College · Public · Wichita Falls, TX · City
Midwestern State University
Wichita Falls, TX
Hispanic-serving
Admit rate94%
6-yr median pay$47k
Net price / yr$12k
Undergrad size4,087
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $12k/yr for a shot at a $47k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 94% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.
If you get in
4,087 undergrads. Small. You will know your cohort.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ 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$91k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$47k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$44k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.0x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $10.6k
- Tuition · out-of-state
- $12.5k
- Room & board
- $11.1k
- Books & supplies
- $600
How students pay for it.
Pell grants41%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans40%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$21k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $8k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention63%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr43%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$47k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$56k
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
- Public
- Undergrad size
- 4,087
- Location
- Wichita Falls, TX
- Region
- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
- 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
- MSU Texas
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White41%
- Hispanic28%
- Black14%
- International6%
- Two or more races5%
- Asian3%
- Unknown3%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
First-gen students38%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time18%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Veterans1%
Share using veteran education benefits.
Median family income$41k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 43
What you can study.