Texas A & M International University
Laredo, TX · Public · Large city · TMIU
Public institution in Laredo, TX · 6,502 undergraduates · 46% acceptance rate · $48,386 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 1%Average net price
- Top 8%Cost of attendance
- Top 8%Pell Grant share
- Top 14%Acceptance rate
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $3,06129th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $7,846348th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $19,382817th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $14,767151st cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $15,000309th lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $48,3861,163rd highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $37,3271,391st highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 48.9%1,195th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 73.6%1,035th highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 46.0%224th most selective of 1,596 reporting
- Average SAT
- 1008929th highest of 1,022 reporting
- Median ACT
- 18912th highest of 952 reporting
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 6,502398th largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 21.0:11,930th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 63.3%178th highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 211 mi (AUS)
On 2 of our 111 lists
Every published ranking this school appears on, with its rank there.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 12 of 30 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingHealth Professions | bachelors | $62,721 | $64,990 |
| Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural EducationEducation | bachelors | $48,041 | $44,356 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsEducation | bachelors | $46,087 | $46,087 |
| MusicVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | $44,384 | $29,685 |
| Special Education and TeachingEducation | bachelors | $44,189 | $44,747 |
| MathematicsMathematics & Statistics | bachelors | $39,369 | $44,170 |
| Management Information Systems and ServicesBusiness | bachelors | $35,600 | $39,369 |
| Systems EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | $30,771 | $38,289 |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBusiness | bachelors | $30,640 | $29,685 |
| History | bachelors | $30,173 | $24,615 |
| Accounting and Related ServicesBusiness | bachelors | $29,685 | $28,960 |
| SociologySocial Sciences | bachelors | $29,141 | $26,585 |
Campus facts
- Founded in 1969source
- Athletic nickname: "Dustdevils"source
- Competes in NCAA Division IIsource
- School colors: Maroon and Silver and Goldsource
- Mascot: Dusty the Dustdevilsource
- Campus size: about 300 acressource
- Formerly known as "Texas A&I University at Laredo" (1969–1977)source
- Formerly known as "Laredo State University" (1977–1993)source
Athletics — 7 sports
NCAA Division II without football · NCAA Division II
Athletic scholarships allowed · Athletic aid $1,665,326 (M $753,584 · W $911,742)
Self-reported EADA participants (2024-2025). Athletic aid is institution-level, not per sport.
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Texas A & M International University’s 6,502 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In TX
- Texas Southern UniversityHouston, TX · 6,619 undergrads
- West Texas A & M UniversityCanyon, TX · 6,771 undergrads
- Texas A&M University-San AntonioSan Antonio, TX · 6,224 undergrads
- University of Houston-Clear LakeHouston, TX · 6,082 undergrads
- The University of Texas at TylerTyler, TX · 7,009 undergrads
- Southern Methodist UniversityDallas, TX · 7,106 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Tennessee State UniversityNashville, TN · 6,498 undergrads
- University of RochesterRochester, NY · 6,488 undergrads
- Eastern Washington UniversityCheney, WA · 6,517 undergrads
- William Paterson University of New JerseyWayne, NJ · 6,526 undergrads
- Northern Michigan UniversityMarquette, MI · 6,425 undergrads
- Duke UniversityDurham, NC · 6,417 undergrads
Key links
- Official websitetamiu.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 226152)
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- Compare with Texas Southern UniversitySide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
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