Texas residents paid $4,080 to attend the four-year public institution this year – $60 more than the $4,020 charged for 2017-18.
Non-resident students would have paid 88.2 percent more than residents this year, or $7,680. Non-resident tuition and fees grew 0.8 percent from $7,620 in 2017-18.
100 percent of the school's undergraduate population are Texas residents.
Data shows 91 percent of full-time undergraduates who started school in 2015-16 received student financial aid in some form. In all, 2,732 students received grants or scholarships totaling $14.4 million and 114 students took out student loans totaling more than $219,479.
Including all undergraduates (31,949), 14,171 students used grants or scholarships totaling $58.9 million.
The cost of attending
| Enrollment | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | Change in tuition and fees 2015-16 to 2018-19 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In-state | 31,949 | $3,770 | $3,890 | $4,020 | $4,080 | 8.2% |
Undergraduate financial aid
The following data includes only full-time students who began an undergraduate program at South Texas College in 2015-16.| Type of Aid | Number of students receiving aid | Percent receiving aid | Total amount of aid received | Average amount of aid per student |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal grants | 2,550 | 81% | $12,834,808 | $5,033 |
| State / local grant or scholarship | 599 | 19% | $1,537,852 | $2,567 |
| Institutional grants or scholarships | 62 | 2% | $76,317 | $1,231 |
| Grant or scholarship aid total | 2,732 | 86% | $14,448,977 | $5,289 |
| Federal student loans | 0 | 0% | $0 | - |
| Other student loans | 114 | 4% | $219,479 | $1,925 |
| Student loan aid | 114 | 4% | $219,479 | $1,925 |
| Total student aid | 2,868 | 91% | - | - |
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