COLLEGES · 30-YEAR ROI · DENTON, TX

Is University of North Texas worth the money?

Yes — at resident pricing. A University of North Texas degree clears +$1.44M in 30-year projected net value over skipping college and investing the difference.

A public four-year school in Denton, Texas, priced as a Texas resident — earnings rolled up from 63 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.

University of North Texas · Denton, TX

30-year net value · resident pricing
+$1.44M
30-year net value · non-resident
+$1.10M
Median earnings · 10 yrs after entry
$56,226
Breaks even by age
43
Annual tuition · Texas resident
$11,164
Annual tuition · out-of-state
$21,244
Total cost of attendance (4 years, sticker)
$87,876
Total cost of attendance · out-of-state
$128,196
FREOPP program coverage
63 programs

The out-of-state tax in Texas, ranked

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

University of North Texas 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 63 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 University of North Texas worth the money?
At resident pricing, yes: University of North Texas clears +$1.44M in 30-year projected net value versus skipping college and investing the difference. That is computed from a total cost of attendance of $87,876 and median earnings of $56,226 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 University of North Texas?
University of North Texas's annual sticker tuition is $11,164 for Texas residents and $21,244 for out-of-state students, before financial aid. Total cost of attendance over 4 years — tuition plus fees, housing, and living costs — is $87,876 (IPEDS 2023).
What is the total cost of University of North Texas?
Over 4 years, University of North Texas's sticker cost of attendance is $87,876 at resident pricing, or $128,196 out-of-state — tuition, fees, housing, and living costs at Texas prices, before financial aid. Median earnings ten years after entry are $56,226.
What is out-of-state tuition at University of North Texas?
Non-resident annual sticker tuition at University of North Texas is $21,244, versus $11,164 for Texas residents — a premium of $10,080 a year. Even at the non-resident rate, University of North Texas clears positive 30-year net value.
How long until a University of North Texas degree pays for itself?
The degree path overtakes the skip-college path around age 43 under our defaults — from there the gap only widens, ending +$1.44M ahead at the 30-year horizon.
What could change the number for University of North Texas?
Two levers dominate. Residency: this page prices University of North Texas as a Texas resident; at non-resident tuition it still clears +$1.10M, 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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Cite this:

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