unitid 229814 · Canyon, TX · public 4-year · town (fringe)
West Texas A & M University
- enrollment 2023
- 10,667
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
99%
97th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
6,917
61st pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
41%
undergrads on Pell grants
75th pctl among public 4-years
completion
55%
finish within 150% time
70th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$23,482
55th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$19,487
after aid, aided students
90th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$50,741
after entry, Title IV students
52nd pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$19,500
49th 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 $16,525 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
- 0-30k27%
- 30-48k18%
- 48-75k19%
- 75-110k18%
- 110k+18%
- Median family income
- $42,482
- First-generation students
- 39%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $9,101
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.6× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 197 | — | — |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 137 | $49,345 | $23,250 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 114 | $86,932 | $22,884 |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other. | 109 | $49,680 | $24,804 |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General. | 101 | $47,706 | $23,250 |
| Plant Sciences. | 87 | — | — |
| Finance and Financial Management Services. | 62 | $53,333 | $20,993 |
| Business/Commerce, General. | 54 | $65,668 | $23,383 |
| Biology, General. | 53 | $50,767 | $23,125 |
| Finance and Financial Management Services. | 50 | — | — |
| Agricultural Business and Management. | 49 | $54,781 | $19,125 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 49 | $56,472 | $22,070 |
— 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.