College · Public · Commerce, TX · Town
East Texas A&M University
Commerce, TX
Hispanic-serving
Admit rate92%
6-yr median pay$43k
Net price / yr$12k
Undergrad size9,912
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $12k/yr for a shot at a $43k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 92% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1076 · ACT 21.
If you get in
9,912 undergrads. Medium. Clubs matter for finding your people.
Where you live
Town setting — self-contained, social life mostly on campus.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $23k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $12k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$94k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$47k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$46k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.1x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $10.0k
- Tuition · out-of-state
- $22.3k
- Room & board
- $10.6k
- Books & supplies
- $1,152
How students pay for it.
Pell grants40%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans35%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$21k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $9k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention60%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr43%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$43k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$50k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out26%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Town
- Control
- Public
- Undergrad size
- 9,912
- Location
- Commerce, TX
- Region
- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
- Carnegie class
- Doctoral/Professional Universities
- Size & setting
- Four-year · medium · primarily residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · medium full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
- Also known as
- East Texas A&M
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White39%
- Hispanic27%
- Black19%
- Unknown6%
- Two or more races5%
- Asian3%
- International1%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
First-gen students42%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time37%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Veterans1%
Share using veteran education benefits.
Median family income$32k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 57
What you can study.