College · Private nonprofit · Abilene, TX · City
Hardin-Simmons University
Abilene, TX
Hispanic-servingReligious affiliation
Admit rate90%
6-yr median pay$44k
Net price / yr$20k
Undergrad size1,283
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $20k/yr for a shot at a $44k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 90% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1108 · ACT 21.
If you get in
1,283 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 $46k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $20k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$184k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$78k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$105k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.8x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $33.0k
- Room & board
- $11.5k
- Books & supplies
- $1,226
How students pay for it.
Pell grants40%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans82%
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 retention65%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr46%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$44k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$55k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out33%
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
- 1,283
- Location
- Abilene, TX
- Region
- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
- Carnegie class
- Doctoral/Professional Universities
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
- Also known as
- HSU, Hardin-Simmons
Identity
Hispanic-servingReligious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White55%
- Hispanic26%
- Black10%
- Two or more races4%
- International3%
- Asian1%
First-gen students31%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time5%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$53k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 46
What you can study.