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Texas State University
San Marcos, TX · Public · 36,177 students · mostly bachelor degrees
155th-cheapest of 340 Texas colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$16,805
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$28,073
Graduation rate
55%
Admission rate
89%
Median graduate earnings
$56,906
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$21,000
Average SAT
1103
Median ACT
22
Pell grant recipients
37%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
198 programsClinical Nurse Leader · Master's Degree24 grads/yr$111,334Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree94 grads/yr$109,005Computer Science · Bachelor's Degree226 grads/yr$104,127Construction Engineering Technology/Technician · Bachelor's Degree110 grads/yr$100,352Accounting · Master's Degree55 grads/yr$99,772Electrical and Electronics Engineering · Bachelor's Degree59 grads/yr$94,780Educational Leadership and Administration, General · Doctoral Degree20 grads/yr$91,833Industrial Engineering · Bachelor's Degree23 grads/yr$90,729Manufacturing Engineering · Bachelor's Degree39 grads/yr$88,995Clinical Nurse Leader · Bachelor's Degree75 grads/yr$84,557Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapist · Bachelor's Degree54 grads/yr$79,289Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General · Bachelor's Degree47 grads/yr$78,671Accounting · Bachelor's Degree134 grads/yr$78,418Computer and Information Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree86 grads/yr$77,701Assistive/Augmentative Technology and Rehabilitation Engineering · First Professional Degree42 grads/yr$76,047Finance, General · Bachelor's Degree225 grads/yr$75,100Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other · Master's Degree16 grads/yr$74,866Business/Managerial Economics · Bachelor's Degree31 grads/yr$74,435Medical/Health Management and Clinical Assistant/Specialist · Master's Degree30 grads/yr$72,926Financial Mathematics · Bachelor's Degree23 grads/yr$72,464Econometrics and Quantitative Economics · Bachelor's Degree23 grads/yr$71,739Marketing/Marketing Management, General · Bachelor's Degree308 grads/yr$71,539Communication Disorders Sciences and Services, Other · Master's Degree31 grads/yr$71,450Agriculture, General · Bachelor's Degree47 grads/yr$71,237Communication, General · Master's Degree36 grads/yr$70,534
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.