THE QUANTIFIABLE VALUE OF A UTSA DEGREE UTSA provides students with a strong return on investment by decreasing their time to graduation, increasing their professional workforce readiness and positioning them for competitive starting salaries.
Opportunity Recent data shows Texas ranks 11th for the highest rates of poverty among all states, with the poverty rate exceeding the national average at 14% (Texas Demographic Center, 2024). To tackle this issue head-on, UTSA is creating greater opportunities for all Texans by preparing them for the professional workforce - connecting industry-aligned degree programs and hands-on learning experiences to drive economic development efforts and create better lives for graduates and their families.
Value Proposition: Career Ready Roadrunners UTSA’s value proposition is clear: deliver high-quality instruction through industry-aligned programs to close the classroom and workplace gap. The results are well-equipped graduates who land in-demand careers at high-profile companies. High-Quality Instruction
Industry Aligned Programs
“Learning by Doing” Experiences
Career Ready
Roadrunners
Impact: Strong Return on Investment UTSA makes deliberate, strategic efforts to create a data-informed ecosystem of student support that dramatically improves student success outcomes. Average time to undergraduate degree completion of 4.3 years, compared to 5.4 years just a decade ago.
UTSA’s most recent graduating class (2023) secured jobs with an approximate starting salary of $59,000.
Earning a degree at UTSA adds more than $28,000 to a graduate’s salary compared to the salaries of high school graduates in San Antonio.
UTSA students create a stronger talent pipeline for Texas with 90% of alumni who graduated in the last three years, choosing to stay and work in Texas.
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Taylor Eighmy President, The Univeristy of Texas at San Antonio president.eighmy@utsa.edu
Updated May 6, 2024