Stephen F Austin State University

Stephen F. Austin State University (SFASU or SFA) is a public university in Nacogdoches, Texas, in the United States. Named after Stephen F. Austin, one of the founders of Texas, SFA was founded as a teachers college in 1923 and built on part of the homestead established by prominent Texan, Thomas Jefferson Rusk. Stephen F. Austin State University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. While located in the rural East Texas college town of Nacogdoches, the majority of the university’s students come from Greater Houston, the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, and other cities throughout Texas. It has also served students from 46 states outside Texas and 42 countries outside the United States. The SFA Lumberjacks are members of the Southland Conference and compete in Division I for all varsity sports. The Lumberjacks football team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision. The Lumberjacks basketball team has made five appearances in the NCAA Division I Tournament, with two upset first-round wins in 2014 and 2016. On May 11, 2023, SFA, then one of two public universities in Texas operating independent of one of the state’s seven university systems, joined the University of Texas System.