Texas A&M University-Texarkana
Public College in Texarkana, TX. Six-year graduation rate 30%. Median 10-year earnings $45,515.
Ten years after entry, the median Texas A&M University-Texarkana student earns $45,515 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. The six-year graduation rate is 30% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $18,953, neither a bargain nor a burden.
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
- ! Graduation rate 30% — below national average
Admissions
An acceptance rate of 64% puts Texas A&M University-Texarkana on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. 3,431 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. A 17% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering 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 | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is the problem here: 30% graduate within six years. First-year retention is 64% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. At 14:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,775 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $12,747 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Net price varies modestly by income — $11,002 at $0–30k against $18,268 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 86% of students get grant aid averaging $9,912, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. 45% 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 · 248 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 | $11,002 |
| $30–48k | $11,494 |
| $48–75k | $14,432 |
| $75–110k | $16,871 |
| $110k+ | $18,268 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 805 of these 1,775 students, totalling $6,680,149 — an average of $8,298 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Bowie 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)