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Texas: Almanac 2013

August 19, 2013

Almanac 2013 »

Texas

Choose a section »

  • Demographics
  • Faculty pay
  • Students
  • Diversity
  • Finance
  • Colleges and universities
Texas Nation

Demographics

Population
Texas Nation
Total (State rank: 2) 25,674,681 311,591,919
Age distribution
Age range Texas Nation
Up to 4 7.6% 6.4%
5 to 14 15.1% 13.2%
15 to 19 7.4% 7.0%
20 to 24 7.3% 7.1%
25 to 44 28.0% 26.4%
45 to 64 24.0% 26.5%
65 and older 10.6% 13.2%
Racial and ethnic distribution
Race or ethnicity Texas Nation
American Indian 0.5% 0.8%
Asian 3.9% 4.8%
Black 11.7% 12.6%
Pacific Islander 0.1% 0.2%
White 74.6% 74.1%
More than one race 2.3% 2.8%
Hispanic (may be any race) 38.1% 16.7%
Other 6.9% 4.7%
Educational attainment of adults (highest level)
Level Texas Nation
8th grade or less 9.5% 6.0%
Some high school, no diploma 9.4% 8.1%
High-school diploma 25.5% 28.4%
Some college, no degree 22.6% 21.2%
Associate degree 6.5% 7.8%
Bachelor’s degree 17.7% 17.9%
Master’s degree 6.2% 7.5%
Doctoral degree 1.0% 1.2%
Professional degree 1.5% 1.9%
Proportion who speak a language other than English at home
Texas Nation
34.7% 20.8%
Per capita personal income
Texas Nation
(State rank: 26) $41,471 $42,693
Poverty rate
Texas Nation
18.5% 15.9%
New high-school graduates
Estimate Texas Nation
Total for 2013-14 288,555 3,219,207
Projected change from 2013-14 to 2023-24 24.1% 7.9%
New GED diploma recipients
Texas Nation
29,938 401,388
High-school dropout rate
Texas Nation
5.9% 4.9%

Faculty pay

Average pay of full-time professors

Public doctoral institutions
Academic rank Texas Nation
Professor $119,979 $118,822
Associate professor $80,363 $81,373
Assistant professor $71,886 $70,325
All $83,049 $85,690
Public master’s institutions
Academic rank Texas Nation
Professor $82,924 $89,076
Associate professor $66,893 $71,297
Assistant professor $59,682 $60,506
All $62,358 $69,025
Private nonprofit doctoral institutions
Academic rank Texas Nation
Professor $132,906 $152,042
Associate professor $89,941 $95,762
Assistant professor $79,583 $82,983
All $93,229 $108,803
Private nonprofit master’s institutions
Academic rank Texas Nation
Professor $86,580 $91,161
Associate professor $67,632 $71,963
Assistant professor $56,466 $58,901
All $68,223 $69,941
Other 4-year institutions
Control Texas Nation
Public $56,777 $61,265
Private nonprofit $63,598 $68,804
2-year colleges
Control Texas Nation
Public $53,639 $62,568
Private nonprofit $32,983 $48,969

Students

Enrollment
Group Texas Nation
Undergraduate 1,387,140 18,047,249
Graduate and professional 177,247 2,931,076
At public 4-year institutions 638,296 8,033,071
At public 2-year institutions 728,709 7,062,467
At private 4-year institutions, nonprofit 131,137 3,887,322
At private 2-year institutions, nonprofit 4,562 39,553
At private 4-year institutions, for-profit 31,797 1,559,080
At private 2-year institutions, for-profit 29,886 396,832
Total 1,564,387 20,978,325
Share of enrollment
Institution type Texas Nation
Public 87% 72%
4-year 51% 64%
2-year 49% 36%
Degrees awarded
Level Texas Nation
Associate 58,609 942,217
Bachelor’s 107,438 1,712,538
Master’s 42,039 730,635
Doctorate 9,705 163,715

Residence of new students

State

State residents made up 95% of all freshmen enrolled in Texas in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year; 88% of all Texas residents who were freshmen attended college in their home state.

Nation

82% of all freshmen in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year attended colleges in their home states.

