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Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Laredo, TX
Population 260,000
Website http://www.tamiu.edu/
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Weather

Comfortable Days 60 (5% 🥵) muggy
Sunshine Hours 2,820 (77%)
Days Without Precipitation 293 (92% 🏖️)

Honors College

Name University College Honors Program
Students 200 (3%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 5,891
Men / Women 41% / 59%
From State 97%
From Region 0%
Athletes 3.6%

Racial/Ethnic

Hispanic 92%
International 5%
White 2%
Black 1%
Native American 0%
Asian 0%
Mixed 0%

Men in the Entering Class

Men
0% 12% 24% 36% 48% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 44.1% 44.1% 2012 Men: 44.3% 44.3% 2013 Men: 44.8% 44.8% 2014 Men: 40.5% 40.5% 2015 Men: 43.1% 43.1% 2016 Men: 42.9% 42.9% 2017 Men: 43.3% 43.3% 2018 Men: 41.2% 41.2% 2019 Men: 40.8% 40.8% 2020 Men: 40.6% 40.6% 2021 Men: 42.8% 42.8% 2022 Men: 41.0% 41.0% 2023 Men: 44.1% 44.1% 2024 Men: 40.8% 40.8%

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2017 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2019 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2021 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2023 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2011 Asian: 0.4% 0.4% 2012 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2013 Asian: 0.5% 0.5% 2014 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 Asian: 0.4% 0.4% 2016 Asian: 0.9% 0.9% 2017 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2018 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2019 Asian: 0.4% 0.4% 2020 Asian: 0.4% 0.4% 2021 Asian: 0.4% 0.4% 2022 Asian: 0.5% 0.5% 2023 Asian: 0.4% 0.4% 2024 Asian: 0.5% 0.5% 2011 Black: 0.2% 0.2% 2012 Black: 1.4% 1.4% 2013 Black: 1.2% 1.2% 2014 Black: 0.8% 0.8% 2015 Black: 0.4% 0.4% 2016 Black: 0.4% 0.4% 2017 Black: 0.2% 0.2% 2018 Black: 0.2% 0.2% 2019 Black: 0.1% 0.1% 2020 Black: 0.2% 0.2% 2021 Black: 0.3% 0.3% 2022 Black: 0.5% 0.5% 2023 Black: 0.4% 0.4% 2024 Black: 0.4% 0.4% 2011 Hispanic: 93.8% 93.8% 2012 Hispanic: 93.1% 93.1% 2013 Hispanic: 92.6% 92.6% 2014 Hispanic: 94.3% 94.3% 2015 Hispanic: 97.1% 97.1% 2016 Hispanic: 87.7% 87.7% 2017 Hispanic: 96.2% 96.2% 2018 Hispanic: 96.6% 96.6% 2019 Hispanic: 95.6% 95.6% 2020 Hispanic: 94.7% 94.7% 2021 Hispanic: 90.9% 90.9% 2022 Hispanic: 91.6% 91.6% 2023 Hispanic: 91.5% 91.5% 2024 Hispanic: 96.1% 96.1% 2011 White: 2.4% 2.4% 2012 White: 3.7% 3.7% 2013 White: 3.3% 3.3% 2014 White: 2.6% 2.6% 2015 White: 0.8% 0.8% 2016 White: 3.6% 3.6% 2017 White: 1.3% 1.3% 2018 White: 0.9% 0.9% 2019 White: 1.1% 1.1% 2020 White: 1.4% 1.4% 2021 White: 2.1% 2.1% 2022 White: 1.4% 1.4% 2023 White: 1.5% 1.5% 2024 White: 1.8% 1.8% 2011 International: 3.1% 3.1% 2012 International: 1.4% 1.4% 2013 International: 2.3% 2.3% 2014 International: 2.1% 2.1% 2015 International: 1.3% 1.3% 2016 International: 0.8% 0.8% 2017 International: 1.3% 1.3% 2018 International: 1.7% 1.7% 2019 International: 2.4% 2.4% 2020 International: 2.8% 2.8% 2021 International: 6.1% 6.1% 2022 International: 5.7% 5.7% 2023 International: 5.7% 5.7% 2024 International: 1.1% 1.1%

