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Highest earning master's registered nursing programs in Texas
Texas registered nursing programs, ranked by median earnings one year after completion, from the College Scorecard field-of-study file (September 18, 2026). Only programs with at least 30 counted graduates in the earnings sample are shown, and at least 5 programs must qualify for this list to exist.
| Rank | School | City | Sector | Median earnings, 1 year after | Graduates counted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas Wesleyan University | Fort Worth | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $203,601 | 218 |
| 2 | West Coast University | Richardson | For-profit, 4-year | $128,308 | 163 |
| 3 | Midwestern State University | Wichita Falls | Public, 4-year | $128,032 | 44 |
| 4 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | Edinburg | Public, 4-year | $125,317 | 112 |
| 5 | Angelo State University | San Angelo | Public, 4-year | $117,398 | 34 |
| 6 | The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston | Galveston | Public, 4-year | $116,723 | 240 |
| 7 | Prairie View A & M University | Prairie View | Public, 4-year | $115,452 | 49 |
| 8 | The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio | San Antonio | Public, 4-year | $114,762 | 110 |
| 9 | Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center | Lubbock | Public, 4-year | $110,624 | 402 |
| 10 | The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston | Houston | Public, 4-year | $110,523 | 353 |
| 11 | The University of Texas at Arlington | Arlington | Public, 4-year | $109,058 | 1,746 |
| 12 | Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi | Corpus Christi | Public, 4-year | $108,741 | 96 |
| 13 | The University of Texas at Tyler | Tyler | Public, 4-year | $107,612 | 86 |
| 14 | The University of Texas at El Paso | El Paso | Public, 4-year | $104,997 | 231 |
| 15 | Texas Woman's University | Denton | Public, 4-year | $102,476 | 221 |
| 16 | South University | Round Rock | For-profit, 4-year | $102,397 | 2,334 |
| 17 | Texas State University | San Marcos | Public, 4-year | $95,708 | 44 |
| 18 | The University of Texas at Austin | Austin | Public, 4-year | $94,957 | 84 |
| 19 | Lubbock Christian University | Lubbock | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $84,157 | 78 |
Earnings cover federally aided graduates only, as published by College Scorecard.
How to read this. A smaller program can show a high or low figure from just a few graduates, and this earnings figure only ever covers students who received federal aid, so it does not describe every graduate.