Texas State University
San Marcos, TX
Texas State University is a public research university in San Marcos, Texas, a small city, with 36,177 undergraduates. Communication and kinesiology are its signature fields: together they make up 16% of its bachelor's degrees, two and a half times their share across the colleges we cover. 55% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $56,906 ten years after starting.
Texas State University admitted 40,515 of 44,436 applicants for the fall 2025 entering class (91.2%).
- Acceptance rate
- 91.2%
- Fall 2025 class
- In-state tuition
- $11,450
- $22,930 out of state
- Paid after aid
- $16,805
- Average, students with aid
- SAT, middle 50%
- 960–1180
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 Texas State University is known for
Measured by the 7,127 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.
Communication
9.7%
of its bachelor's degrees: about twice the 4.5% share across the colleges we cover.
Kinesiology
6.5%
of its bachelor's degrees: two and a half times the 2.6% share across the colleges we cover.
- Psychology5087.1% of degrees$50,549About the $50,706 national median
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness4235.9% of degrees$55,832About the $54,562 national median
- Business Administration, Management and Operations3915.5% of degrees$67,048About the $68,257 national median
- Criminal Justice and Corrections3444.8% of degrees$52,447−5% vs $55,378 nationally
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication3184.5% of degrees$59,009−7% vs $63,560 nationally
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods3174.4% of degreesToo few graduates to publish
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
Small city
San Marcos, TX
Undergraduates
36,177
Fall 2024
Type
Public
Doctoral university, high research activity
Living on campus
Under a quarter
of undergraduates live on campus
Students per faculty member
21 to 1
Fall 2024
International students
2%
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 Texas State University
Two things Texas 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.
40% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
The SAT band on this page describes that share of the class, not all of it. Another 6% sent an ACT. Texas State University files test scores under “considered”.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Families paid $16,805 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
91.2%
40,515 admitted of 44,436 applicants
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
SAT, middle 50%
960–1180
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
ACT, middle 50%
19–25
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
40%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
6%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Where do you actually stand at Texas 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 Texas 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 $11,450 ($22,930 out of state), and the full in-state cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $28,073. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $16,805 a year on average.
In-state tuition and fees
$11,450
2024–25 school year
Out-of-state tuition and fees
$22,930
2024–25 school year
Full cost, in state
$28,073
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$16,805
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $28,073 full cost.
- Under $30k$12,715Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$13,557Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$13,804Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$20,028Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$24,713Typical 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
55%
Our colleges' median: 63%
Return for a second year
80%
Our colleges' median: 79%
Earnings after 10 years
$56,906
Our colleges' median: $57,440
Median debt at graduation
$21,000
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 46% to 89%.
What Texas State University says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Essayrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Course rigorrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Class rankrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Test scoresconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Not considered
- GPA
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Recommendations
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Legacy
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
- Rolling AdmissionJuly 15, 2027
Verified August 17, 2026 · Source
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.
- Dallas Baptist University91.1%
- East Texas A&M University92.6%
- University of St Thomas93.3%
- University of the Incarnate Word93.4%
Colleges with a similar acceptance rate
Closest acceptance rates anywhere in the country.
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