Texas A & M University-Kingsville
Kingsville, TX · Public · Town (distant) · Carnegie R1/R2 · TMUK · Texas A&M-Kingsville
Public institution in Kingsville, TX · 4,622 undergraduates · 92% acceptance rate · $51,450 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 14%Pell Grant share
- Top 17%Average net price
- Top 24%Undergraduates
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
- $10,204337th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $9,892583rd cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $26,1061,098th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $22,262517th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $22,934981st lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $51,4501,003rd highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $44,882895th highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 45.6%1,327th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 67.0%1,374th highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 92.3%1,304th most selective of 1,596 reporting
- Average SAT
- 1030883rd highest of 1,022 reporting
- Median ACT
- 19865th highest of 952 reporting
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 4,622523rd largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 16.0:11,454th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 54.5%291st highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 185 mi (AUS)
On 1 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 48 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petroleum EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | $71,643 | — |
| Electrical, Electronics and Communications EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | $67,899 | $68,079 |
| Mechanical EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | $65,447 | $62,012 |
| Architectural EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | $61,516 | — |
| Chemical EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | $55,964 | $47,260 |
| Civil EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | $52,107 | $52,107 |
| Finance and Financial Management ServicesBusiness | bachelors | $49,269 | $48,432 |
| Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansEngineering Technology | bachelors | $48,432 | $44,835 |
| MusicVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | $47,595 | $48,041 |
| Management Information Systems and ServicesBusiness | bachelors | $45,305 | $42,682 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralComputer Science | bachelors | $43,798 | — |
| Accounting and Related ServicesBusiness | bachelors | $43,638 | $39,369 |
Campus facts
- Founded in 1925source
- Athletic nickname: "Javelinas"source
- Javelina Stadium seats about 15,000source
- Competes in NCAA Division IIsource
- School colors: Blue and Goldsource
- Mascot: Porky the Javelinasource
- Campus size: about 1,600 acressource
- Formerly known as "South Texas Normal School (1917)"source
- Formerly known as "South Texas State Teachers College (1925)"source
- Formerly known as "Texas College of Arts and Industries" (1929–1967)source
- Formerly known as "Texas A&I University" (1967–1993)source
- Athletic conference: Lone Starsource
- Fight song: ""Jalisco and Javelina Victory March""source
- Notable alum: Eva Longoriasource
- Notable alum: George Floydsource
Athletics — 10 sports
NCAA Division II with football · NCAA Division II
Athletic scholarships allowed · Athletic aid $2,610,821 (M $1,523,403 · W $1,087,418)
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Beach Volleyball
- Football
- Golf
- Other Sports
- Softball
- Tennis
- Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
- Volleyball
Self-reported EADA participants (2024-2025). Athletic aid is institution-level, not per sport.
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Texas A & M University-Kingsville’s 4,622 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In TX
- Rice UniversityHouston, TX · 4,562 undergrads
- University of the Incarnate WordSan Antonio, TX · 4,545 undergrads
- Trinity Valley Community CollegeAthens, TX · 4,793 undergrads
- Midland CollegeMidland, TX · 5,020 undergrads
- Odessa CollegeOdessa, TX · 4,176 undergrads
- Laredo CollegeLaredo, TX · 5,086 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Mercer UniversityMacon, GA · 4,620 undergrads
- Delaware State UniversityDover, DE · 4,630 undergrads
- Rhode Island CollegeProvidence, RI · 4,630 undergrads
- East Stroudsburg University of PennsylvaniaEast Stroudsburg, PA · 4,611 undergrads
- Northeastern State UniversityTahlequah, OK · 4,636 undergrads
- The University of Tennessee-MartinMartin, TN · 4,600 undergrads
Key links
- Official websitetamuk.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 228705)
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