College · Private nonprofit · Waxahachie, TX · Suburb
Nelson University
Waxahachie, TX
Hispanic-servingReligious affiliation
Admit rate89%
6-yr median pay$37k
Net price / yr$22k
Undergrad size1,479
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $22k/yr for a shot at a $37k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 89% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 980 · ACT 20.
If you get in
1,479 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Suburban — a short drive to the nearest city, greener but still connected.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $35k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $22k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$138k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$87k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$51k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.3x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $25.1k
- Room & board
- $9.6k
- Books & supplies
- $1,434
How students pay for it.
Pell grants48%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans61%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$25k
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 retention78%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr42%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$37k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$46k
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
- Suburb
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 1,479
- Location
- Waxahachie, TX
- Region
- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Smaller Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
- Also known as
- SAGU
Identity
Hispanic-servingReligious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White49%
- Hispanic29%
- Black12%
- Two or more races5%
- American Indian / Alaska Native2%
- Asian1%
- Unknown1%
- International1%
First-gen students38%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time13%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$35k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 35
What you can study.