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Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Alpine, TX
Population 8,000
Website http://www.sulross.edu/
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Weather

Comfortable Days 105 (50%) very dry
Sunshine Hours 3,460 (98% ☀️)
Days Without Precipitation 312 (95% 🏖️)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 1,009
Men / Women 51% / 49%
From State 96%
From Region 0%
Athletes 37.5%

Racial/Ethnic

Hispanic 62%
White 21%
Black 11%
Mixed 3%
Native American 1%
International 1%
Asian 0%

Men in the Entering Class

Men
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2012 Men: 61.1% 61.1% 2013 Men: 57.4% 57.4% 2014 Men: 61.1% 61.1% 2015 Men: 57.3% 57.3% 2016 Men: 56.6% 56.6% 2017 Men: 49.5% 49.5% 2018 Men: 58.7% 58.7% 2019 Men: 48.9% 48.9% 2020 Men: 50.7% 50.7% 2021 Men: 63.1% 63.1% 2022 Men: 67.9% 67.9% 2023 Men: 66.4% 66.4% 2024 Men: 57.4% 57.4%

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Native: 0.9% 0.9% 2012 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2015 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2016 Native: 1.6% 1.6% 2017 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2018 Native: 1.7% 1.7% 2019 Native: 1.0% 1.0% 2020 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2021 Native: 1.0% 1.0% 2022 Native: 0.9% 0.9% 2023 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2024 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2011 Asian: 0.9% 0.9% 2012 Asian: 0.5% 0.5% 2013 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2014 Asian: 1.0% 1.0% 2015 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2016 Asian: 0.6% 0.6% 2017 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2018 Asian: 0.4% 0.4% 2019 Asian: 0.7% 0.7% 2020 Asian: 0.6% 0.6% 2021 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2022 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2011 Black: 8.5% 8.5% 2012 Black: 8.3% 8.3% 2013 Black: 9.9% 9.9% 2014 Black: 12.4% 12.4% 2015 Black: 21.1% 21.1% 2016 Black: 14.0% 14.0% 2017 Black: 11.7% 11.7% 2018 Black: 10.0% 10.0% 2019 Black: 11.3% 11.3% 2020 Black: 13.4% 13.4% 2021 Black: 13.7% 13.7% 2022 Black: 13.5% 13.5% 2023 Black: 12.8% 12.8% 2024 Black: 10.8% 10.8% 2011 Hispanic: 48.6% 48.6% 2012 Hispanic: 46.9% 46.9% 2013 Hispanic: 53.7% 53.7% 2014 Hispanic: 50.2% 50.2% 2015 Hispanic: 47.9% 47.9% 2016 Hispanic: 53.1% 53.1% 2017 Hispanic: 52.4% 52.4% 2018 Hispanic: 53.1% 53.1% 2019 Hispanic: 55.1% 55.1% 2020 Hispanic: 52.7% 52.7% 2021 Hispanic: 50.2% 50.2% 2022 Hispanic: 55.0% 55.0% 2023 Hispanic: 57.9% 57.9% 2024 Hispanic: 54.1% 54.1% 2011 White: 40.1% 40.1% 2012 White: 42.2% 42.2% 2013 White: 34.7% 34.7% 2014 White: 34.6% 34.6% 2015 White: 29.9% 29.9% 2016 White: 29.5% 29.5% 2017 White: 31.6% 31.6% 2018 White: 33.1% 33.1% 2019 White: 28.2% 28.2% 2020 White: 28.4% 28.4% 2021 White: 30.4% 30.4% 2022 White: 28.4% 28.4% 2023 White: 25.9% 25.9% 2024 White: 30.2% 30.2% 2011 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 International: 0.8% 0.8% 2014 International: 1.3% 1.3% 2015 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 International: 1.0% 1.0% 2020 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2022 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 International: 0.6% 0.6% 2024 International: 0.3% 0.3%

