The office of Institutional Research has approved the following facts, figures and statistics for use in communications about Texas State University. This page was last updated July 10, 2012.

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

• 97 bachelor’s
• 87 master’s
• 12 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
• 52nd in the United States

Source: IPEDS Database

Campus

• 457 acres in the main San Marcos campus (20.5 million square feet)
• 5,038 additional acres of farm, ranch, residential and recreational areas
  
• 218 main campus buildings
  
• 12,421 parking spaces (98.1 acres or 4.3 million square feet)
• 101 acres at the Texas State Round Rock campus

Students

• 34,087 total students in fall 2011 (27,448 undergraduate; 815 post-baccalaureate; 3,909 master's; 404 doctoral)
• 1,875 total students at the RRC
• 1,331 students are members of the Honors College
• 17% live on campus
• 69% receive financial aid
• 1050 mean SAT score; 23 mean ACT score

By Gender

• 56% female
• 44% male

By Ethnicity

• 59% White
• 27% Hispanic
• 7% Black
• 7% Other

Graduation/Retention Rates

• 55% graduate in six years
• 79% of fall 2010 freshmen returned in fall 2011

Source: THECB CBM001 Report; Enrollment Highlights Report; Common Data Set.)

Alumni

• 130,000 total alumni (approximate)

Faculty and Staff

• more than 1,050 full-time faculty
• more than 2,000 full-time staff

Source: Human Resource Headcount cube SAP.

Student-to-Faculty Ratio

• 20-to-1

Source: Common Data Set

Class Size

• 27 is median undergraduate organized class size

Source: THECB CBM004 Report

2012-13 Tuition and Fees

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

• $4,385 Texas resident
• $9,650 nonresident

Graduate (per semester, with a 10-hour course load)

• $3,496 Texas resident
• $7,006 nonresident

Source: Texas State Office of Financial Aid website

Financial Aid (fiscal year 2011)

• $274.6 million in non-scholarship financial aid awarded (employment, grants, loans)
• $6.8 million in scholarships awarded

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

San Marcos

• Hays County seat
• 44,894 total population (2010)
• 1851 is founding year
• 1,102 acres of parkland
• 69 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily temperature

Source: City of San Marcos Profile 2010