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Austin College

Austin College is a private campus in Sherman proper — federal locale codes class it as urban. The school reports a Presbyterian Church (USA) affiliation in its federal filings.

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What could it cost?

Start with net price after grants, then read the published costs. Each chart names its academic year and the students it covers.

Net price by family income

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Average annual cost after grants for each family-income band. These group averages are not personal price quotes.

IPEDS Income brackets, 2022–23

family-income band

$19,701

family income
under $30k

$18,021

$30–48k

$22,351

$48–75k

$28,185

$75–110k

$27,503

over $110k

These figures don't always rise with income — aid formulas can make a higher bracket cheaper.

Average net price

$21,1072023–24Skip to data table

Average annual attendance cost after grants for the reported student group. Your own aid offer and costs may differ.

Average net price at Austin College fell from $30,674 (2008) to $21,107 (2023).

Average net price — data
Year	Net price
2008	$30,674
2009	$17,545
2010	$20,583
2011	$22,549
2012	$24,019
2013	$21,498
2014	$22,565
2015	$22,235
2016	$21,008
2017	$20,895
2018	$21,357
2019	$20,980
2020	$22,677
2021	$22,764
2022	$23,451
2023	$21,107

IPEDS 16 federal reports, 2008–2023

Total cost of attendance

$61,6072024–25Skip to data table

Estimated annual attendance budget before grants, including tuition, fees, housing, food and books. Not every expense is billed by the school.

Total cost at Austin College rose from $37,187 (2009) to $61,607 (2024).

Total cost of attendance — data
Year	Cost
2009	$37,187
2010	$39,440
2011	$41,171
2012	$43,398
2013	$45,800
2014	$47,404
2015	$48,837
2016	$50,206
2017	$51,700
2018	$53,392
2019	$54,690
2020	$56,377
2021	$56,336
2022	$57,746
2023	$59,654
2024	$61,607

IPEDS Academic-year cost 2009–2024

Tuition & fees

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Published tuition and fees before grants. Housing, food, books and other attendance costs are separate.

Tuition & fees — data
Year	Tuition & fees
2000	$15,427
2001	$15,838
2002	$16,537
2003	$17,925
2004	$19,140
2005	$20,470
2006	$23,355
2007	$24,920
2008	$26,530
2013	$33,830
2014	$33,840
2015	$36,230
2016	$37,315
2017	$38,800
2018	$39,960
2019	$41,155
2020	$42,590
2021	$43,525
2022	$44,950
2023	$46,500

IPEDS Published price 2000–01 to 2023–24 (not adjusted for inflation)

Cost, size & completion summary

Cost, size & completion

Reported tuition is $48,680 before grants and other attendance costs. At Austin College, aid and other costs change the bill. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.

Enrollment sits at 1,165 — Austin College is one of the smaller campuses on this site.

67% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at Austin College within six years (2026-06-10 release). This measure excludes other student groups.

Do students finish — and what comes after?

Graduation, debt and earnings cover different groups. Read each chart's entering class or fiscal period; they are not one group's journey.

Six-year graduation rate

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67%entered Fall 2018Skip to data table

The share of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants who completed at this institution within six years. Other students are not included.

The six-year graduation rate at Austin College has wandered from Fall 1991 to Fall 2018 entering cohorts — up to 79.5% at the peak — but ends near where it began, at 67%.

A six-year rate can only describe a class that entered six or more years ago — by definition the last point on the line is that old.

Six-year graduation rate — data
Year	Graduated within 6 yrs
1991 cohort	68.4%
1992 cohort	64%
1993 cohort	62.2%
1994 cohort	66%
1995 cohort	72.4%
1996 cohort	77.9%
1997 cohort	74.5%
1998 cohort	74.1%
1999 cohort	75.6%
2000 cohort	74.6%
2001 cohort	77.9%
2002 cohort	77.8%
2003 cohort	73.7%
2004 cohort	79.5%
2005 cohort	74.9%
2006 cohort	76.8%
2007 cohort	71.8%
2008 cohort	76.4%
2009 cohort	73.1%
2010 cohort	73%
2011 cohort	67.3%
2012 cohort	70.1%
2013 cohort	72.3%
2014 cohort	70.9%
2015 cohort	68.3%
2016 cohort	73%
2017 cohort	69.5%
2018 cohort	67%

IPEDS Entering cohorts 1991–2018

Median debt at exit (completers vs non-completers)

Historical student groups

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Median federal student loan debt when students left school, shown separately for those who completed and those who did not.

