Fifty-six low-performing programs at Texas public universities leave their students with excessive debt relative to their earnings. Policymakers should hold these programs accountable.
- New data from the U.S. Department of Education provide insight into the typical student loan debt and post-graduation earnings of recent college graduates.
- We use these data to subject programs at public Texas universities to a series of debt-to-earnings tests.
- We identify 56 low-performing programs at Texas public universities that leave their students with excessive student loan debt relative to their earnings.
- Students should be wary about enrolling in these programs, colleges should improve or phase out these programs, and policymakers should hold these programs accountable.