Universal Technical
Institute of Texas Inc.
For-profit College in Houston, TX. Six-year graduation rate 60%. Median 10-year earnings $51,222.
Ten years after entry, the median Universal Technical Institute of Texas Inc. student earns $51,222 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. 60% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Median debt at graduation is $14,267, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.28 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Completion is middling: 60% finish inside six years. Retention of 76% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. The 33:1 student-faculty ratio is high, so large classes and limited faculty contact should be the expectation. As a for-profit two-year institution, outcomes here deserve a harder look than the sector average suggests: for-profit institutions vary enormously, and the sector's aggregate numbers hide both strong and very weak performers.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,694 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $22,653 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Income makes less difference than usual: $22,090 at $0–30k, $27,642 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 77% of students at an average of $5,085. 59% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 1,023 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 | $22,090 |
| $30–48k | $21,524 |
| $48–75k | $24,270 |
| $75–110k | $26,907 |
| $110k+ | $27,642 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,601 of these 2,694 students, totalling $10,266,101 — an average of $6,412 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Harris 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)