- The Inkwell
- Texas
- Texas College
Tyler, TXCity: midsizeZIP 75702Founded 1894
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1894
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: diverse fields
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.texascollege.edu
TexasHBCUReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Texas College
Texas College is a private nonprofit college in Tyler, Texas, with 614 undergraduates. It graduates 16% within six years and costs $12,603 a year after aid.
16%graduate
Retention34%
4-year graduation0.5%
Pell Grant share69%
Federal loans52%
$12,603net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
16%graduate in 6 years
$36,030median earnings, 10 yrs
$26,500median debt
#1,637 of 1,704 for earnings#331 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,678 of 1,738 for graduation rate
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
- $20,530tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $10,008
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $10,008
- Average net price
- $12,603national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$11,705
$30,001–48,000$12,780
$48,001–75,000$15,069
$75,001–110,000$16,617
$110,001+—
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- open admissionsnational median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Retention · this college34%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college16%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college69%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 16%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 0.5%
- First-year retention
- 34%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 13%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $31,612
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $36,030middle 50%: $21,253–$53,442
- Median debt at graduation
- $26,500
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$53,442
Median, Texas College$36,030
Lower quarter$21,253
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
- 614
- Part-time
- 9.9%
- Women / men
- 36% / 64%
- Average age at entry
- 22.7
- First-generation students
- 45%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 69%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 17 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 82%
- Average faculty salary
- $5,251 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $3,445
- Endowment, end of year
- $9,563,620
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White3.6%
Hispanic11%
Black82%
Asian0.3%
U.S. nonresident3.1%
9 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Liberal arts & humanities29%
Business & management26%
Homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting15%
Biological & biomedical sciences13%
Social sciences5.9%
Computer & information sciences4.4%
Public administration & social service2.9%
Education1.5%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 228884. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q7707584.