Austin College
Private College in Sherman, TX. Six-year graduation rate 67%. Median 10-year earnings $61,296.
Ten-year median earnings of $61,296 are the headline number here, and they are strong ones. The six-year graduation rate of 67% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $24,500, neither a bargain nor a burden. On economic mobility, 2.3% of students travel from the bottom income quintile to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
At 48%, the acceptance rate makes Austin College a school worth applying to with alternatives in hand. The applicant pool runs to 5,282, typical for a school of this reach. A 14% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class. 24% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score. The bands below describe the middle half of that group, not of the class.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 550–660 | 85 (24%) |
| SAT Math | 550–650 | |
| ACT Composite | 23–29 | 27 (8%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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67% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. 79% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in five are gone before sophomore year. A 11:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. This is a private nonprofit four-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. At 1,128 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,125 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $23,462 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $16,528 while those at $110k+ pay $28,470. Most students get help: 100% receive grants worth $36,020 on average. 50% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 296 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $16,528 |
| $30–48k | $15,687 |
| $48–75k | $18,823 |
| $75–110k | $21,608 |
| $110k+ | $28,470 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 564 of these 1,125 students, totalling $3,740,860 — an average of $6,633 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Grayson County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)