Texas State University Overview

Located in San Marcos, Texas, Texas State University is a public institution. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

What Is Texas State University Known For?

• Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Texas State.
• In a recent academic period74% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from Texas State with a bachelor's degree make about $56,906 a year. That's 39% more than those who graduate from other schools.

Where Is Texas State University?

Contact details for Texas State are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	601 University Dr, San Marcos, TX 78666
Phone:	512-245-2111
Website:	www.txst.edu

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How Do I Get Into Texas State?

You can apply to Texas State online at: https://prod.applytexas.org/

Admission Requirements for Texas State

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	3
High School Rank	1
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	3
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Texas State?

Since Texas State has an acceptance rate of 88%, it is not too hard to gain acceptance into the school. Still, you need to be sure you complete your application in full and send in any other requested documents.

Approximately 34% of accepted students are men and 65% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 83%, and the acceptance rate for women is 90%.

Average Test Scores

About 49% of students accepted to Texas State submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 500 and 600. Math scores were between 480 and 580.

Texas State received ACT scores from 8% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 18 and 25. Math scores were between 17 and 0. Composite scores were between 19 and 26.

Can I Afford Texas State University?

The overall average net price of Texas State is $29,712. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Texas State, approximately 50% of students took out student loans averaging $5,703 a year. That adds up to $22,812 over four years for those students.

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Texas State University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 33,193 undergraduate students at Texas State, with 26,536 being full-time and 6,657 being part-time.

There are also 4,619 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 26,536 full-time undergraduates at Texas State, 40% are male and 60% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Texas State University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	676
Black or African American	2,652
Hispanic or Latino	10,667
White	11,175
International Students	134
Other Races/Ethnicities	1,232

Geographic Diversity

Texas students aren't the only ones who study at Texas State University. At this time, 31 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 83 countries are represented at Texas State. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, China, and Mexico.

Texas State University Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
General Psychology	508	0	0	0	508
Business Administration & Management	391	0	94	0	485
Health & Physical Education	423	0	49	0	472
Teacher Education Grade Specific	317	0	93	0	410
Criminal Justice & Corrections	344	2	19	3	368
Marketing	308	0	10	0	318
Public Relations & Advertising	318	0	0	0	318
Computer Science	226	0	67	5	298
General Biology	223	0	21	0	244
Finance & Financial Management	225	0	0	0	225
Social Work	122	0	97	0	219
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	195	0	16	0	211
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	197	0	0	0	197
Accounting	134	0	55	0	189
Health Sciences & Services	177	0	0	0	177
Drama & Theater Arts	168	0	7	0	175
Communication & Media Studies	130	8	36	0	174
General English Literature	150	0	17	0	167
Liberal Arts General Studies	146	0	0	0	146
Political Science & Government	124	0	17	0	141
History	115	0	19	0	134
Construction Engineering Technology	110	0	17	0	127
Health & Medical Administrative Services	83	6	30	0	119
Design & Applied Arts	114	0	2	0	116
Nursing	75	0	24	0	99
Human Development & Family Studies	64	0	30	0	94
Computer Information Systems	86	2	0	0	88
Anthropology	71	0	16	1	88
Animal Science	85	0	0	0	85
Music	57	1	27	0	85
Food, Nutrition & Related Services	57	0	25	0	82
Educational Administration	0	0	60	20	80
Geography & Cartography	49	1	24	6	80
Non-Professional General Legal Studies	0	38	40	0	78
Communication Sciences	45	0	31	0	76
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	0	76	0	76
Fine & Studio Arts	73	0	0	0	73
Natural Resources Conservation	57	2	7	3	69
Public Health	49	0	19	0	68
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing	67	0	0	0	67
Special Education	0	28	39	0	67
Sociology	58	0	9	0	67
Allied Health Professions	54	0	9	0	63
Writing Studies	20	0	41	0	61
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	0	0	19	42	61
General Agriculture	47	0	12	0	59
Electrical Engineering	59	0	0	0	59
Zoology	57	0	0	0	57
International Studies	40	0	12	0	52
Public Administration	30	0	20	0	50
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	0	0	48	0	48
Journalism	48	0	0	0	48
General Engineering Technology	47	0	0	0	47
Romance Languages	42	0	5	0	47
Mathematics	34	0	10	0	44
Recreation Administration	39	0	4	0	43
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	33	0	7	0	40
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology	39	0	0	0	39
Manufacturing Engineering	39	0	0	0	39
Philosophy	16	9	13	0	38
Dance	36	0	0	0	36
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	7	0	25	0	32
Applied Mathematics	23	0	9	0	32
Business/Managerial Economics	31	0	0	0	31
Civil Engineering	31	0	0	0	31
Physics	20	0	11	0	31
Family & Consumer Economics	30	0	0	0	30
Industrial Engineering	23	0	0	0	23
Child Development & Psychology	0	0	23	0	23
Economics	23	0	0	0	23
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	0	20	2	22
Chemistry	19	0	2	0	21
General Engineering	0	0	19	0	19
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	18	0	0	0	18
Agricultural Economics & Business	17	0	0	0	17
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	15	0	0	0	15
Materials Engineering	0	0	0	13	13
Sustainability Science	0	0	12	0	12
International Relations & National Security	12	0	0	0	12
Urban & Regional Planning	11	0	0	0	11
Gerontology	0	0	11	0	11
Natural Resource Management	9	2	0	0	11
Human Resource Management	0	0	8	0	8
Audiovisual Communications	8	0	0	0	8
Engineering-Related Fields	0	0	7	0	7
Instructional Media Design	0	0	6	0	6
Religious Studies	6	0	0	0	6
Other Education	0	0	4	1	5
Information Science	0	0	3	0	3
Germanic Languages	3	0	0	0	3
Multilingual Education	0	0	2	0	2
Computer Engineering	0	0	2	0	2
Legal Support Services	0	1	1	0	2
Human Sciences Business Services	0	0	0	0	0
Biological & Physical Science	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	7,127	100	1,458	96	8,781

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Billy Hathorn under License

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