unitid 228431 · Nacogdoches, TX · public 4-year · town (remote)
Stephen F Austin State University
- enrollment 2023
- 12,740
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
94%
82nd pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
8,728
68th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
39%
undergrads on Pell grants
70th pctl among public 4-years
completion
53%
finish within 150% time
66th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$25,791
69th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$14,260
after aid, aided students
61st pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$49,634
after entry, Title IV students
49th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$23,409
82nd pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $10,318 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k28%
- 30-48k17%
- 48-75k17%
- 75-110k15%
- 110k+22%
- Median family income
- $44,427
- First-generation students
- 35%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $11,128
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.1× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other. | 270 | $51,172 | $25,000 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 143 | $52,443 | $25,995 |
| Business/Commerce, General. | 136 | $53,002 | $25,000 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 127 | $86,054 | $25,125 |
| Psychology, General. | 102 | $49,258 | $24,500 |
| Educational Administration and Supervision. | 98 | $68,305 | — |
| Social Work. | 83 | $45,898 | $30,543 |
| Social Work. | 75 | $53,743 | — |
| Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General. | 69 | $41,393 | $27,500 |
| Fine and Studio Arts. | 69 | $33,915 | $26,000 |
| Communication and Media Studies. | 66 | $43,348 | $24,000 |
| Music. | 66 | $57,180 | $27,000 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.