Location
Texas
State's main campus is in San Marcos, a growing community of nearly
50,000 people about halfway between Austin and San Antonio. Located
on the edge of the Texas Hill Country, where black land prairies roll
into beautiful hills, Texas State enjoys a setting that is unique among
Texas universities.
The beauty
of the crystal-clear San Marcos River and the stately cypress and pecan
trees on the campus adds to the charm of the university's picturesque
setting. Our location on the banks of the San Marcos River provides
recreational activities for students throughout the year.
Since 2005,
Texas State has also offered bachelor's and graduate-level courses in
Round Rock, Texas, at our Round Rock Higher Education Center (RRHEC)
campus, located north of Austin. More than 1,500 students are enrolled
at the RRHEC.
San
Marcos Campus
As the university's student population has grown-from 303 in 1903 to
over 30,000 in 2009-our San Marcos campus, too, has expanded. Today
it consists of a 471-acre main campus and 5,000 additional acres in
recreational, instructional, farm and ranch land.
The Texas
State campus is as diverse as the students who live and learn here.
Our hilly campus is home to 225 buildings. Some, like Old Main, are
as old as the university itself. Others, such as the brand-new McCoy
Hall, with flat screen monitors rather than bulletin boards, and the
Mitte Complex, which contains a high-tech clean room and microchip fabrication
lab, are cutting-edge facilities.
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University-San Marcos is a doctoral granting university located in the
burgeoning Austin-San Antonio corridor, the largest campus in the Texas
State University System, and the 6th largest in the state.
Texas State's 28,132 students choose from 111 undergraduate and 87 masters
and seven doctoral degree programs offered by seven colleges (Applied
Arts, McCoy College of Business Administration, Education, Fine Arts
and Communication, Health Professions, Liberal Arts, and Science), the
University College, and the Graduate College.
Texas State
students come from around the globe, and our student body is diverse.
Thirty percent of Texas State students are ethnic minorities. In fact,
Texas State is ranked among the top 20 universities in the nation for
the number of degrees we grant to Hispanic undergraduates. See the University
Factbook for more information on our student body. |
