Stephen F Austin State University
Nacogdoches, TX
Stephen F Austin State University is a public university in Nacogdoches, Texas, a town more than 35 miles from a city, with 8,728 undergraduates. Interdisciplinary studies and kinesiology are its signature fields: together they make up 20% of its bachelor's degrees, three and a half times their share across the colleges we cover. 53% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $49,634 ten years after starting.
Stephen F Austin State University admitted 17,614 of 21,123 applicants for the fall 2025 entering class (83.4%).
- Acceptance rate
- 83.4%
- Fall 2025 class
- In-state tuition
- $11,128
- $23,426 out of state
- Paid after aid
- $14,260
- Average, students with aid
- SAT, middle 50%
- 950–1130
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, compiled by GoodGoblin, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2025 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What Stephen F Austin State University is known for
Measured by the 2,126 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.
Interdisciplinary studies
13.5%
of its bachelor's degrees: about five times the 2.9% share across the colleges we cover.
Kinesiology
6.7%
of its bachelor's degrees: two and a half times the 2.6% share across the colleges we cover.
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)27012.7% of degrees$50,052−10% vs $55,693 nationally
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness1436.7% of degrees$55,250About the $54,562 national median
- Business/Commerce1366.4% of degrees$61,686−10% vs $68,407 nationally
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing1276.0% of degrees$84,107−5% vs $88,910 nationally
- Psychology1024.8% of degrees$43,697−14% vs $50,706 nationally
- Social Work833.9% of degrees$50,754About the $51,790 national median
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), field-of-study data. Degrees are bachelor's degrees awarded in 2022–23. Earnings are the median for 2017–18 and 2018–19 graduates, in 2024 dollars, working and not enrolled, four years after graduating. Shares across the colleges we cover count every bachelor's degree at the colleges with a page here.
The place
Where it is, how big it is, and how students live.
Setting
Remote town
Nacogdoches, TX
Undergraduates
8,728
Fall 2024
Type
Public
Master's university, larger programs
Living on campus
A quarter to half
of undergraduates live on campus
Students per faculty member
16 to 1
Fall 2024
International students
1%
of undergraduates, fall 2024
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), including the Carnegie Classification and the federal locale code it publishes.
What stands out at Stephen F Austin State University
Three things Stephen F Austin State University published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
48% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
The SAT band on this page describes that share of the class, not all of it. Another 11% sent an ACT. Stephen F Austin State University files test scores under “considered”.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Stephen F Austin State University asks for no supplemental essay.
Of the 1 prompt we track for this application, none is one you would have to write.
Source: the prompts we track for this application
Families paid $14,260 on average after aid.
Averaged across students who received federal aid: the price after grants and scholarships, not the sticker price.
Source: the College Scorecard
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
83.4%
17,614 admitted of 21,123 applicants
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
SAT, middle 50%
950–1130
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
ACT, middle 50%
18–24
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
48%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
11%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Where do you actually stand at Stephen F Austin State University?
The figures on this page describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores, activities and budget, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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What Stephen F Austin State University costs
The published price first, then what students who received aid actually paid, by family income.
In-state tuition and fees for 2024–25 were $11,128 ($23,426 out of state), and the full in-state cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $25,791. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $14,260 a year on average.
In-state tuition and fees
$11,128
2024–25 school year
Out-of-state tuition and fees
$23,426
2024–25 school year
Full cost, in state
$25,791
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$14,260
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $25,791 full cost.
- Under $30k$10,318Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$11,023Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$13,100Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$17,609Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$22,959Typical public university: $22,475
Source: the federal College Scorecard. Tuition and cost of attendance are for the 2024–25 school year; colleges usually raise them each year. What students paid is the average net price for first-year students who received federal financial aid. Typical public university: the median across the 338 public universities on GoodGoblin, for in-state students, compiled by GoodGoblin from the same federal data.
Where it leads
Who finishes, who stays, and what they earn and owe afterwards.
Finish within six years
53%
Our colleges' median: 63%
Return for a second year
72%
Our colleges' median: 79%
Earnings after 10 years
$49,634
Our colleges' median: $57,440
Median debt at graduation
$23,409
Our colleges' median: $23,725
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education). Six-year completion describes students who started in fall 2018; second-year return describes students who started in fall 2023; earnings describe students who started in 2009–10 and 2010–11, measured in 2020 and 2021, in 2022 dollars; debt describes federal loans of students who graduated in fiscal years 2020 and 2021. Medians are across the 1,034 colleges with a page here.
How the rate has moved
Two measured admit rates from the federal survey, the years apart it reports them. A rate that moved, not a forecast.
Over 5 years the admit rate rose from 68% to 88%.
What Stephen F Austin State University says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Course rigorvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- GPAvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Class rankvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Test scoresconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Not considered
- Essay
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Recommendations
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Essays on this application
1 essay prompt on the application: 1 is optional.
More colleges on the record
Each of these pages carries the same measured figures and sources.
Other colleges in Texas
Closest acceptance rates in the same state.
- Saint Edward's University83.7%
- Houston Christian University85.2%
- The University of Texas at Arlington81.3%
- The University of Texas at San Antonio86.8%
Colleges with a similar acceptance rate
Closest acceptance rates anywhere in the country.
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