Texas A
& M International University
Public College in Laredo, TX. Six-year graduation rate 46%. Median 10-year earnings $48,386.
Students who entered Texas A & M International University land at a median of $48,386 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Six-year completion sits at 47%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Median debt at graduation is $15,000, a light load against those earnings. Mobility is where this school separates itself: 8.1% of students move 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.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.31 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ Mobility score 8.1 — top quartile among US colleges
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Texas A & M International University admits 44% of applicants and is genuinely selective — roughly three in five applicants are turned away. The applicant pool runs to 8,499, typical for a school of this reach. About 36% of admitted students enroll, a yield in the normal range. Read the score bands below as the middle 50% of submitted scores, not a threshold to clear.
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 | 470–560 | 699 (51%) |
| SAT Math | 420–530 | |
| ACT Composite | 16–22 | 86 (6%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 47% finish inside six years. Retention of 78% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. A 24% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. Retention drops to 65% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 6,502 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $5,644 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Net price varies modestly by income — $3,097 at $0–30k against $10,697 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Most students get help: 88% receive grants worth $9,931 on average. About 28% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 1,362 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 | $3,097 |
| $30–48k | $2,745 |
| $48–75k | $3,840 |
| $75–110k | $4,982 |
| $110k+ | $10,697 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,813 of these 6,502 students, totalling $10,378,112 — an average of $5,724 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Webb 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)