Graduation rates at 4-year institutions
Gender, race or ethnicity Texas Nation
All 51.7% 59.0%
Men 48.1% 56.4%
Women 54.8% 61.2%
American Indian 44.5% 40.6%
Asian 62.7% 69.7%
Black 31.8% 40.2%
Hispanic 43.3% 51.4%
White 59.2% 62.3%
2 or more races 69.1% 64.0%
Race unknown 35.6% 56.0%

Diversity

Enrollment by race, ethnicity, and citizenship status
Race, ethnicity, or citizenship status Texas Nation
American Indian 7,625 174,629
Asian 79,293 1,133,719
Black 213,686 2,840,259
Pacific Islander 2,468 61,179
Hispanic 482,975 2,695,637
White 655,432 11,519,372
2 or more races 22,251 405,812
Race unknown 45,618 1,409,094
Foreign 55,039 738,624
Total 1,564,387 20,978,325
Share of enrollment
Group Texas Nation
Women 56.7% 57.0%
American Indian 0.5% 0.8%
Asian 5.1% 5.4%
Black 13.7% 13.5%
Pacific Islander 0.2% 0.3%
Hispanic 30.9% 12.8%
White 41.9% 54.9%
2 or more races 1.4% 1.9%
Race unknown 2.9% 6.7%
Foreign 3.5% 3.5%
Minority 51.7% 34.9%
Underrepresented minority 45.0% 27.2%
Full-time 53.7% 61.9%

Test scores

State

Students averaged 20.8 on the ACT, which was taken by an estimated 39% of Texas’ high-school seniors. Students averaged 973 on the SAT, which was taken by an estimated 62% of Texas’ high-school seniors.

Nation

Students averaged 21.1 on the ACT and 1010 on the SAT.

Finance

Average tuition and fees
Institution type Texas Nation
Public 4-year $6,644 $7,087
Public 2-year $1,580 $2,419
Private 4-year $24,545 $26,165
State funds for higher-education operating expenses
Texas Nation
State funds $6,425,707,479 $71,966,406,875
One-year change -0.6% -0.4%
State spending on student aid
Aid type Texas Nation
Need-based grants $658,997,241 $6,954,307,090
Non-need-based grants $0 $2,444,876,754
Nongrant aid $165,950,153 $1,737,198,826
Total $824,947,394 $11,136,382,670
Spending on research and development by colleges and universities
Texas Nation
Total $4,661,517,000 $65,073,411,000
One-year change 5.6% 6.3%
Sources of financing
Source Texas Nation
Federal government 49.9% 62.6%
State and local governments 15.1% 5.9%
Industry 6.1% 4.9%
Nonprofit 8.4% 5.9%
Institution itself 19.0% 19.1%
Other 1.5% 1.6%
Share for specific research fields
Field Texas Nation
Engineering 15.8% 15.4%
Environmental sciences 5.7% 4.9%
Life sciences 59.3% 57.2%
Math and computer sciences 4.4% 3.6%
Physical sciences 5.8% 7.3%
Psychology 1.4% 1.7%
Social sciences 1.7% 3.1%
Other sciences 0.8% 1.7%
Fields other than science and engineering 5.0% 4.9%
Largest endowment
Institution Texas
University of Texas system $18,263,850,000
Top fund raisers (among survey participants)
Institution Texas
University of Texas at Austin $258,307,842
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center $186,667,252
Texas A&M University at College Station $180,886,344

Colleges and universities

Number of institutions
Institution type Texas Nation
Public 4-year 45 679
Public 2-year 63 972
Private 4-year, nonprofit 54 1,557
Private 2-year, nonprofit 9 100
Private 4-year, for-profit 37 735
Private 2-year, for-profit 52 669
Total 260 4,712
3 largest institutions by enrollment
Institution Texas
The University of Texas at Austin 46,823
Texas A & M University-College Station 44,462
University of Houston 28,837

Institutions censured or sanctioned by the AAUP

Frank Phillips College, University of Texas Medical Branch

Institutions on NCAA probation

Baylor University, Texas A&M International University, Texas Southern University

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Almanac 2013 »

Texas

Choose a section »

  • Demographics
  • Faculty pay
  • Students
  • Diversity
  • Finance
  • Colleges and universities
Texas Nation

