The University of Texas at San Antonio

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for The University of Texas at San Antonio

The University of Texas at San Antonio operates as a public institution located in San Antonio, Texas (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 30,580 students of which 33,986 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. The University of Texas at San Antonio is categorized as “15” 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 86.8%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,105 and an ACT midpoint of 22. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $10,836, with published in-state tuition of $9,011 and a Pell grant recipient share of 44.1%. 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 51.9%, and the first-year retention rate is 79.8%. Graduates earn a median of $57,131 ten years after enrolling, compared with $46,340 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 1188000.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 69.9% 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.