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% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2020 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2022 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2025 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 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: 0.4% 0.4% 2025 Asian: 0.4% 0.4% 2020 Black: 0.4% 0.4% 2021 Black: 0.7% 0.7% 2022 Black: 0.8% 0.8% 2023 Black: 0.5% 0.5% 2024 Black: 0.7% 0.7% 2025 Black: 0.6% 0.6% 2020 Hispanic: 91.9% 91.9% 2021 Hispanic: 92.2% 92.2% 2022 Hispanic: 91.9% 91.9% 2023 Hispanic: 92.1% 92.1% 2024 Hispanic: 91.8% 91.8% 2025 Hispanic: 91.8% 91.8% 2020 White: 1.8% 1.8% 2021 White: 1.8% 1.8% 2022 White: 2.2% 2.2% 2023 White: 1.9% 1.9% 2024 White: 1.7% 1.7% 2025 White: 1.5% 1.5% 2020 International: 5.1% 5.1% 2021 International: 4.7% 4.7% 2022 International: 4.5% 4.5% 2023 International: 4.9% 4.9% 2024 International: 5.1% 5.1% 2025 International: 5.4% 5.4%

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
College of Arts and Sciences 694 34% / 66% 4% $53,917 57 92%
Chemistry 14 — 43% / 57% 0% $58,953 68 —
Mathematics 20 — 35% / 65% 0% $60,923 71 100%
Biology 96 — 27% / 73% 7% $64,768 77 93%
Communication 38 — 42% / 58% 13% $49,603 45 91%
English 29 +1 21% / 79% 3% $46,864 37 97%
History 23 — 57% / 43% 4% $54,288 58 85%
Interdisciplinary Studies 67 — 24% / 76% 4% — — —
Interdisciplinary Studies 6 — 33% / 67% 0% — — —
Political Science 19 +8 42% / 58% 5% $56,359 63 89%
Psychology 143 +10 15% / 85% 2% $48,767 43 92%
Sociology 14 +3 14% / 86% 7% $40,577 19 94%
Spanish 8 +3 25% / 75% 0% $47,009 38 85%
Music 11 +3 55% / 45% 0% $55,315 60 96%
Studio Art 20 — 15% / 85% 15% $49,591 45 86%
Criminal Justice 186 +2 53% / 47% 2% $54,514 58 90%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Business Administration 267 50% / 50% 5% $50,766 49 92%
Accounting 64 — 50% / 50% 3% $52,989 55 92%
Business Administration 187 — 48% / 52% 5% $49,570 45 92%
Finance — — — — $60,099 70 —
Management Information Systems 16 — 75% / 25% 19% $55,853 61 95%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Education 81 2% / 98% 6% $61,948 73 92%
Elementary Education 81 — 2% / 98% 6% $61,948 73 92%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Engineering 78 78% / 22% 6% $77,031 88 98%
Computer Engineering 42 — 81% / 19% 7% $88,306 95 —
Petroleum Engineering 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $87,720 94 —
Systems Engineering (General) 34 — 76% / 24% 6% $62,476 74 98%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Health Sciences 298 24% / 76% 5% $72,593 85 99%
Communication Sciences and Disorders 33 — 3% / 97% 0% $57,614 65 —
Exercise Science 78 — 44% / 56% 8% $42,939 26 96%
Nursing 157 — 20% / 80% 4% $93,645 97 100%
Public Health 30 — 17% / 83% 3% $56,005 62 —

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $8,293
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $20,696
Est. In-State Cost $10,728
Est. Out-of-State Cost $26,772
ROI Percentile 68th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 78%
4-Year Graduation Rate 27%
6-Year Graduation Rate 46%
Transfer-Out Rate 24%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 41.9% 41.9% 2012 Graduated: 39.0% 39.0% 2013 Graduated: 43.0% 43.0% 2014 Graduated: 45.4% 45.4% 2015 Graduated: 39.7% 39.7% 2016 Graduated: 41.4% 41.4% 2017 Graduated: 43.6% 43.6% 2018 Graduated: 45.9% 45.9% 2019 Graduated: 46.9% 46.9% 2020 Graduated: 45.8% 45.8% 2021 Graduated: 48.6% 48.6% 2022 Graduated: 49.5% 49.5% 2023 Graduated: 48.9% 48.9% 2024 Graduated: 46.5% 46.5%

