Austin College

Overview

Rankings

• #5 Best Biology Colleges in Texas
• #6 Best Colleges for Building Social Capital
• #10 Best Computer Science Colleges in Texas
• #10 Best Psychology Colleges in Texas
• #10 Best Data Science Colleges in Texas
• #14 Best Colleges in Texas
• #14 Best Bachelor's Programs in Texas
• #15 Best Master's Programs in Texas

Academics & Admissions

Is It Hard to Get Into Austin College? Acceptance Rate & Requirements

Austin College, located in Sherman, Texas, reviews applications selectively. The acceptance rate runs near 48%. Admitted students typically arrive with an average SAT score near 1,212. The graduation rate is roughly 68%.

Acceptance Rate

48%

Retention Rate

79%

SAT Average

1212

ACT Midpoint

26

SAT Range

1100–1310

ACT Range

23–29

Full-Time Faculty

87%

Faculty Salary (mo)

$8,628

Student–Faculty Ratio

11:1

Diversity Index

0.68

First-Gen Students

23%

Applicants

5,192

Admitted

2,823

Inside the Admissions Office

School-reported Common Data Set · 2025-26

The acceptance rate tells you how hard Austin College is to get into. Its Common Data Set tells you what happens once you are admitted: how many students say yes, how many arrived without test scores, and whether applying early tilts the odds. 13% of admitted students go on to enroll here, making it a school most admitted students ultimately pass on.

Yield Rate

13%

of admits enroll

Submitted SAT

21%

of enrolled freshmen

Submitted ACT

12%

of enrolled freshmen

Cost & Financial Aid

How Much Does It Cost to Attend Austin College? Tuition, Net Price & Aid

Published tuition at Austin College is $48,680, but few families pay that. The number to watch is net price, what students actually pay each year after federal grants and institutional scholarships. Here it averages about $21,107. Students from families earning under $30,000 typically pay closer to $16,528 after need-based grants. The median graduate leaves with about $24,500 in federal student loans.

In-State Tuition

$48,680

Out-of-State

$48,680

Avg Net Price

$21,107

Median Debt

$24,500

Pell Grant Rate

31%

Federal Loan Rate

50%

Students Like You

Tell us a little about yourself to see what students like you have typically experienced at Austin College — the net price for your income, your admission odds, and the outcomes that follow. These are patterns from federal data, not predictions.

Graduate Outcomes

Is Austin College Worth It? Graduate Earnings & ROI

Ten years out, alumni of Austin College earn a median of $61,296, roughly in line with the national average for college graduates.

6 Years After Entry

$45,242

8 Years

$52,390

10 Years

$61,296

Debt-to-Earnings

0.4x

Earning > $25K

72%

Social Mobility

Data: Raj Chetty's Mobility Report Card · 30M+ anonymized tax records

Does Austin College Drive Upward Mobility? Economic Mobility & Low-Income Outcomes

Austin College is a genuine engine of upward mobility. Its mobility rate, the share of students who start in the bottom income quintile and climb to the top, is 2.28%, among the highest in the country. About 5.8% of students come from families in the bottom income quintile. Among bottom-quintile students who attend, roughly 39.6% go on to reach the top of the income ladder. The median family income of students sits near $109,300, a snapshot of the campus's socioeconomic mix.

Mobility Rate

2.28%

Bottom 20% → Top 20%

Success Rate

39.6%

If bottom 20% get in

From Bottom 20%

5.8%

Share of students

Parent Median Income

$148,500

today's $ (2015 cohort data)

Social Capital

Data: Opportunity Insights Social Capital Atlas

How Connected Is Austin College? Social Capital & Cross-Class Networks

Social capital, the web of cross-class friendships that researchers link to long-run upward mobility, runs high at Austin College. Its economic connectedness score is 1.71, where about 1.0 is the national norm. Its friending bias is low (-0.00), a sign that students from different economic backgrounds actually mix rather than self-segregate. Around 26% of students take part in civic and volunteering activity.

Economic Connectedness

1.71

Cross-class friendships

Friending Bias

-0.00

Lower = more inclusive

Volunteering Rate

26.4%

Support Ratio

1.00

Community support

Institutional Finances

Data: NCES IPEDS

Federal Grants

$2,380,078

Investment Income

$-17,299,144

Top Programs

The fields Austin College awards the most degrees in, by share of completions. Where federal field-of-study data exists, we show what graduates in that major earned early in their careers. Each links to its degree guide — or see what someone with your income, scores, and major would pay and earn here in the Students Like You simulator.

• Biology & Biomedical 15% $39,121 early-career
• Business & Marketing 13% $59,538 early-career
• Social Sciences 13% $52,737 early-career
• Psychology 11% $23,786 early-career
• Computer Science & IT 7%
• Physical Sciences 7%
• Health Professions 5%
• English & Literature 4% $18,918 early-career

Early-career median earnings by major (typically 1–2 years after completion, bachelor's level where available), in today's dollars (CPI-adjusted). Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard field of study. Distinct from the school-wide 10-year median; suppressed for small programs.