The University
of Texas Permian Basin
Public College in Odessa, TX. Six-year graduation rate 40%. Median 10-year earnings $56,073.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $56,073 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. Completion is the weak point: 40% graduate within six years. Graduates carry a median of $17,750 in debt — in line with the national norm. On economic mobility, 3.0% of students travel from the bottom income quintile to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.32 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Admission is not the constraint here: 95% of applicants are accepted. The applicant pool runs to 1,565, typical for a school of this reach. A 44% yield rate puts this school in the upper range for admits who follow through. 37% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score. The bands below describe the middle half of that group, not of the class.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 470–570 | 240 (37%) |
| SAT Math | 440–560 | |
| ACT Composite | 17–23 | 35 (5%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is the problem here: 40% graduate within six years. Retention of 61% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. With 38% transferring out, this functions substantially as a stepping stone. The part-time picture is harder: 45% return, against 61% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 4,053 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $13,563 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($11,930 versus $17,810), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 73% of students receive grant aid, averaging $8,457 — common but not automatic. 33% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 626 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $11,930 |
| $30–48k | $10,491 |
| $48–75k | $12,823 |
| $75–110k | $13,294 |
| $110k+ | $17,810 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,330 of these 4,053 students, totalling $1,114,144 — an average of $838 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Ector County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)