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: 32.3% 32.3% 2012 Men: 30.4% 30.4% 2013 Men: 36.3% 36.3% 2014 Men: 35.8% 35.8% 2015 Men: 36.3% 36.3% 2016 Men: 34.9% 34.9% 2017 Men: 38.3% 38.3% 2018 Men: 40.7% 40.7% 2019 Men: 40.0% 40.0% 2020 Men: 37.3% 37.3% 2021 Men: 40.5% 40.5% 2022 Men: 44.9% 44.9% 2023 Men: 42.6% 42.6% 2024 Men: 38.4% 38.4% 2011 Women: 49.6% 49.6% 2012 Women: 47.1% 47.1% 2013 Women: 48.4% 48.4% 2014 Women: 53.6% 53.6% 2015 Women: 43.1% 43.1% 2016 Women: 47.1% 47.1% 2017 Women: 48.1% 48.1% 2018 Women: 50.0% 50.0% 2019 Women: 52.9% 52.9% 2020 Women: 52.3% 52.3% 2021 Women: 54.8% 54.8% 2022 Women: 52.9% 52.9% 2023 Women: 53.5% 53.5% 2024 Women: 52.1% 52.1%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Hispanic International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Hispanic: 40.9% 40.9% 2012 Hispanic: 39.7% 39.7% 2013 Hispanic: 43.0% 43.0% 2014 Hispanic: 46.2% 46.2% 2015 Hispanic: 39.3% 39.3% 2016 Hispanic: 42.2% 42.2% 2017 Hispanic: 43.6% 43.6% 2018 Hispanic: 45.6% 45.6% 2019 Hispanic: 47.3% 47.3% 2020 Hispanic: 46.8% 46.8% 2021 Hispanic: 48.1% 48.1% 2022 Hispanic: 50.0% 50.0% 2023 Hispanic: 49.1% 49.1% 2024 Hispanic: 46.7% 46.7% 2011 International: 71.4% 71.4% 2012 International: 75.0% 75.0% 2013 International: 78.6% 78.6% 2014 International: 53.8% 53.8% 2015 International: 77.8% 77.8% 2016 International: 37.5% 37.5% 2017 International: 54.5% 54.5% 2018 International: 50.0% 50.0% 2019 International: 50.0% 50.0% 2020 International: 29.6% 29.6% 2021 International: 61.0% 61.0% 2022 International: 50.0% 50.0% 2023 International: 48.4% 48.4% 2024 International: 40.0% 40.0%

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 24.5% 347 25% / 75% 4% $49,202 44 91%
Health Sciences 21.0% 298 24% / 76% 5% $72,594 85 99%
Business & Economics 18.8% 267 50% / 50% 5% $50,766 49 92%
Professional 13.1% 186 53% / 47% 2% $54,514 58 90%
Life & Natural Sciences 6.8% 96 27% / 73% 7% $64,768 77 93%
Education 5.7% 81 2% / 98% 6% $61,948 73 92%
Engineering 5.5% 78 78% / 22% 6% $77,032 88 98%
Physical Sciences & Math 2.4% 34 38% / 62% 0% $60,112 70 100%
Arts 2.2% 31 29% / 71% 10% $51,622 51 90%

Research R3

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Humanities & Social Sciences $1.8M #262 60% $0 — — — —
Education $1.0M #232 69% $0 — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences $0.8M #351 42% $0 — — — —
Engineering $0.8M #286 62% $0 — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math $0.7M #393 61% $0 — — — —
Health Sciences $0.6M #284 71% $0 — — — —
Business & Economics $0.3M #281 0% $0.2M 6 #168 — —
Agriculture & Food Science $0.0M #307 0% $0 — — — —
Computer Science $0 #525 — $0 — — — —
Total $6.0M #359 58% $0.2M 6 #513 — —

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 54%
Yield (Unbound) 36%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 54% 54% 54%

