Texas State University

Texas State University (TXST) is a public research university with its main campus in San Marcos, Texas, United States, with additional campuses in Round Rock, Texas, and Querétaro, Mexico. Established in 1899, the university has grown to be the seventh-largest university in Texas. Texas State University reached a record enrollment of 47,513 students for the fall 2026 semester, continuing a trend of enrollment growth over several years. Texas State University offers over 200 bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree programs from its nine colleges. TXST educates students at campuses in San Marcos, Round Rock, and Querétaro, Mexico, and through TXST Online, as well as offering degrees through TXST Local co-enrollment programs across the state. The university is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) and designated as a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) by the U.S. Department of Education. Texas State is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity" and an Emerging Research University (ERU) by the State of Texas. It spent more than $160 million in research expenditures during fiscal year 2024. Texas State's main campus consists of 250 buildings on 517 acres (2.09 km2) of hilly land along the San Marcos River. It also has a 101 acres (0.41 km2) satellite campus at its Round Rock Campus (RRC) in the greater north Austin area. The university operates the 70 acres (0.28 km2) Science, Technology and Advanced Research (STAR) Park, a technology commercialization and applied research facility. Texas State has 4,522 acres (18.30 km2) additional acres of recreational, instructional, farm, and ranch land. TXST’s Freeman Center is a 3,500-acre ranch that serves as a field laboratory for research, agriculture and land management projects and houses the Forensic Anthropology Center. The Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State is the largest forensics research facility in the world. Texas State University's intercollegiate sports teams, the Bobcats, compete in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I as members of the Pac-12 conference.