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Texas A&M University-Texarkana

Texarkana, Texas·Public, 4-year or above·Southwest·tamut.edu
6-yr Graduation
30%
-12.0pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Total enrollment
2,412
peer median 2,832
Avg net price
$12,637
-$791 vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
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About

Texas A&M University-Texarkana is a comprehensive, regional four-year university located in Texarkana, Texas. The institution serves approximately 3,000 students and offers over 50 degree programs, with a notable focus on high-demand fields and flexible learning experiences including online and hybrid options.

Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

Applied
3,431
3,431 candidates competed
Admitted
2,180
63.5% acceptance rate
Enrolled
368
16.9% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

Overall completion
30%-12.0pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
4-year graduation
17%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
30%
Full-time retention
64%

Pell equity

8.0pp gap
Pell recipients
29%
Non-Pell
21%

Pell recipients graduate at a higher rate than non-Pell students here — unusual and worth investigating.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

Of 38 Title IV programs, 10 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 28 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
38
Passing
10
26.3% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

38programs
  • Passing10 · 26.3%
  • No Data28 · 73.7%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
2
Safe
8
No data
28

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

10
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Bachelor Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
+24.2%
$41,358 vs $33,298
History
Bachelor Degree · History
+24.5%
$41,460 vs $33,298
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
+27.2%
$42,355 vs $33,298
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Bachelor Degree · Security And Protective Services
+28.2%
$42,676 vs $33,298
Curriculum and Instruction
Master's Degree · Education
+29.8%
$60,207 vs $46,391
Business Administration Management and Operations
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+36.9%
$45,585 vs $33,298
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies Other
Bachelor Degree · Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
+41.6%
$47,135 vs $33,298
Business Administration Management and Operations
Master's Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+41.6%
$86,105 vs $60,823

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

8
History
Bachelor Degree · History
64%
$26,670 debt · $41,460 earn
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Bachelor Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
47%
$19,531 debt · $41,358 earn
Business Administration Management and Operations
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
43%
$19,571 debt · $45,585 earn
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
40%
$16,851 debt · $42,355 earn
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies Other
Bachelor Degree · Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
38%
$17,812 debt · $47,135 earn
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Bachelor Degree · Security And Protective Services
36%
$15,525 debt · $42,676 earn
Biology General
Bachelor Degree · Biological And Biomedical Sciences
32%
$18,156 debt · $56,504 earn
Business Administration Management and Operations
Master's Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
22%
$19,000 debt · $86,105 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges

Accredited since 1979Next review Dec 2026

Programmatic accreditations · 2

Action history · 14

  1. Dec 2025Grant Substantive Change: Program
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  2. Oct 2025Grant Substantive Change: Program
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  3. Sep 2025Renewal of Accreditation
    Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the graduate degree levels
  4. Jul 2025Grant Substantive Change: Program
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  5. Jul 2025Grant Substantive Change: Program
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$9,919
$30–48k$10,334
$48–75k$11,213
$75–110k$15,899
$110k+$19,831

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price
$12,637
-$791vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs median $13,428
Federal loans
49.7%
In-state tuition
$7,930
Out-of-state
$20,947

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

In AY 2024–25, 1,220 students received $6.8M in Pell grants, alongside $9.8M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
1,220
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$6.8M
$6,802,579 total
Direct Loans
$9.8M
1,685 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

1k
20
1k
21
1k
22
1k
23
1k
24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$2.7M
703 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$3.4M
713 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$3.2M
222 loan awards
Parent PLUS$472K
44 loan awards
Grad PLUS$27K
3 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Of 591 borrowers who entered repayment, 23 (3.8%) defaulted within three years above the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
3.8%
+1.5pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
591
Defaulted
23
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
11.5%
2017
11.4%
2018
10.7%
2019
3.8%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at TAMUT

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs29
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

408 total completions
01Business
12931.6%
02Education
6115.0%
03Psychology
4611.3%
04Multi/Interdisciplinary
4511.0%
05Engineering
256.1%
06Parks/Recreation
235.6%
07Biological Sciences
235.6%
08Health Professions
215.1%
09Liberal Arts
184.4%
10Security/Protective
174.2%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

Fall total
2,412
12-mo unduplicated
2,613
Undergraduate
2,119
Graduate
494

Gender split

Men
38%980
Women
62%1,633

Race / ethnicity composition

White
49.0%
Hispanic
19.3%
Black
18.0%
Non-resident
5.7%
Two or more
5.2%
Unknown
1.3%
Asian
1.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.1%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

