Texas Southern had the most underperforming programs (10) in the TPPF analysis, followed by the University of Texas at Austin (8) and Prairie View A&M University (6). Broken down under four groups of recommendations, the TPPF says many of them should either be sanctioned, with the potential for "funding and enrollment restrictions," or given a sunset tag, that is they should be eliminated altogether. They include:

Bachelor's degree in fine and studio arts, Texas A&M Corpus Christi
Associate's degree in business operations, support and assistant services, Houston Community College
First professional degree in optometry, University of Houston
Master's degree in multi/interdisciplinary studies, University of North Texas
First professional degree in dentistry, University of Texas Health Science Center for San Antonio
First professional degree in law, Texas A&M University-College Station
First professional degree in dentistry, Texas A&M University-College Station
Doctoral degree in music, University of Texas-Austin
Master's degree in music, University of Texas-Austin
Master's degree in radio, TV and digital communications, University of Texas-Austin
Doctoral degree in architecture, University of Texas Austin
Master's degree in teacher education and professional development, Texas Southern University
First professional degree in law, Texas Southern University

Within the report, the Foundation also highlighted states that are doing better than others in keeping risk low for students by having few low-performing programs. The best of the best is Rhode Island, with 73 programs the TPPF said could be rewarded with additional funding for their efforts on debt-to-earning ratios after three years and in having no programs that fall into the sunset category. It was followed by New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and Minnesota. Texas ranked 14^th overall. The bottom five includes California, Kentucky, Montana, Louisiana and Alaska, although they did have a lot of data restricted because of privacy. Still, they also had the fewest programs listed under the reward category.

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