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Sul Ross is ranked #2,050 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list.
Out of the 115 colleges in Texas, Sul Ross is ranked at #111.
With an acceptance rate of 97%, Sul Ross has a fairly liberal admissions policy. However, don't just assume you'll get in! Put together a good application and make sure you include all requested documents and materials.
About 37% of students accepted to Sul Ross submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 430 and 540. Math scores were between 420 and 540.
At Sul Ross, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 12 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Sul Ross State University is 51%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 49% tells us that most first-year, full-time students don't stick around for a second year at Sul Ross State University. Students may have a variety of reasons for this, such as only intending to attend a school for one year while they brush up on certain subjects.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full time students who obtain their bachelor's degree in four years or less. This rate is 19% for first-time, full-time students at Sul Ross, which is lower than the national rate of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Sul Ross State University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,789 undergraduates at Sul Ross with 1,154 being full-time and 635 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10,305 | $12,867 | $14,596 | $16,356 | $19,497 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Sul Ross, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Sul Ross, approximately 50% of students took out student loans averaging $5,612 a year. That adds up to $22,448 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Sul Ross are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | Hwy 90 East, Alpine, TX 79832 |
| Phone: | 432-837-8011 |
| Website: | www.sulross.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 60 | $32,033 |
| Health & Physical Education | 54 | $39,723 |
| Business Administration & Management | 51 | $39,828 |
| General Psychology | 49 | $28,156 |
| General Business/Commerce | 46 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 41 | NA |
| General Education | 32 | NA |
| General Biology | 26 | $31,629 |
| Animal Science | 24 | $28,002 |
| Student Counseling | 22 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 1,508 students took at least one online class at Sul Ross State University. This is a decrease from the 1,531 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,508 | 854 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,531 | 737 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,730 | 707 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,710 | 920 |
Learn more about online learning at Sul Ross State University.
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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