Demographics

Population
Texas Nation
Total (State rank: 2) 25,674,681 311,591,919
Age distribution
Age range Texas Nation
Up to 4 7.6% 6.4%
5 to 14 15.1% 13.2%
15 to 19 7.4% 7.0%
20 to 24 7.3% 7.1%
25 to 44 28.0% 26.4%
45 to 64 24.0% 26.5%
65 and older 10.6% 13.2%
Racial and ethnic distribution
Race or ethnicity Texas Nation
American Indian 0.5% 0.8%
Asian 3.9% 4.8%
Black 11.7% 12.6%
Pacific Islander 0.1% 0.2%
White 74.6% 74.1%
More than one race 2.3% 2.8%
Hispanic (may be any race) 38.1% 16.7%
Other 6.9% 4.7%
Educational attainment of adults (highest level)
Level Texas Nation
8th grade or less 9.5% 6.0%
Some high school, no diploma 9.4% 8.1%
High-school diploma 25.5% 28.4%
Some college, no degree 22.6% 21.2%
Associate degree 6.5% 7.8%
Bachelor’s degree 17.7% 17.9%
Master’s degree 6.2% 7.5%
Doctoral degree 1.0% 1.2%
Professional degree 1.5% 1.9%
Proportion who speak a language other than English at home
Texas Nation
34.7% 20.8%
Per capita personal income
Texas Nation
(State rank: 26) $41,471 $42,693
Poverty rate
Texas Nation
18.5% 15.9%
New high-school graduates
Estimate Texas Nation
Total for 2013-14 288,555 3,219,207
Projected change from 2013-14 to 2023-24 24.1% 7.9%
New GED diploma recipients
Texas Nation
29,938 401,388
High-school dropout rate
Texas Nation
5.9% 4.9%

Faculty pay

Average pay of full-time professors

Public doctoral institutions
Academic rank Texas Nation
Professor $119,979 $118,822
Associate professor $80,363 $81,373
Assistant professor $71,886 $70,325
All $83,049 $85,690
Public master’s institutions
Academic rank Texas Nation
Professor $82,924 $89,076
Associate professor $66,893 $71,297
Assistant professor $59,682 $60,506
All $62,358 $69,025
Private nonprofit doctoral institutions
Academic rank Texas Nation
Professor $132,906 $152,042
Associate professor $89,941 $95,762
Assistant professor $79,583 $82,983
All $93,229 $108,803
Private nonprofit master’s institutions
Academic rank Texas Nation
Professor $86,580 $91,161
Associate professor $67,632 $71,963
Assistant professor $56,466 $58,901
All $68,223 $69,941
Other 4-year institutions
Control Texas Nation
Public $56,777 $61,265
Private nonprofit $63,598 $68,804
2-year colleges
Control Texas Nation
Public $53,639 $62,568
Private nonprofit $32,983 $48,969

Students

Enrollment
Group Texas Nation
Undergraduate 1,387,140 18,047,249
Graduate and professional 177,247 2,931,076
At public 4-year institutions 638,296 8,033,071
At public 2-year institutions 728,709 7,062,467
At private 4-year institutions, nonprofit 131,137 3,887,322
At private 2-year institutions, nonprofit 4,562 39,553
At private 4-year institutions, for-profit 31,797 1,559,080
At private 2-year institutions, for-profit 29,886 396,832
Total 1,564,387 20,978,325
Share of enrollment
Institution type Texas Nation
Public 87% 72%
4-year 51% 64%
2-year 49% 36%
Degrees awarded
Level Texas Nation
Associate 58,609 942,217
Bachelor’s 107,438 1,712,538
Master’s 42,039 730,635
Doctorate 9,705 163,715

Residence of new students

State

State residents made up 95% of all freshmen enrolled in Texas in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year; 88% of all Texas residents who were freshmen attended college in their home state.

Nation

82% of all freshmen in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year attended colleges in their home states.

