COLLEGES · 30-YEAR ROI · SAN ANTONIO, TX

Is The University of Texas at San Antonio worth the money?

Yes — at resident pricing. A The University of Texas at San Antonio degree clears +$1.37M in 30-year projected net value over skipping college and investing the difference.

A public four-year school in San Antonio, Texas, priced as a Texas resident — earnings rolled up from 47 FREOPP-reported programs.

IPEDS 2023 cost · FREOPP 2021 earnings · BEA 2023 cost-of-living · same model as /worth-it · this school clears positive net value.

The University of Texas at San Antonio · San Antonio, TX

30-year net value · resident pricing
+$1.37M
30-year net value · non-resident
+$929K
Median earnings · 10 yrs after entry
$55,130
Breaks even by age
45
Annual tuition · Texas resident
$9,279
Annual tuition · out-of-state
$22,217
Total cost of attendance (4 years, sticker)
$84,488
Total cost of attendance · out-of-state
$136,240
FREOPP program coverage
47 programs

The out-of-state tax in Texas, ranked

How this is computed (and what it isn’t)

The University of Texas at San Antonio runs through the /worth-it model at its resident tuition rate, with the standard loan assumptions, a 30-year horizon, and Texas’s own cost-of-living on the skip-college path. The “30-year net value” is the projected accumulated value of going vs. skipping and investing the difference, in real dollars.

What it isn’t: a verdict on every major. The school-level number averages across 47 FREOPP-reported programs — the field you pick swings it by over a million dollars on its own. We only publish school pages that clear positive net value at resident pricing; earnings roll up from at least three FREOPP programs (ADR-0032), so a single high-earning major can’t fake the number.

Questions

Is The University of Texas at San Antonio worth the money?
At resident pricing, yes: The University of Texas at San Antonio clears +$1.37M in 30-year projected net value versus skipping college and investing the difference. That is computed from a total cost of attendance of $84,488 and median earnings of $55,130 ten years after entry (IPEDS 2023 cost, FREOPP 2021 earnings, BEA 2023 cost-of-living — the same model as the LE TEEN calculator).
How much is tuition at The University of Texas at San Antonio?
The University of Texas at San Antonio's annual sticker tuition is $9,279 for Texas residents and $22,217 for out-of-state students, before financial aid. Total cost of attendance over 4 years — tuition plus fees, housing, and living costs — is $84,488 (IPEDS 2023).
What is the total cost of The University of Texas at San Antonio?
Over 4 years, The University of Texas at San Antonio's sticker cost of attendance is $84,488 at resident pricing, or $136,240 out-of-state — tuition, fees, housing, and living costs at Texas prices, before financial aid. Median earnings ten years after entry are $55,130.
What is out-of-state tuition at The University of Texas at San Antonio?
Non-resident annual sticker tuition at The University of Texas at San Antonio is $22,217, versus $9,279 for Texas residents — a premium of $12,938 a year. Even at the non-resident rate, The University of Texas at San Antonio clears positive 30-year net value.
How long until a The University of Texas at San Antonio degree pays for itself?
The degree path overtakes the skip-college path around age 45 under our defaults — from there the gap only widens, ending +$1.37M ahead at the 30-year horizon.
What could change the number for The University of Texas at San Antonio?
Two levers dominate. Residency: this page prices The University of Texas at San Antonio as a Texas resident; at non-resident tuition it still clears +$929K, but the gap is real money (see the out-of-state tax in Texas). And the major: the field you pick swings lifetime ROI by over a million dollars on its own (see the majors pages).

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LE TEEN (2026). “Is The University of Texas at San Antonio worth the money? 30-year ROI.” Data: IPEDS 2023 · FREOPP 2021 · BEA 2023. https://le-teen.com/colleges/the-university-of-texas-at-san-antonio