Admissions & selectivity
Texas State University Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at Texas State University?
Texas State University’s reported acceptance rate is 89.3%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 89.3%
Source: College Scorecard · Fall 2024 admissions. Acceptance rates can change from year to year; this figure does not predict the current or next admission cycle.
Source: Texas State University Common Data Set 2025-26, C1 · first-time, first-year students.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
Texas State University admitted 89.3% of applicants, above the median of 78.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size). In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 44,436 applicants, 40,515 admitted, and 9,369 enrolled.
What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled Texas State University students report?
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, Texas State University reported that 40% of its entering class submitted SAT scores. The middle half of those SAT submitters scored from 960 to 1180.
Among the 6% who submitted ACT scores, the middle half scored from 19 to 25. Far more of the entering class submitted SAT scores than ACT scores, so the SAT range describes more of the class.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Texas State University. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
40% of entering students submitted SAT scores
- 25th percentile
- 960
- Median
- 1070
- 75th percentile
- 1180
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
6% of entering students submitted ACT scores
- 25th percentile
- 19
- Median
- 22
- 75th percentile
- 25
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Source: Texas State University Common Data Set 2025-26, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.
Who enrolls at Texas State University?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 37.2%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 28.6%
- First-year retention
- 80.1%
Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.
About these student measures
The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.
Texas State University enrolled 36,177 undergraduates in the most recent year, with an estimated 28.6% of students entering as transfers or part-time students. Pell Grant recipients make up 37.2% of undergraduates, a share that reflects broad financial access at the public university.
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 44,436 first-year applicants, 40,515 admitted, and 9,369 enrolled. For transfer students, 5,009 applied, 4,528 were admitted, and 3,223 enrolled.
The combination of a large transfer population and a substantial Pell share suggests an institution that serves students arriving through multiple pathways.
The first-year retention rate at Texas State University is 80.1%, below the peer median of 83.1% for comparable institutions. The six-year graduation rate for first-time, full-time students is 55.3%, which trails the peer median of 65.0%.
Pell Grant recipients complete at a rate of 59.7%, which is 4.4 percentage points above the overall six-year rate. Building a clear academic plan early and using campus support services can help students stay on track through graduation.
Data & methodology
Sources and reporting periods: methodology.
Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.
Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.
Admission rates describe past applicants, not an individual’s chance of admission; confirm requirements and deadlines with the institution.
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