CompletedLeft without degree

Each point combines two years. Neighboring points share one year, so changes should be read with that overlap in mind.

These two-year windows closed before today's students borrowed — they describe past cohorts, not the current price of a degree.

Median debt at exit — data
Year	Completed	Left without degree
Left school in fiscal years 1997 and 1998 (FY1997/98)	$16,500	$8,375
Left school in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 (FY1998/99)	$16,762	$6,225
Left school in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 (FY1999/00)	$16,000	$11,750
Left school in fiscal years 2000 and 2001 (FY2000/01)	—	$13,986
Left school in fiscal years 2001 and 2002 (FY2001/02)	—	$12,226
Left school in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 (FY2002/03)	—	$12,543
Left school in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 (FY2003/04)	$14,500	$11,625
Left school in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 (FY2004/05)	$14,500	$5,001
Left school in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 (FY2005/06)	$14,910	$3,313
Left school in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 (FY2006/07)	$14,500	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 (FY2007/08)	$14,375	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 (FY2008/09)	$15,448	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 (FY2009/10)	$17,407	$8,000
Left school in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY2010/11)	$21,125	$7,459
Left school in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (FY2011/12)	$23,349	$6,287
Left school in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 (FY2012/13)	$25,000	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (FY2013/14)	$26,000	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (FY2014/15)	$26,000	$7,250
Left school in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 (FY2015/16)	$26,000	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (FY2016/17)	$26,000	$8,250
Left school in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (FY2017/18)	$24,268	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (FY2018/19)	$24,784	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (FY2019/20)	$24,170	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 (FY2020/21)	$24,500	$5,500

NSLDS GRAD_DEBT_MDN / WDRAW_DEBT_MDN, merged FY periods · via College Scorecard

Earnings after entry

Historical student groups

Median annual earnings after entering college, for federally aided students who were working and not enrolled when measured.

Entered: academic years 2013–14 or 2014–15

$45,242

6 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2011–12 or 2012–13

$52,390

8 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11

$61,296

10 years after entry

Each figure covers a different group of students who entered college in the stated years. Earnings were measured in the same two years; these are not one group followed over time.

Measured in 2020–21, adjusted for inflation to 2022 dollars. Each figure pools two entering academic years.

Treasury Pooled entering cohorts · Scorecard 2020–21 historical file

What does the admissions record show?

Rates and score ranges describe a past admissions cycle. Submitted scores are not cutoffs or a prediction of admission.

Admissions snapshot & test policies

Austin College admitted 2,517 of 5,282 applicants in Fall 2024. The 47.7% rate describes that application pool.

47.7%

acceptance rate · Fall 2024 admissions cycle

rate trend $46,500 tuition · 2023–24 1,165 undergraduates · Fall 2024

Test-optional (considered) · Fall 2024

400SAT range (section 25th/75th sums): 1100–13101600

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Admissions

In the Fall 2024 cycle, Austin College received 5,282 applications and admitted 2,517 (47.7%), with 357 enrolling.

Austin College reported scores as considered but not required for the Fall 2024 admissions cycle. For Austin College’s enrolled SAT submitters, Reading and Writing was 550–660 and Math was 550–650 (25th–75th percentiles). The section-percentile sums 1100–1310 are not composite-score percentiles. These are not admission cutoffs.

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Score	25th	50th	75th
SAT Reading & Writing	550	610	660
SAT Math	550	590	650
ACT Composite	23	26	29

25th / 75th: a quarter of enrolled submitters scored below the first number, a quarter above the second. These are not cutoffs.

Only students who submitted scores are counted — at test-optional schools, many enrolled students aren't in this table.

Percentiles are among enrolled students who submitted scores (Fall 2024 admissions cycle).

Acceptance rate

47.6%Fall 2024Skip to data table

The share of applicants offered a spot — lower means more selective; read it alongside the score ranges below.

Read Austin College's change from 80.3% to 47.6% as a share of applications, not an explanation of admissions decisions. This describes Fall 2001 to Fall 2024.

