College · Private nonprofit · Austin, TX · City
Huston-Tillotson University
Austin, TX
HBCUReligious affiliation
Admit rate39%
6-yr median pay$38k
Net price / yr$20k
Undergrad size1,005
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $20k/yr for a shot at a $38k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 39% means this is selective — grades, essays, and testing matter. Admitted students average SAT 1014 · ACT 17.
If you get in
1,005 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 $25k/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$102k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$79k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$23k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.1x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $26.7k
- Room & board
- $8.5k
- Books & supplies
- $1,200
How students pay for it.
Pell grants61%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans69%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$31k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $14k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention54%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr34%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$38k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$43k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out5%
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
- 1,005
- Location
- Austin, TX
- Region
- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · primarily residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
Identity
HBCUReligious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Black61%
- International19%
- Hispanic11%
- White7%
- Unknown2%
First-gen students43%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time20%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$28k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 20
What you can study.