Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Public Research University in Kingsville, TX. Six-year graduation rate 42%. Median 10-year earnings $51,450.
Ten years after entry, the median Texas A&M University-Kingsville student earns $51,450 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. 42% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Median debt at graduation is $22,934, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree. Mobility is where this school separates itself: 5.3% 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.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Admission is not the constraint here: 91% of applicants are accepted. 8,846 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. Yield is low at 16%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 1% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score, and test-optional applicants are not represented in them.
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 | 510–550 | 7 (1%) |
| SAT Math | 480–560 | |
| ACT Composite | — | 3 |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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42% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. First-year retention is 65% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. 31% of students transfer out, which reframes what the graduation rate above is measuring. The part-time picture is harder: 33% return, against 65% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 4,622 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $12,812 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $10,207 while those at $110k+ pay $19,553. About 83% get grants averaging $10,250, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Federal borrowing reaches 43% of students.
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 · 1,173 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 | $10,207 |
| $30–48k | $10,960 |
| $48–75k | $12,700 |
| $75–110k | $15,325 |
| $110k+ | $19,553 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,975 of these 4,622 students, totalling $13,546,798 — an average of $6,859 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Kleberg 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)