unitid 228529 · Stephenville, TX · public 4-year · town (remote)
Tarleton State University
- enrollment 2023
- 17,448
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
90%
68th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
12,673
78th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
34%
undergrads on Pell grants
58th pctl among public 4-years
completion
48%
finish within 150% time
54th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$24,100
60th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$20,783
after aid, aided students
92nd pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$53,040
after entry, Title IV students
58th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$19,606
52nd 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 $15,574 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
- 0-30k26%
- 30-48k18%
- 48-75k18%
- 75-110k18%
- 110k+20%
- Median family income
- $40,809
- First-generation students
- 42%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $8,302
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.7× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 240 | $54,677 | $20,500 |
| Business/Commerce, General. | 229 | $66,751 | $20,896 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 210 | $86,067 | $26,000 |
| Psychology, General. | 204 | $45,924 | $23,250 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 184 | $52,114 | $23,250 |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other. | 170 | $50,554 | $24,562 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 158 | $86,802 | — |
| Animal Sciences. | 142 | $45,558 | $21,638 |
| Agriculture, General. | 113 | — | — |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 96 | $47,110 | $26,875 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 95 | $59,229 | $23,472 |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology. | 88 | $53,286 | — |
— 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
Price per year
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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
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.