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2020 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2021 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2022 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2023 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2024 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2025 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2020 Asian: 0.4% 0.4% 2021 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2022 Asian: 0.4% 0.4% 2023 Asian: 0.4% 0.4% 2024 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2025 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2020 Black: 7.7% 7.7% 2021 Black: 6.6% 6.6% 2022 Black: 6.4% 6.4% 2023 Black: 9.6% 9.6% 2024 Black: 9.2% 9.2% 2025 Black: 10.9% 10.9% 2020 Hispanic: 61.3% 61.3% 2021 Hispanic: 64.1% 64.1% 2022 Hispanic: 66.4% 66.4% 2023 Hispanic: 62.5% 62.5% 2024 Hispanic: 62.5% 62.5% 2025 Hispanic: 61.6% 61.6% 2020 White: 26.5% 26.5% 2021 White: 23.8% 23.8% 2022 White: 22.7% 22.7% 2023 White: 24.3% 24.3% 2024 White: 24.0% 24.0% 2025 White: 21.2% 21.2% 2020 International: 0.1% 0.1% 2021 International: 0.1% 0.1% 2022 International: 0.1% 0.1% 2023 International: 0.1% 0.1% 2024 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2025 International: 1.0% 1.0%

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Agricultural and Natural Resources 27 70% / 30% 4% $43,891 30 94%
Agribusiness — — — — $50,664 50 —
Agricultural Production Operations 4 — 75% / 25% 0% $45,183 34 —
Agriculture 6 — 100% / 0% 0% — — —
Animal Sciences 9 — 56% / 44% 11% $41,539 24 94%
Natural Resources Management 8 — 62% / 38% 0% $45,891 36 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Arts and Sciences 244 35% / 65% 1% $48,337 44 100%
Computer Science 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $77,035 89 —
Geosciences 5 — 100% / 0% 0% $49,705 48 —
Mathematics 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $56,651 65 —
Biology 7 — 29% / 71% 0% $46,546 38 95%
Kinesiology 37 — 62% / 38% 0% $57,699 67 100%
Nursing 8 — 25% / 75% 12% $86,673 94 —
Child Development 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $43,471 29 —
English 8 — 0% / 100% 0% $42,146 25 —
General Studies 19 — 11% / 89% 0% $42,402 26 —
History 9 — 67% / 33% 0% $43,543 29 —
Liberal Studies 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $42,734 27 —
Political Science — — — — $49,494 47 —
Psychology 32 — 22% / 78% 0% $42,432 26 100%
Rhetoric and Composition 5 — 60% / 40% 0% $42,648 27 —
Social Sciences 6 — 17% / 83% 0% $43,815 30 —
Spanish 5 — 20% / 80% 0% $43,287 28 —
Education 51 — 6% / 94% 0% $45,867 36 —
Art 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $37,836 15 —
Music 2 — 100% / 0% 0% $38,873 17 —
Criminal Justice 35 — 57% / 43% 0% $42,604 27 100%
Homeland Security 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $43,238 28 —
Industrial Technology 6 — 83% / 17% 17% $76,734 89 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Business Administration 61 36% / 64% 0% $50,330 49 100%
Business Administration 22 — 55% / 45% 0% $49,751 48 100%
General Business 26 — 23% / 77% 0% $51,111 52 —
Organizational Leadership 13 — 31% / 69% 0% $49,751 48 100%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $7,976
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $18,801
Est. In-State Cost $10,318
Est. Out-of-State Cost $24,321
ROI Percentile 44th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 45%
4-Year Graduation Rate 22%
6-Year Graduation Rate 30%
Transfer-Out Rate 30%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 24.6% 24.6% 2012 Graduated: 26.0% 26.0% 2013 Graduated: 28.5% 28.5% 2014 Graduated: 27.9% 27.9% 2015 Graduated: 21.1% 21.1% 2016 Graduated: 16.1% 16.1% 2017 Graduated: 22.2% 22.2% 2018 Graduated: 24.7% 24.7% 2019 Graduated: 24.9% 24.9% 2020 Graduated: 30.5% 30.5% 2021 Graduated: 28.8% 28.8% 2022 Graduated: 26.1% 26.1% 2023 Graduated: 27.4% 27.4% 2024 Graduated: 29.9% 29.9%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

