Stephen F Austin State University

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a self-contained town.

Overview

Stephen F. Austin State University, also known as SFA, is a public university located in Nacogdoches, Texas, United States. It was founded as a teachers' college in 1923. The university was named after one of Texas' founding fathers, Stephen F. Austin. The main campus is spread across an area of more than 640 acres. The university offers more than 120 areas of study including over 80 undergraduate majors and more than 50 graduate degrees. SFA is organized into the following academic divisions:

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

SFA fields various sports teams. Its men's athletic teams are called Lumberjacks, and the women's teams are known as Ladyjacks. They participate in the NCAA Division I in the Southland Conference.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in nutrition and exercise therapy, music, conservation and resource management, family and social work, art studies, and drama and performing arts.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• High female/male ratio.
• Affordable tuition & fees.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Masters Colleges and Universities I.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

Financial Aid

Stephen F Austin State University participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

In 2009-2010, 79% of students received financial aid of some sort.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 12,000 in 2009-2010 (11,115 full-time equivalent).

About 36% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 64% of the class.

Undergrads are 84% of enrolled students and graduate students are 16%.

Students under 25 years old represent 79% of the student body. About 5% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 99% are full-time and 1% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Stephen F Austin State University provides on-campus housing for 5,122 of its 11,115 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 20 meals weekly.

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Southland Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 156 male students received the aid (men were 56% of those receiving aid) and 125 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 44% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

Stephen F Austin State University offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship).

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Single Doctoral (Education).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT (32 awarded)

• Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations
• Agricultural Mechanization
• Agricultural Production Operations
• Agriculture

ANIMAL SCIENCE AND CARE (13 awarded)

• Animal Sciences
• Poultry Science

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (11 awarded)

• Interior Architecture

ART STUDIES (59 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (412 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business/Commerce
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Fashion Merchandising
• Finance
• International Business/Trade/Commerce
• Marketing/Marketing Management
• Special Products Marketing Operations

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (13 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences
• Data Processing and Data Processing Technology/Technician
• Information Technology

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (61 awarded)

• Environmental Science
• Forest Management/Forest Resources Management
• Forestry
• Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (40 awarded)

• Dance
• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (193 awarded)

• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Music Teacher Education
• Secondary Education and Teaching
• Special Education and Teaching

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (151 awarded)

• Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
• Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies
• Human Development and Family Studies
• Public Administration
• Social Work

FINE ARTS (3 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation

HOSPITALITY (38 awarded)

• Hospitality Administration/Management

LANDSCAPING AND HORTICULTURE (9 awarded)

• Agronomy and Crop Science
• Horticultural Science

LAW (7 awarded)

• Legal Assistant/Paralegal

LIBERAL ARTS (462 awarded)

• Cartography
• Creative Writing
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• Geography
• History
• Humanities/Humanistic Studies
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Speech and Rhetorical Studies

MATHEMATICS (20 awarded)

• Mathematics
• Statistics

MEDIA (94 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Journalism
• Radio and Television

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (123 awarded)

• Audiology/Audiologist and Hearing Sciences
• Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist
• Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences
• Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist

MEDICINE (0 awarded)

• Gerontology

MUSIC (67 awarded)

• Conducting
• Music Performance
• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (103 awarded)

• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (144 awarded)

• Athletic Training/Trainer
• Health and Physical Education
• Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management
• Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
• Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (2 awarded)

• Philosophy

SCIENCE (94 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biological and Physical Sciences
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Biotechnology
• Chemistry
• Geology/Earth Science
• Physics

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (35 awarded)

• Corrections
• Criminal Justice/Police Science

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (90 awarded)

• Counseling Psychology
• Psychology
• School Psychology