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Acceptance: 48.4% 48.4% 2012 Acceptance: 47.0% 47.0% 2013 Acceptance: 47.8% 47.8% 2014 Acceptance: 46.7% 46.7% 2015 Acceptance: 48.0% 48.0% 2016 Acceptance: 53.0% 53.0% 2017 Acceptance: 49.6% 49.6% 2018 Acceptance: 52.1% 52.1% 2019 Acceptance: 54.1% 54.1% 2020 Acceptance: 58.9% 58.9% 2021 Acceptance: 54.4% 54.4% 2022 Acceptance: 47.9% 47.9% 2023 Acceptance: 46.0% 46.0% 2024 Acceptance: 44.4% 44.4% 2011 Yield: 33.8% 33.8% 2012 Yield: 39.9% 39.9% 2013 Yield: 36.2% 36.2% 2014 Yield: 32.2% 32.2% 2015 Yield: 32.0% 32.0% 2016 Yield: 34.1% 34.1% 2017 Yield: 31.9% 31.9% 2018 Yield: 36.1% 36.1% 2019 Yield: 32.3% 32.3% 2020 Yield: 30.2% 30.2% 2021 Yield: 39.8% 39.8% 2022 Yield: 34.8% 34.8% 2023 Yield: 36.2% 36.2% 2024 Yield: 36.1% 36.1%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 2,500 5,000 7,500 10,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 4,221 4,221 2012 Applicants: 4,464 4,464 2013 Applicants: 4,784 4,784 2014 Applicants: 6,002 6,002 2015 Applicants: 6,407 6,407 2016 Applicants: 6,176 6,176 2017 Applicants: 7,768 7,768 2018 Applicants: 7,216 7,216 2019 Applicants: 7,884 7,884 2020 Applicants: 7,079 7,079 2021 Applicants: 5,263 5,263 2022 Applicants: 7,848 7,848 2023 Applicants: 8,309 8,309 2024 Applicants: 8,499 8,499 2011 Admitted: 2,042 2,042 2012 Admitted: 2,098 2,098 2013 Admitted: 2,289 2,289 2014 Admitted: 2,803 2,803 2015 Admitted: 3,076 3,076 2016 Admitted: 3,272 3,272 2017 Admitted: 3,852 3,852 2018 Admitted: 3,758 3,758 2019 Admitted: 4,269 4,269 2020 Admitted: 4,172 4,172 2021 Admitted: 2,862 2,862 2022 Admitted: 3,758 3,758 2023 Admitted: 3,819 3,819 2024 Admitted: 3,771 3,771 2011 Enrolled: 690 690 2012 Enrolled: 837 837 2013 Enrolled: 828 828 2014 Enrolled: 903 903 2015 Enrolled: 983 983 2016 Enrolled: 1,115 1,115 2017 Enrolled: 1,230 1,230 2018 Enrolled: 1,356 1,356 2019 Enrolled: 1,379 1,379 2020 Enrolled: 1,262 1,262 2021 Enrolled: 1,139 1,139 2022 Enrolled: 1,307 1,307 2023 Enrolled: 1,382 1,382 2024 Enrolled: 1,363 1,363

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 57%
SAT Range 890 – 1090
SAT Math Range 420 – 530
SAT RW Range 470 – 560

SAT Composite

25th 75th
800 900 1000 1100 1200 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 820 820 2012 25th: 820 820 2013 25th: 800 800 2014 25th: 820 820 2015 25th: 820 820 2016 25th: 820 820 2017 25th: 930 930 2018 25th: 930 930 2019 25th: 910 910 2020 25th: 920 920 2021 25th: 910 910 2022 25th: 910 910 2023 25th: 920 920 2024 25th: 890 890 2011 75th: 990 990 2012 75th: 1000 1000 2013 75th: 1011 1011 2014 75th: 1010 1010 2015 75th: 1020 1020 2016 75th: 1020 1020 2017 75th: 1110 1110 2018 75th: 1100 1100 2019 75th: 1100 1100 2020 75th: 1100 1100 2021 75th: 1110 1110 2022 75th: 1110 1110 2023 75th: 1130 1130 2024 75th: 1090 1090

SAT Math

25th 75th
400 450 500 550 600 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 430 430 2012 25th: 430 430 2013 25th: 410 410 2014 25th: 420 420 2015 25th: 420 420 2016 25th: 420 420 2017 25th: 460 460 2018 25th: 460 460 2019 25th: 450 450 2020 25th: 450 450 2021 25th: 450 450 2022 25th: 440 440 2023 25th: 450 450 2024 25th: 420 420 2011 75th: 510 510 2012 75th: 510 510 2013 75th: 520 520 2014 75th: 520 520 2015 75th: 520 520 2016 75th: 520 520 2017 75th: 550 550 2018 75th: 540 540 2019 75th: 540 540 2020 75th: 540 540 2021 75th: 540 540 2022 75th: 540 540 2023 75th: 550 550 2024 75th: 530 530

SAT Reading & Writing

25th 75th
300 400 500 600 700 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 390 390 2012 25th: 390 390 2013 25th: 390 390 2014 25th: 400 400 2015 25th: 400 400 2016 25th: 400 400 2017 25th: 470 470 2018 25th: 470 470 2019 25th: 460 460 2020 25th: 470 470 2021 25th: 460 460 2022 25th: 470 470 2023 25th: 470 470 2024 25th: 470 470 2011 75th: 480 480 2012 75th: 490 490 2013 75th: 491 491 2014 75th: 490 490 2015 75th: 500 500 2016 75th: 500 500 2017 75th: 560 560 2018 75th: 560 560 2019 75th: 560 560 2020 75th: 560 560 2021 75th: 570 570 2022 75th: 570 570 2023 75th: 580 580 2024 75th: 560 560

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2012 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 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: 100.0% 100.0% 2018 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2019 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2020 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2021 Submitted: 49.0% 49.0% 2022 Submitted: 47.0% 47.0% 2023 Submitted: 58.0% 58.0% 2024 Submitted: 57.0% 57.0%

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.