The office of Institutional Research has approved the following facts, figures and statistics for use in communications about Texas State University-San Marcos. This page was last updated January 22, 2009.

History of Texas State's Name Changes

1903-1918    Southwest Texas State Normal School
1918-1923    Southwest Texas State Normal College
1923-1959    Southwest Texas State Teachers College
1959-1969    Southwest Texas State College
1969-2003    Southwest Texas State University
2003-             Texas State University-San Marcos

Degree Programs

• 101 bachelor’s
• 88 master’s
• 8 doctoral

Source: Degree Program Inventory maintained by Curriculum Services in the Division of Academic Affairs

Rankings by University Size

• 1st in The Texas State University System
• 5th in Texas
• 55th in the United States

Source: IPEDS Database

Campus

• 457 acres in the main San Marcos campus (20.5 million square feet)
• 4,777 additional acres of farm, ranch, residential and recreational areas
• 225 main campus buildings
• 12,400 parking spaces (98.1 acres or 4.3 million square feet)
• 101 acres at the Round Rock Higher Education Center (RRHEC) campus

Students

• 29,105 total students in fall 2008 (24,810 undergraduate; 549 post-baccalaureate; 3,475 master's; 271 doctoral)
• 1,523 total students at the RRHEC
• 1,013 students are members of the University Honors Program
• 25% live on campus
• 55% receive financial aid
• 1066 median SAT score; 23 median ACT score

    By Gender

• 56% female
• 44% male

    By Ethnicity

• 68% white
• 23% Hispanic
• 6% black
• 2% Asian
• 1% American Indian

    Graduation/Retention Rates

• 54% graduate in six years
• 78% of fall 2007 freshmen returned in fall 2008

Source: THECB CBM001 Report; Texas State Database files RGRPCSLF for RRHEC, RGXXMSIF for housing, GPXXSTIF for honors, and GPAMETSF for test scores)

Alumni

• 130,000 total alumni (approximate)

Faculty

• 1,272 total faculty
• 950 full-time faculty

Source: PEXXEMPF file of Texas State database

Student-to-Faculty Ratio

• 23-to-1

Source: Common Data Set

Class Size

• 23 is median undergraduate organized class size

Source: THECB CBM004 Report

2008-09 Tuition and Fees

    Undergraduate (per semester, with a 15-hour course load)

• $3,497 Texas resident
• $7,712 nonresident

    Graduate (per semester, with a nine-hour course load)

• $2,660 Texas resident
• $5,189 nonresident

Source: Texas State Web site

Financial Aid (fiscal year 2008)

• $152 million in non-scholarship financial aid awarded (employment, grants, loans)
• $7.67 million in scholarships awarded

Source: Financial Aid Annual, End-of-Year Report

San Marcos

• Hays County seat
• 50,371 total population (2008)
• 1851 is founding year
• 1,191 acres of parkland
• 69 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily temperature

Source: City of San Marcos Profile 2008