East Texas A&M University

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for East Texas A&M University

East Texas A&M University operates as a public institution located in Commerce, Texas (town: distant), with a total reported enrollment of 9,912 students of which 10,160 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. East Texas A&M University is categorized as “17” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 92.2%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,076 and an ACT midpoint of 21. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $11,841, with published in-state tuition of $10,026 and a Pell grant recipient share of 40.5%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $20,500, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 44.4%, and the first-year retention rate is 57.2%. Graduates earn a median of $50,296 ten years after enrolling, compared with $43,157 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 378300.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 65.8% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.