by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Austin College was awarded 7 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is early childhood education.
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College Factual ranked Austin College as #1,244 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list.
Austin College also holds the #65 spot on the Best Colleges in Texas ranking.
The acceptance rate at Austin College is a competitive 43%, so make sure you take your application seriously when putting it together. Even leaving out a minor detail could be a reason to move you to the rejection pile.
About 52% of students accepted to Austin College submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 570 and 670. Math scores were between 550 and 670.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at Austin College it is much better at 11 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Austin College is 99%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Austin College has a freshmen retention rate of 76%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Austin College the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 68%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Austin College.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,285 undergraduates at Austin College with 1,281 being full-time and 4 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $17,365 | $15,894 | $18,555 | $23,935 | $28,618 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Austin College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Austin College, approximately 56% of students took out student loans averaging $8,820 a year. That adds up to $35,280 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Austin College is 6.4%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for Austin College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 900 N Grand Ave, Sherman, TX 75090-4400 |
| Phone: | 903-813-2000 |
| Website: | www.austincollege.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sherman-TX/Austin-College/19839579944 |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/austincollege |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Psychology | 38 | $20,019 |
| General Business/Commerce | 33 | $33,767 |
| Public Health | 27 | NA |
| Economics | 20 | NA |
| Finance & Financial Management | 19 | $50,108 |
| General Biology | 18 | $24,700 |
| Romance Languages | 17 | NA |
| Communication & Media Studies | 16 | NA |
| Political Science & Government | 15 | NA |
| Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies | 12 | NA |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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