Texas A&M
University-Central Texas
Public College in Killeen, TX.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
With an acceptance rate of 100%, Texas A&M University-Central Texas takes nearly everyone who applies. The applicant pool is small at 62, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. Yield is high — 66% of admitted students go on to enroll, well above the typical rate.
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 | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
Apply at Texas A&M University-Central Texas →Academics
This institution reports no six-year graduation rate. The federal measure only follows first-time, full-time students, so schools built around part-time or transfer enrollment often fall outside it entirely. At 16:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution. As a public four-year university, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions. This is a small school — 1,677 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,673 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $1,794 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Net price varies modestly by income — $2,949 at $0–30k against $-1,325 at $48–75k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. About 71% get grants averaging $7,675, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 46% 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 · 5 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 | $2,949 |
| $30–48k | $750 |
| $48–75k | $-1,325 |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 773 of these 1,673 students, totalling $6,015,583 — an average of $7,782 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Bell 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)