- The Inkwell
- Texas
- Huston-Tillotson University
Austin, TXCity: largeZIP 78702Founded 1875
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1875
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: diverse fields
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.htu.edu
TexasHBCUReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Huston-Tillotson University
Huston-Tillotson University is a private nonprofit university in Austin, Texas, with 1,005 undergraduates. It admits 39% of applicants, graduates 35% within six years and costs $32,089 a year after aid.
35%graduate
Admission rate39%
Retention58%
4-year graduation11%
Pell Grant share69%
Federal loans81%
$32,089net price / year
39%admission rate
1014average SAT
35%graduate in 6 years
$46,645median earnings, 10 yrs
—median debt
#1,407 of 1,704 for earnings#1,517 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,456 of 1,738 for graduation rate#154 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $37,764tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $26,709
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $26,709
- Average net price
- $32,089national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$30,876
$30,001–48,000$33,313
$48,001–75,000$34,319
$75,001–110,000$34,673
$110,001+$37,021
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 39%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1014
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 430–590
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 370–570
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 16–28
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college39%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college58%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college35%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college69%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 35%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 11%
- First-year retention
- 58%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 28%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $41,751
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $46,645middle 50%: $26,457–$67,066
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$67,066
Median, Huston-Tillotson University$46,645
Lower quarter$26,457
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 1,005
- Part-time
- 20%
- Women / men
- 54% / 46%
- Average age at entry
- 25.4
- First-generation students
- 43%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 69%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 14 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 35%
- Average faculty salary
- $6,364 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $9,511
- Endowment, end of year
- $13,611,956
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White7.2%
Hispanic10%
Black61%
Asian0.2%
U.S. nonresident19%
Unknown2.0%
15 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Business & management25%
Psychology14%
Parks, recreation & fitness14%
Education12%
Liberal arts & humanities9.3%
Homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting8.6%
Computer & information sciences6.2%
Biological & biomedical sciences4.3%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 225575. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q3143507.