junior College Paris | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| San Antonio College San Antonio | Associate's degree | — | not published | 2 |
| South Texas College McAllen | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 49 |
| Southwest College for the Deaf Big Spring | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Southwest Texas College Uvalde | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| St Philip's College San Antonio | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Tarrant County College District Fort Worth | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Temple College Temple | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 12 |
| Texas Christian University Fort Worth | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| The University of Texas at Austin Austin | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 31 |
| University of St Thomas Houston | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Vernon College Vernon | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 2 |
| Vernon College Vernon | 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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The U.S. Department of Education publishes new cost, debt and earnings figures once a year, and every number on this page changes at once. One email when that happens for Business/Commerce, General — nothing else, and nothing in between.
Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.