
For 2024-25, reported annual undergraduate tuition and required fees totaled $10,026 for an in-state full-time student: $4,790 in tuition and $5,236 in required fees. The corresponding out-of-state total was $22,326, including $17,090 in tuition and the same reported required fees. Comparing tuition alone would substantially understate the published charge.
Adding the reported room-and-board and books estimates produces roughly $21,812 for an in-state student or $34,112 for an out-of-state student before transportation, personal expenses, and other applicable costs. Those sums are illustrations using the same reporting period, not a complete individual cost-of-attendance budget or a housing quote. Living arrangements, course load, residency classification, and program charges can change the result.
Financial aid can make the amount a student pays different from the published price. The reported average net price for students from families with annual incomes up to $48,000 was $10,346; it was $12,067 for the $48,001-$75,000 group. Net price reflects costs after grant and scholarship aid for the population measured, not a guaranteed bill. Eligible students may seek federal grants and loans, Texas aid, institutional scholarships, and applicable military or veterans education benefits. The FAFSA and the university's current scholarship and aid deadlines are important when comparing an actual offer with the published charges.
East Texas A&M students can look for part-time employment alongside their studies, but Federal Work-Study and an ordinary student job are not the same thing. Work-Study is need-based federal aid offered to eligible students through a financial-aid award; it provides wages for hours worked, rather than a discount automatically deducted from tuition.
Students should review their aid offer and the university's student-job postings for eligibility, available positions, application steps, and any limits on weekly hours. A Work-Study award does not itself assign a job. Students can also use career services for career exploration, résumé assistance, interview preparation, job fairs, employer contacts, and internship searches. Internships may be paid, unpaid, or taken for credit depending on the position and academic department, so they should not be counted as assured income.
95% of undergraduates receive aid, $8,937 on average
Yearly living expenses by where students live
Average yearly cost after grants, students awarded federal aid
Total dormitory capacity
2200Institution provide on-campus housing
YesUndergraduate average amount
$8,937All
$11,342Undergraduate average amount
$5,562Graduate average amount
$5,153Data last updated on November 2, 2026
Data sources: IPEDS 2024-25, Peterson 2026, College Scorecard 10/2026, Clery 2024 (2023-24), OpenAlex 2026
Figures on this profile come from federal and third-party datasets in the editions listed above and are refreshed periodically, so they may differ from what the institution currently reports. Confirm costs, deadlines and requirements with the school before making decisions.