by our College Data Analytics TeamEach year, College Factual releases its Best Quality Schools ranking to identify graduate schools that offer a great educational experience and provide excellent student outcomes. These rankings are based on components such as post-graduation earnings of students, accumulated student debt of graduates, how much in demand the school is, and faculty and student diversity.
Out of a field of 1149 colleges and universities considered in the 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, Texas State University landed the #563 spot.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in Texas, Texas State came in at #23.
There were 676 college and universities analyzed in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and Texas State took the #489 spot on the list.
Texas State also ranked #23 for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Texas.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 65.4% of the total graduate students at Texas State are women and 34.6% are men.
About 39.1% of the graduate students who attend Texas State are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. Texas State is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 7.2% of the graduate student population. The following chart shows the distribution of racial-ethnic groups at the school. If you click on it, you'll find more detailed information.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $7,147 | $15,307 |
| Fees | $1,913 | $1,913 |
Graduate students earning a master's degree from Texas State enter careers with an average starting salary of $45,283. Unfortunately for those graduates, that figure is about 22% lower than the national average of $58,425.
The average starting salary for graduate students who earn their doctorate degree at Texas State is $67,357. When comparing to other doctorate degree holders, that's on the low side. It's about 11% lower than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of Texas State University.
Contact details for Texas State are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 601 University Dr, San Marcos, TX 78666 |
| Phone: | 512-245-2111 |
| Website: | https://www.txst.edu/ |
Around 73.1% of Texas State graduate students took at least one course online during the 2020-2021 academic year. Roughly 22.9% of all grad students took courses exclusively online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
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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