Men Women
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 22.3% 22.3% 2012 Men: 20.2% 20.2% 2013 Men: 17.3% 17.3% 2014 Men: 22.0% 22.0% 2015 Men: 13.4% 13.4% 2016 Men: 13.1% 13.1% 2017 Men: 16.5% 16.5% 2018 Men: 19.2% 19.2% 2019 Men: 20.3% 20.3% 2020 Men: 23.5% 23.5% 2021 Men: 21.5% 21.5% 2022 Men: 18.3% 18.3% 2023 Men: 18.1% 18.1% 2024 Men: 22.3% 22.3% 2011 Women: 28.3% 28.3% 2012 Women: 35.6% 35.6% 2013 Women: 46.7% 46.7% 2014 Women: 37.1% 37.1% 2015 Women: 34.8% 34.8% 2016 Women: 19.9% 19.9% 2017 Women: 32.3% 32.3% 2018 Women: 34.1% 34.1% 2019 Women: 31.0% 31.0% 2020 Women: 41.4% 41.4% 2021 Women: 38.2% 38.2% 2022 Women: 38.2% 38.2% 2023 Women: 40.0% 40.0% 2024 Women: 40.8% 40.8%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Black Hispanic White
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Black: 3.6% 3.6% 2012 Black: 6.2% 6.2% 2013 Black: 12.5% 12.5% 2014 Black: 12.8% 12.8% 2015 Black: 10.1% 10.1% 2016 Black: 4.4% 4.4% 2017 Black: 12.2% 12.2% 2018 Black: 29.2% 29.2% 2019 Black: 14.7% 14.7% 2020 Black: 13.6% 13.6% 2021 Black: 27.9% 27.9% 2022 Black: 4.3% 4.3% 2023 Black: 14.3% 14.3% 2024 Black: 10.8% 10.8% 2011 Hispanic: 25.0% 25.0% 2012 Hispanic: 24.4% 24.4% 2013 Hispanic: 33.1% 33.1% 2014 Hispanic: 33.5% 33.5% 2015 Hispanic: 26.3% 26.3% 2016 Hispanic: 18.1% 18.1% 2017 Hispanic: 23.9% 23.9% 2018 Hispanic: 22.8% 22.8% 2019 Hispanic: 27.7% 27.7% 2020 Hispanic: 33.5% 33.5% 2021 Hispanic: 29.3% 29.3% 2022 Hispanic: 27.6% 27.6% 2023 Hispanic: 30.0% 30.0% 2024 Hispanic: 34.9% 34.9% 2011 White: 28.8% 28.8% 2012 White: 30.9% 30.9% 2013 White: 25.0% 25.0% 2014 White: 26.6% 26.6% 2015 White: 20.5% 20.5% 2016 White: 17.9% 17.9% 2017 White: 23.4% 23.4% 2018 White: 27.8% 27.8% 2019 White: 25.9% 25.9% 2020 White: 33.3% 33.3% 2021 White: 30.5% 30.5% 2022 White: 34.3% 34.3% 2023 White: 29.4% 29.4% 2024 White: 29.8% 29.8%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Humanities & Social Sciences 26.2% 87 24% / 76% 0% $42,690 27 100%
Business & Economics 18.4% 61 36% / 64% 0% $50,331 49 100%
Education 15.4% 51 6% / 94% 0% $45,867 36 —
Health Sciences 13.6% 45 56% / 44% 2% $62,850 75 100%
Professional 12.7% 42 62% / 38% 2% $47,495 41 100%
Agriculture & Food Science 8.1% 27 70% / 30% 4% $43,891 30 94%
Life & Natural Sciences 2.1% 7 29% / 71% 0% $46,546 38 95%
Physical Sciences & Math 2.1% 7 86% / 14% 0% $51,690 53 —
Arts 1.2% 4 75% / 25% 0% $38,355 16 —
Computer Science 0.3% 1 0% / 100% 0% $77,035 89 —

Research R3

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Education $1.8M #183 100% $0 — — — —
Agriculture & Food Science $1.6M #138 47% $0 — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences $1.0M #319 33% $0.1M — — — —
Computer Science $0.7M #245 100% $0 — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math $0.5M #442 10% $0.0M — — — —
Business & Economics $0 #456 — $0 — — — —
Engineering $0 #449 — $0 — — — —
Health Sciences $0 #441 — $0 — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences $0 #540 — $0 — — — —
Total $5.7M #368 65% $0.1M — — — —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App No
Acceptance Rate 95%
Yield (Unbound) 18%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 95% 95% 95%

