Texas A&M University-Victoria
Public College in Victoria, TX. Six-year graduation rate 26%. Median 10-year earnings $54,467.
Ten years after entry, the median Texas A&M University-Victoria student earns $54,467 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. The six-year graduation rate is 27% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Median debt at graduation is $18,973, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.35 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 26% — below national average
Admissions
Admission is not the constraint here: 96% of applicants are accepted. 1,880 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. Yield is low at 12%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling.
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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Only 27% finish within six years, so roughly three in four students leave without the credential. Retention of 65% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. The distance between those two figures is the part worth noticing — students return for a second year at a much higher rate than they graduate, so attrition here is spread across the middle years rather than concentrated in the first. 33% of students transfer out, which reframes what the graduation rate above is measuring. The part-time picture is harder: 50% return, against 65% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,631 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $6,754 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. The income table below is the number that matters — $5,317 at $0–30k versus $20,285 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 78% of students at an average of $7,424. 39% 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 · 149 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 | $5,317 |
| $30–48k | $5,579 |
| $48–75k | $17,553 |
| $75–110k | $20,047 |
| $110k+ | $20,285 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,023 of these 2,631 students, totalling $7,638,145 — an average of $7,466 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Victoria 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)