Commerce, TX · Public · Every figure is for a student starting in fall 2027. We work each one out again whenever we update the site.
How to pay for East Texas A&M University
What a year costs here, what brings it down, and what a SmartTuition plan could save a family like yours.
Paying for four years here
Four years here, after grants
$62,386
A SmartTuition plan could save a family like this about $4,700.
A SmartTuition plan shows what to pay from where, each semester, using your own numbers.
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A family of four with good credit and $500 a month for college. How we worked these out ↓
A year at East Texas A&M University
| Full price, in state | $22,317 |
| Full price, out of state | $35,302 |
| After grants, at your income | $14,572 |
At this income, 10 of Texas's other 58 colleges cost less after grants, and 48 cost more. See them all →
What can bring it down
Merit scholarships. Freshman scholarships by class rank and GPA: $5,000 a year in the top 10%, and Blue and Gold awards of $2,000, $1,500 or $1,000 a year by tier. They last up to eight semesters.
East Texas A&M University's promise. President's Promise Scholarship: tuition covered as funding allows for Texas students with family income of $85,000 or less. The conditions ↓
Pay less for college
A SmartTuition plan shows what to pay from where, each semester.
At East Texas A&M University, our scenarios for Texas households with good parent credit show a SmartTuition plan saving a median of about $7,600 over four years. How we worked this out ↓
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What East Texas A&M University says it awards for grades and test scores.
Freshman scholarships by class rank and GPA: $5,000 a year in the top 10%, and Blue and Gold awards of $2,000, $1,500 or $1,000 a year by tier. They last up to eight semesters.
Programs worth asking about
East Texas A&M University describes this in words that stop short of a promise, so we show it in its own words. Ask the aid office whether you qualify.
President's Promise Scholarship: tuition covered as funding allows for Texas students with family income of $85,000 or less
Household income up to $85,000. Covers tuition.
- Offered as funding is available. For new full-time students in a first undergraduate degree who qualify for a Pell Grant or have the equivalent need on the Texas application. It covers up to eight semesters for a freshman and four for a transfer student.
- Renewal needs 30 credit hours a year and a 2.0 GPA.
“The President's Promise Scholarship is offered to students who meet all of the following criteria, without exception (as funding is available): Be admitted to the University and enter East Texas A&M in the calendar year of graduation from high school, or from a two-year school with an earned Associate's Degree or 45 credit hours without gaps in enrollment and Be enrolled full-time beginning fall 2023 and spring 2024 long semester as a first-time new undergraduate student working towards their first undergraduate degree at East Texas A&M and Qualify for a federal Pell grant or the equivalent demonstrated need as defined by TASFA and have a family Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) of $85,000 or less and Be a Texas resident for tuition purposes. The President's Promise Scholarship covers all tuition not covered by other grants or scholarships and will meet 100 percent of the student’s tuition costs for up to [eight] long semesters (fall and spring) for entering new freshmen or up to [four] long semesters (fall and spring) for entering new transfers.”
How we worked these out
The family
A family of four with good parent credit and $500 a month to put toward college, and the savings you pick. In state, the grants are what East Texas A&M University reports families at that income got, on average. Your own will differ, and a family with no aid pays close to the full price. Out of state, there are no grants: the price is before any scholarship from the college.
What a SmartTuition plan saves
The difference, over four years, between a SmartTuition plan and the standard approach: savings first, then loans for the rest. It counts loan interest and the federal tax credit.
The $7,600 in the “Pay less for college” box near the top of this page is the median saving in East Texas A&M University's own scenarios. Each scenario is a household that lives in Texas, with an income from $45,000 to $200,000 and savings of none, $40,000 or $100,000 in a 529. We price East Texas A&M University at the aid it reports for that income.
Every scenario has parents with good credit and $500 a month toward college. The card above uses the same two. A scenario where the parents would borrow more than $65,000 is left out.
The prices by income
- They describe students who got aid.
- “Over $110,000” has no upper limit, so it averages families just over $110,000 with far wealthier ones. A family at $115,000 should expect to pay less than it shows.
- Each range is reported on its own, so the prices do not always rise with income.
Where the prices come from
Where the prices come from: East Texas A&M University's own 2025-26 tuition, fees, housing, food and books, from its website, carried forward to 2027 at 3.0% a year. The grants are the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard (2025-26 figures), carried forward the same way. Each price after grants is the cost less those grants. The out-of-state figure uses the published out-of-state tuition instead. The average price after grants counts the students who get federal aid. Your own figure will be different.
SmartTuition.ai is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by East Texas A&M University. Aid policies change; check current terms with the college's aid office.
Nearby at your income
- University of Houston-Clear Lake$14,277 a year
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- UT Arlington$15,705 a year
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