College · Private nonprofit · Sherman, TX · City
Austin College
Sherman, TX
Hispanic-servingReligious affiliation
Admit rate48%
6-yr median pay$45k
Net price / yr$21k
Undergrad size1,165
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $21k/yr for a shot at a $45k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 48% means this is selective — grades, essays, and testing matter. Admitted students average SAT 1212 · ACT 26.
If you get in
1,165 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $62k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $21k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$246k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$84k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$162k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.9x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $48.7k
- Room & board
- $14.0k
- Books & supplies
- $1,150
How students pay for it.
Pell grants31%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans50%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$25k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $6k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention80%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr67%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$45k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$61k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out0%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 1,165
- Location
- Sherman, TX
- Region
- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, selective, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
Identity
Hispanic-servingReligious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White47%
- Hispanic29%
- Asian9%
- Black8%
- Two or more races5%
- International1%
- Unknown1%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
First-gen students23%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time0%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$55k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 35
What you can study.