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MSU Texas Data & Information Overview

213 awards Ranking Badges
Great Price Value for Your Money
95% Acceptance Rate
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How Well Is MSU Texas Ranked?

#1,260 Best Colleges in Nation
#66 Best Colleges in TX
Athletic Training Highest Ranked Major

2024 Rankings

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MSU Texas was awarded 213 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is athletic training.

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Overall Quality

MSU Texas landed the #1,260 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when MSU Texas held the #1,388 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

Out of the 115 colleges in Texas, MSU Texas is ranked at #66.

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Is It Hard to Get Into MSU Texas?

95% Acceptance Rate
65% Of Accepted Are Women

Acceptance Rate

With an acceptance rate of 95%, MSU Texas is easier to get into than many other schools. But that doesn't mean you can slack off on your application. Make sure to treat this school like any other when submitting requested materials and documents.

Learn more about MSU Texas admissions.

MSU Texas Faculty

17 to 1 Student to Faculty
70% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At MSU Texas, this ratio is 17 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.

The full-time faculty percentage at MSU Texas is 70%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  70 out of 100
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Retention and Graduation Rates at MSU Texas

63% Freshmen Retention
21% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at MSU Texas is 63%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  63 out of 100
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Graduation Rate

The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full time students who obtain their bachelor's degree in four years or less. This rate is 21% for first-time, full-time students at MSU Texas, which is lower than the national rate of 33.3%.

On-Time Graduation Rate  21 out of 100
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MSU Texas Undergraduate Student Diversity

3,851 Full-Time Undergraduates
44.2% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
61.8% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 5,141 undergraduates at MSU Texas with 3,851 being full-time and 1,290 being part-time.

How Much Does MSU Texas Cost?

$10,407 Net Price
55% Take Out Loans
$22,924 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of MSU Texas is $10,407. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for MSU Texas

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$7,600 $8,590 $10,417 $14,835 $17,564

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 MSU Texas, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At MSU Texas, approximately 55% of students took out student loans averaging $5,731 a year. That adds up to $22,924 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at MSU Texas is 7.7%. 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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How Much Money Do MSU Texas Graduates Make?

$50,396 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
The pay for some majors is higher than others, but on average, students who graduate with a bachelor's degree from MSU Texas make about $50,396 a year during their first few years of employment after graduation. That's great news for MSU Texas students since it is 19% more than the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year.

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Location of MSU Texas

Texas State
3,851 Full-Time Undergraduates
Midsize City Campus Setting
MSU Texas is a public institution located in Wichita Falls, Texas. The city atmosphere of Wichita Falls makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

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Contact details for MSU Texas are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 3410 Taft Blvd, Wichita Falls, TX 76308-2099
Phone: 940-397-4000
Website: www.msutexas.edu/

MSU Texas Majors

47 Majors With Completions
1,119 Undergraduate Degrees
208 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 47 majors graduated from MSU Texas. Of these students, 1,119 received undergraduate degrees and 208 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
Allied Health Professions 223 $56,852
Nursing 193 $62,991
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 148 $34,646
General Biology 47 $26,832
Business Administration & Management 41 $38,574
Finance & Financial Management 40 $49,013
Mechanical Engineering 38 $55,529
General Psychology 32 $25,560
Marketing 31 $35,018
Accounting 24 $41,217

Learn more about the majors offered at MSU Texas along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at MSU Texas

65% Take At Least One Class Online
29% Take All Classes Online

Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.

In 2020-2021, 3,757 students took at least one online class at MSU Texas. This is a decrease from the 3,928 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 3,757 1,658
2019-2020 3,928 1,585
2018-2019 3,077 1,336
2017-2018 3,071 1,331
2016-2017 2,590 1,194

Learn more about online learning at MSU Texas.

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Notes and References

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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