Graduation rates at 4-year institutions
Gender, race or ethnicity Texas Nation
All 51.7% 59.0%
Men 48.1% 56.4%
Women 54.8% 61.2%
American Indian 44.5% 40.6%
Asian 62.7% 69.7%
Black 31.8% 40.2%
Hispanic 43.3% 51.4%
White 59.2% 62.3%
2 or more races 69.1% 64.0%
Race unknown 35.6% 56.0%

Diversity

Enrollment by race, ethnicity, and citizenship status
Race, ethnicity, or citizenship status Texas Nation
American Indian 7,625 174,629
Asian 79,293 1,133,719
Black 213,686 2,840,259
Pacific Islander 2,468 61,179
Hispanic 482,975 2,695,637
White 655,432 11,519,372
2 or more races 22,251 405,812
Race unknown 45,618 1,409,094
Foreign 55,039 738,624
Total 1,564,387 20,978,325
Share of enrollment
Group Texas Nation
Women 56.7% 57.0%
American Indian 0.5% 0.8%
Asian 5.1% 5.4%
Black 13.7% 13.5%
Pacific Islander 0.2% 0.3%
Hispanic 30.9% 12.8%
White 41.9% 54.9%
2 or more races 1.4% 1.9%
Race unknown 2.9% 6.7%
Foreign 3.5% 3.5%
Minority 51.7% 34.9%
Underrepresented minority 45.0% 27.2%
Full-time 53.7% 61.9%

Test scores

State

Students averaged 20.8 on the ACT, which was taken by an estimated 39% of Texas’ high-school seniors. Students averaged 973 on the SAT, which was taken by an estimated 62% of Texas’ high-school seniors.

Nation

Students averaged 21.1 on the ACT and 1010 on the SAT.

Finance

Average tuition and fees
Institution type Texas Nation
Public 4-year $6,644 $7,087
Public 2-year $1,580 $2,419
Private 4-year $24,545 $26,165
State funds for higher-education operating expenses
Texas Nation
State funds $6,425,707,479 $71,966,406,875
One-year change -0.6% -0.4%
State spending on student aid
Aid type Texas Nation
Need-based grants $658,997,241 $6,954,307,090
Non-need-based grants $0 $2,444,876,754
Nongrant aid $165,950,153 $1,737,198,826
Total $824,947,394 $11,136,382,670
Spending on research and development by colleges and universities
Texas Nation
Total $4,661,517,000 $65,073,411,000
One-year change 5.6% 6.3%
Sources of financing
Source Texas Nation
Federal government 49.9% 62.6%
State and local governments 15.1% 5.9%
Industry 6.1% 4.9%
Nonprofit 8.4% 5.9%
Institution itself 19.0% 19.1%
Other 1.5% 1.6%
Share for specific research fields
Field Texas Nation
Engineering 15.8% 15.4%
Environmental sciences 5.7% 4.9%
Life sciences 59.3% 57.2%
Math and computer sciences 4.4% 3.6%
Physical sciences 5.8% 7.3%
Psychology 1.4% 1.7%
Social sciences 1.7% 3.1%
Other sciences 0.8% 1.7%
Fields other than science and engineering 5.0% 4.9%
Largest endowment
Institution Texas
University of Texas system $18,263,850,000
Top fund raisers (among survey participants)
Institution Texas
University of Texas at Austin $258,307,842
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center $186,667,252
Texas A&M University at College Station $180,886,344

Colleges and universities

Number of institutions
Institution type Texas Nation
Public 4-year 45 679
Public 2-year 63 972
Private 4-year, nonprofit 54 1,557
Private 2-year, nonprofit 9 100
Private 4-year, for-profit 37 735
Private 2-year, for-profit 52 669
Total 260 4,712
3 largest institutions by enrollment
Institution Texas
The University of Texas at Austin 46,823
Texas A & M University-College Station 44,462
University of Houston 28,837

Institutions censured or sanctioned by the AAUP

Frank Phillips College, University of Texas Medical Branch

Institutions on NCAA probation

Baylor University, Texas A&M International University, Texas Southern University

Note: See Sources & Notes for details about the data.

Correction (9/24/2014): All tables in the 2013 Almanac’s States section have been updated to make them more comparable to ones published in other years. The data are now limited to degree-granting institutions that are eligible to receive Title IV federal financial aid, not all higher-education institutions. Administrative offices that were inadvertently counted as institutions in the original version of the tables have been omitted from the total number of institutions in each state. Figures for tuition and fees, which had incorrectly excluded fees, now reflect both tuition and fees. The three largest institutions by enrollment give figures for full-time students in fall 2011, not an unduplicated head count of all undergraduate and graduate students enrolled over a 12-month period for 2010-11.

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