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Basics

Location: Nacogdoches, Texas – 140 miles northeast of Houston, 180 miles southeast of Dallas
Main campus size: 406 acres
Affiliation: Public university governed by autonomous Board of Regents, appointed by the governor and approved by the Texas Legislature
Enrollment: 11,607 (fall 2007)

Faculty

Instructional faculty, including part-time: 627
Professors and instructors with highest degree in their field: 85 percent
Student-faculty ratio: 19 to 1

Colleges

Nelson Rusche College of Business
James I. Perkins College of Education
College of Fine Arts
Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture
College of Liberal and Applied Arts
College of Sciences and Mathematics

Academics

Enrollment periods: Two 16-week semesters (fall and spring) and two 5 1/2-week summer terms per year
Accrediting body: Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Programs offered: 83 undergraduate majors and more than 120 areas of study; nearly 50 graduate degrees, including two doctoral programs

Costs*

Undergraduate tuition/fees academic year (12 semester hours per semester, for two semesters)
- Texas resident: approximately $5,064
- Non-Texas resident: approximately $11,736
Room and board – average for academic year: $7,266
Financial aid awarded 2006-2007: $93.9 million

History

Founded as: Teachers’ college
Chartered by Legislature: April 4, 1917 – put on hold because of World War I
Funding legislation signed: 1921
Nacogdoches selected as site: July 14, 1921
First classes: September 18, 1923