Tyler, 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 The University of Texas at Tyler
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
$72,552
A SmartTuition plan could save a family like this about $4,500.
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 UT Tyler
| