+18%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at The University of Texas Permian Basin rose 18% between 2006 and 2009 ($5.5k → $6.5k).
Texas · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
The University of Texas Permian Basin
Odessa, Texas. 4,122 undergraduate students. 55 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at The University of Texas Permian Basin
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
+14%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at The University of Texas Permian Basin rose 14% between 2021 and 2024 (3.4k → 3.9k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Texas
Each tile compares this institution to the Texas median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$56,073+12% · 6→10y
Texas median $39,639$50,020
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry43.0%+66% · '97→'24
Texas median 51.8%$12,285+54% · '97→'09
At program completion4,122+146% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS61.4%-12% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time84.5%+7% · '01→'24
latest cohort$10,904+372% · '00→'24
out-of-state $23,212SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
2.9%Median federal debt $12,285 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $56,073 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+66%
The University of Texas Permian Basin · completion · 150% rose
23.9% → 39.7%
+128%
The University of Texas Permian Basin · completion · 100% rose
10.9% → 24.8%
-12%
The University of Texas Permian Basin · retention fell
69.0% → 60.9%
+146%
The University of Texas Permian Basin · undergrad enrollment rose
1,587 → 3,911
+372%
The University of Texas Permian Basin · in-state tuition rose
$1,956 → $9,236
+201%
The University of Texas Permian Basin · out-of-state tuition rose
$7,140 → $21,504
+54%
The University of Texas Permian Basin · median debt rose
$4,225 → $6,500
+30%
The University of Texas Permian Basin · earnings_median_10yr rose
$43,200 → $56,073
+33%
The University of Texas Permian Basin · earnings_median_8yr rose
$39,800 → $52,880
+37%
The University of Texas Permian Basin · earnings_median_6yr rose
$36,500 → $50,020
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Petroleum Engineering.$99,276Mechanical Engineering.$96,881Educational Administration and Supervision.$77,473Business Administration, Management and Operations.$72,577Accounting and Related Services.$66,174Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$60,414Special Education and Teaching.$59,645Communication and Media Studies.$56,760Health and Physical Education/Fitness.$56,501Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences.$55,699Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other.$54,906Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services.$51,609Sociology.$49,830Marketing.$48,134Psychology, General.$47,718
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
15 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
EDUCATION · CIP 13
ENGINEERING · CIP 14
FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES · CIP 19
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PHYSICAL SCIENCES · CIP 40
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at The University of Texas Permian Basin
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$660,798
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 6
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $9,055
- HS-only baseline · TX
- $37,300
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 52
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Texas
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“The University of Texas Permian Basin graduates earn $X” — not “The University of Texas Permian Basin makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending The University of Texas Permian Basin caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.