Acceptance rate — data
Year	Acceptance rate
Fall 2001	80.3%
Fall 2002	78.3%
Fall 2003	72.3%
Fall 2004	68.9%
Fall 2005	67.3%
Fall 2006	75.9%
Fall 2007	69.7%
Fall 2008	77.5%
Fall 2009	79.7%
Fall 2010	83%
Fall 2011	52.5%
Fall 2012	59.1%
Fall 2013	58.6%
Fall 2014	54.4%
Fall 2015	54.1%
Fall 2016	53.4%
Fall 2017	52.2%
Fall 2018	55.3%
Fall 2019	51.3%
Fall 2020	49.3%
Fall 2021	42.7%
Fall 2022	54.4%
Fall 2023	46.7%
Fall 2024	47.6%

IPEDS Fall cycles 2001–2024

SAT range (section sums, 25th–75th)

1100–1310Fall 2024 · submittersSkip to data table

Sums of the reading/writing and math percentiles among enrolled submitters — not percentiles of total SAT scores or admission cutoffs.

SAT range (section sums) — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2001	1100	1290
Fall 2002	1130	1320
Fall 2003	1130	1330
Fall 2004	1160	1350
Fall 2005	1160	1350
Fall 2006	1140	1340
Fall 2007	1120	1330
Fall 2008	1130	1330
Fall 2009	1130	1350
Fall 2010	1130	1350
Fall 2011	1150	1360
Fall 2012	1130	1330
Fall 2013	1100	1330
Fall 2014	1070	1320
Fall 2015	1080	1290
Fall 2016	1090	1320
Fall 2017	1160	1360
Fall 2018	1130	1330
Fall 2019	1110	1310
Fall 2020	1110	1310
Fall 2021	1120	1340
Fall 2022	1160	1370
Fall 2023	1170	1340
Fall 2024	1100	1310

IPEDS Fall 2001–2024, submitters only

ACT middle 50%

23–29Fall 2024 · submittersSkip to data table

The middle half of enrolled ACT submitters, using published composite-score percentiles — not admission cutoffs.

ACT middle 50% — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2001	23	29
Fall 2004	23	28
Fall 2005	23	28
Fall 2006	23	28
Fall 2007	23	28
Fall 2008	23	29
Fall 2009	24	28
Fall 2010	23	28
Fall 2011	24	29
Fall 2012	23	29
Fall 2013	23	27
Fall 2014	22	27
Fall 2015	22	28
Fall 2016	23	29
Fall 2017	23	29
Fall 2018	22	27
Fall 2019	24	29
Fall 2020	22	29
Fall 2021	23	29
Fall 2022	24	30
Fall 2023	26	32
Fall 2024	23	29

IPEDS Fall 2001–2024, submitters only

What is the campus like?

Enrollment counts a campus population; retention follows first-years returning. Their dates and populations are shown separately.

Undergraduate enrollment

1,165Fall 2024Skip to data table

Reported undergraduate enrollment. This count does not measure class size or teaching access.

Undergraduate enrollment at Austin College has held near 1,165 from Fall 2002 to Fall 2024.

Undergraduate enrollment — data
Year	Undergraduates
Fall 2002	1,237
Fall 2003	1,284
Fall 2004	1,281
Fall 2005	1,291
Fall 2006	1,313
Fall 2007	1,312
Fall 2008	1,263
Fall 2009	1,328
Fall 2010	1,289
Fall 2011	1,317
Fall 2012	1,240
Fall 2013	1,206
Fall 2014	1,272
Fall 2015	1,233
Fall 2016	1,259
Fall 2017	1,214
Fall 2018	1,276
Fall 2019	1,278
Fall 2020	1,283
Fall 2021	1,208
Fall 2022	1,166
Fall 2023	1,125
Fall 2024	1,165

IPEDS Fall headcounts 2002–2024

First-year retention (full-time)

79%Fall 2023 cohortSkip to data table

The share of the reported first-time student group who returned the following year. This rate does not explain why others left.

First-year retention at Austin College has held near 79% from Fall 2002 to Fall 2023.

