Table 1

Means of Texas Public College Resource and Quality Measures by Higher Education Sector

Institutional CharacteristicUT–AustinTexas A&M College StationOther Public Four-YearCommunity College
25th percentile math SAT535520440
75th percentile math SAT650630549
Faculty-student ratio0.0450.0410.0340.023
Expenditures per student25,08127,44910,9815,756
Instructional expenditures per student6,9008,9313,6482,317
Graduation rate0.7100.7500.338
In-state tuition3,2123,1872,0011,217
  • Source: 1997–2003 IPEDS data.

  • Notes: All monetary figures are in real $2007 and are weighted by total undergraduate enrollment. All per student means are per total enrollment. Graduation rates are for BA degrees within six years of initial enrollment. SAT scores and graduation rates are reported only for a small percentage of two-year schools. Because of the open-admission mandate of community colleges and the fact that many students do not intend to obtain a BA, we do not report means for SAT scores and graduation rates for these schools.