Athletes
260
153 M · 107 W
Women athletes
41.2%
Athletic aid
$737K
Total student aid
Budget
$2.4M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$327K
$410K
Recruiting expense
$16K
$13K
Head-coach salaries
$40K
$47K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 7

Soccer
57 M · 32 W
$383K
Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
30 M · 27 W
$161K
Baseball
56 M ·
$363K
Basketball
20 M · 16 W
$530K
Softball
· 26 W
$252K
Tennis
10 M · 8 W
$192K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
2.37
5 offenses · 2,110 students

3-year trend

2.302 yrs ago1.891 yr ago2.37Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
14
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
29
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

Rape
2
Burglary
1
Fondling
1
Aggravated assault
1

By location

5total
  • On campus4
  • Non-campus1

Includes 3 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

VAWA offenses

1
Domestic violence
1
Dating violence
13
Stalking
15 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons02
Drugs10
Liquor01

Residence-hall fires

No residence-hall fires reported.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

Student-to-faculty
14.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
105

TAMUT vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions TAMUT selected for federal comparison reporting.

GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

Carnegie
SubjectTexas A&M University-Texarkana
30%2,412$12,637Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Chadron State College
50%2,098$13,308Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Concord University
39%92.6%1,943$9,983Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Dakota State University
49%88.0%3,774$19,725Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Francis Marion University
43%86.4%4,112$13,451Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Georgia Southwestern State University
41%75.2%3,700$12,052Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Henderson State University
37%81.9%2,055$16,929Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Indiana University-Southeast
39%84.5%3,736$8,257Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Lincoln University
44%65.7%1,670$12,912Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Minot State University
45%64.6%2,751$12,514Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Montana State University Billings
34%4,129$15,044Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Peru State College
38%1,492$11,401Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
52%79.9%2,576$20,380Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Southern University at New Orleans
13%78.9%2,468$15,260Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
SUNY College at Potsdam
45%77.7%2,832$14,295Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Texas A&M University-Central Texas
100.0%2,403$1,113Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
The Evergreen State College
41%96.4%2,490$22,585Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Thomas Edison State University
7,544Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Truman State University
69%83.8%3,664$12,030Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
University of Alaska Southeast
21%63.3%2,000$7,233Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
University of Montevallo
54%53.9%3,088$17,053Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
University of the District of Columbia
44%4,202$14,693Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
University of Wisconsin-Parkside
40%75.4%3,925$10,044Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
University of Wisconsin-Superior
42%93.0%2,833$13,405Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Virginia State University
39%88.6%5,605$14,553Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
West Liberty University
56%97.3%2,299$16,295Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Western Colorado University
50%99.7%3,568$16,773Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Peer group median42%83.8%2,832$13,428

TAMUT Institutional Research office

The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.

Office
Office of Institutional Effectiveness, Research, and Planning
Reports to Academic Affairs
Email
IE [at] tamut.edu
Phone
(903) 223-3000
Address
7101 University Avenue, Texarkana, Texas 75503

The Office of Institutional Effectiveness, Research, and Planning's mission is to provide accurate, consistent, and timely data, analysis, and reports to facilitate, support, and enhance data-informed institutional planning, policy formulation, and decision-making for continuously improving institutional performance and effectiveness.

Visit IR office page
Team
1 member
  • Karen Mongo
    Executive Director, Institutional Effectiveness, Research, and Planning

Reports & documents (2)

Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.

Grants & funding (6)

Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.

Frequently asked questions about Texas A&M University-Texarkana

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about TAMUT.

What is the graduation rate at Texas A&M University-Texarkana?

Texas A&M University-Texarkana reports a 6-year graduation rate of 30% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Texas A&M University-Texarkana?

Texas A&M University-Texarkana reports a total enrollment of 2,412 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Texas A&M University-Texarkana?

The average net price at Texas A&M University-Texarkana is $12,637 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at Texas A&M University-Texarkana?

Texas A&M University-Texarkana's yield rate is 16.9%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is Texas A&M University-Texarkana located?

Texas A&M University-Texarkana is located in Texarkana, Texas 75503.

Who runs Institutional Research at Texas A&M University-Texarkana?

Texas A&M University-Texarkana's IR work is done by the Office of Institutional Effectiveness, Research, and Planning, which reports to Academic Affairs.

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