First-year retention — data
Year	Retention
Fall 2002 cohort	86%
Fall 2003 cohort	85%
Fall 2004 cohort	88%
Fall 2005 cohort	84%
Fall 2006 cohort	82%
Fall 2007 cohort	80%
Fall 2008 cohort	86%
Fall 2009 cohort	84%
Fall 2010 cohort	84%
Fall 2011 cohort	77%
Fall 2012 cohort	83%
Fall 2013 cohort	86%
Fall 2014 cohort	83%
Fall 2015 cohort	83%
Fall 2016 cohort	81%
Fall 2017 cohort	82%
Fall 2018 cohort	78%
Fall 2019 cohort	82%
Fall 2020 cohort	76%
Fall 2021 cohort	84%
Fall 2022 cohort	80%
Fall 2023 cohort	79%

IPEDS Full-time cohorts 2002–2023

More about Austin College

30.9% of Austin College's undergraduates carry Pell grants — the standard federal marker of lower-income enrollment. Carnegie classes Austin College as a primarily residential campus of 1,165 undergraduates — and 79.4% of the reported first-time, full-time student group returned for a second year.

Austin College's SAT section-percentile sums are 1100–1310 — their midpoint is above the TX four-year benchmark. These are not total-score percentiles. Put your own practice estimate on Austin College's range with the SAT calculator, or bring a saved GPA from the grade tools.

Why some charts are marked “key chart”

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Start with three useful questions: what costs were reported for families in your income band, how many first-time full-time students finished, and what federal debt borrowers held when leaving.

How Austin College compares

State and national medians cover active bachelor-primary institutions, mixing public and private schools. Tuition uses in-state rates at public schools. These are broad reference points, not a ranking of similar schools or your likely bill.

Scorecard dates identify the release snapshot, not a shared measurement year. Earnings describe federally aided students who were working and not enrolled ten years after entry; cohorts and populations differ from the admissions and tuition figures.

Acceptance rate

Fall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS

Austin College47.7%

Texas median84.5%

National median76.8%

Tuition

Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid

Austin College$48,680

Texas median$13,498

National median$19,591

Median earnings (10 yr)

Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot

Austin College's snapshot: calendar years and dollar basis unverified.

Austin College$61,296

Texas median$54,132

National median$53,781

View comparison data & dates

Austin College, Texas and national reference values
Metric & basis	Austin College	Texas median	National median
Acceptance rateFall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS	47.7%	84.5%	76.8%
TuitionScorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid	$48,680	$13,498	$19,591
Median earnings (10 yr)Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot	$61,296	$54,132	$53,781

Published earnings by bachelor's field of study

For Austin College, these are federal subject groups (CIP), not departments. Median is the middle annual income.

Austin College federal-aid recipients · graduated 2017–18 or 2018–19 · income measured 2022 or 2023 · inflation-adjusted to 2024 dollars. Definitions and limits.

View 10 fields & earnings

Bachelor's field of study (CIP category)	Median earnings, 4 yrs after completion
Finance and Financial Management Services	$81,613
Computer Science	$76,196
Economics	$67,071
History	$59,833
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other	$58,913
English Language and Literature, General	$56,362
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	$55,168
Business/Commerce, General	$55,011
Biology, General	$49,875
Psychology, General	$43,522

These 10 fields listed for Austin College measure earnings after completion. The $61,296 institution-level snapshot above measures earnings after entry; it is not the same cohort or a total for these fields. 25 additional Austin College fields have earnings withheld under federal privacy rules.

Frequently asked questions

What test-score data does Austin College report?

Austin College's enrolled submitters had SAT section-percentile sums of 1100–1310 in Fall 2024. These are not total-score percentiles or a GPA requirement.

What is Austin College's acceptance rate?

47.7% in the Fall 2024 cycle — 2,517 admitted from 5,282 applicants.

How much does Austin College cost?

At Austin College, tuition is $48,680. Tuition is not the total cost of attendance; aid can reduce your bill.

What earnings data does Austin College report?

Median earnings ten years after entry: $61,296. Major figures measure four years after completion. Source and date limits.

Similar colleges in Texas

Baylor University — 51.3% admitted
University of Dallas — 53.4% admitted
East Texas Baptist University — 57.8% admitted
Hallmark University — 51.3% admitted

Run your own numbers

Data: IPEDS ADM2024 (Fall 2024 admissions, provisional) · IPEDS HD2024/IC2024 directory · College Scorecard 2026-06-10 release (institution and field-of-study files; earnings from Treasury records). Retrieved 2026-09-01. Chart dates follow this institution's available observations; the release date is not an academic year or an earnings year. Some records end earlier than others. Field-of-study cohort dates are shown with the table. Read the date and population definitions.