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2012 Acceptance: 85.1% 85.1% 2013 Acceptance: 52.2% 52.2% 2014 Acceptance: 93.4% 93.4% 2015 Acceptance: 80.0% 80.0% 2016 Acceptance: 92.2% 92.2% 2017 Acceptance: 99.6% 99.6% 2018 Acceptance: 99.1% 99.1% 2019 Acceptance: 99.6% 99.6% 2020 Acceptance: 80.8% 80.8% 2021 Acceptance: 100.0% 100.0% 2022 Acceptance: 97.1% 97.1% 2023 Acceptance: 95.6% 95.6% 2024 Acceptance: 98.7% 98.7% 2012 Yield: 36.9% 36.9% 2013 Yield: 36.3% 36.3% 2014 Yield: 35.5% 35.5% 2015 Yield: 38.4% 38.4% 2016 Yield: 37.2% 37.2% 2017 Yield: 34.6% 34.6% 2018 Yield: 44.2% 44.2% 2019 Yield: 28.6% 28.6% 2020 Yield: 26.0% 26.0% 2021 Yield: 35.5% 35.5% 2022 Yield: 35.8% 35.8% 2023 Yield: 21.7% 21.7% 2024 Yield: 18.3% 18.3%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2012 Applicants: 803 803 2013 Applicants: 1,638 1,638 2014 Applicants: 1,000 1,000 2015 Applicants: 1,143 1,143 2016 Applicants: 887 887 2017 Applicants: 810 810 2018 Applicants: 785 785 2019 Applicants: 810 810 2020 Applicants: 1,012 1,012 2021 Applicants: 549 549 2022 Applicants: 717 717 2023 Applicants: 1,073 1,073 2024 Applicants: 1,159 1,159 2012 Admitted: 683 683 2013 Admitted: 855 855 2014 Admitted: 934 934 2015 Admitted: 914 914 2016 Admitted: 818 818 2017 Admitted: 807 807 2018 Admitted: 778 778 2019 Admitted: 807 807 2020 Admitted: 818 818 2021 Admitted: 549 549 2022 Admitted: 696 696 2023 Admitted: 1,026 1,026 2024 Admitted: 1,144 1,144 2012 Enrolled: 252 252 2013 Enrolled: 310 310 2014 Enrolled: 332 332 2015 Enrolled: 351 351 2016 Enrolled: 304 304 2017 Enrolled: 279 279 2018 Enrolled: 344 344 2019 Enrolled: 231 231 2020 Enrolled: 213 213 2021 Enrolled: 195 195 2022 Enrolled: 249 249 2023 Enrolled: 223 223 2024 Enrolled: 209 209

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 20%
SAT Range 930 – 1110
SAT Math Range 460 – 560
SAT RW Range 470 – 550

SAT Composite

25th 75th
600 800 1000 1200 1400 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2012 25th: 760 760 2013 25th: 740 740 2015 25th: 740 740 2016 25th: 730 730 2017 25th: 805 805 2020 25th: 850 850 2021 25th: 905 905 2022 25th: 850 850 2023 25th: 933 933 2024 25th: 930 930 2012 75th: 1000 1000 2013 75th: 990 990 2015 75th: 940 940 2016 75th: 949 949 2017 75th: 1020 1020 2020 75th: 1047 1047 2021 75th: 1050 1050 2022 75th: 1080 1080 2023 75th: 1098 1098 2024 75th: 1110 1110

SAT Math

25th 75th
300 400 500 600 700 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2012 25th: 400 400 2013 25th: 380 380 2014 25th: 390 390 2015 25th: 390 390 2016 25th: 370 370 2017 25th: 410 410 2020 25th: 420 420 2021 25th: 440 440 2022 25th: 420 420 2023 25th: 460 460 2024 25th: 460 460 2012 75th: 510 510 2013 75th: 500 500 2014 75th: 480 480 2015 75th: 480 480 2016 75th: 480 480 2017 75th: 500 500 2020 75th: 520 520 2021 75th: 530 530 2022 75th: 540 540 2023 75th: 530 530 2024 75th: 560 560

SAT Reading & Writing

25th 75th
300 400 500 600 700 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2012 25th: 360 360 2013 25th: 360 360 2015 25th: 350 350 2016 25th: 360 360 2017 25th: 395 395 2020 25th: 430 430 2021 25th: 465 465 2022 25th: 430 430 2023 25th: 473 473 2024 25th: 470 470 2012 75th: 490 490 2013 75th: 490 490 2015 75th: 460 460 2016 75th: 469 469 2017 75th: 520 520 2020 75th: 527 527 2021 75th: 520 520 2022 75th: 540 540 2023 75th: 568 568 2024 75th: 550 550

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2012 Submitted: 86.0% 86.0% 2013 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2014 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2015 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2016 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2017 Submitted: 55.0% 55.0% 2019 Submitted: 45.0% 45.0% 2020 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2021 Submitted: 36.0% 36.0% 2022 Submitted: 48.0% 48.0% 2023 Submitted: 19.0% 19.0% 2024 Submitted: 20.0% 20.0%

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.