Texas A&M University-Kingsville

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

Texas A&M University-Kingsville operates as a public institution located in Kingsville, Texas (town: distant), with a total reported enrollment of 4,748 students of which 5,773 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. Texas A&M University-Kingsville is categorized as “16” 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 90.9%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,050 and an ACT midpoint of 19. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $12,090, with published in-state tuition of $9,892 and a Pell grant recipient share of 52.7%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $22,934, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 43.6%, and the first-year retention rate is 64.6%. Graduates earn a median of $51,450 ten years after enrolling, compared with $44,882 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 465500.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 66.5% 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.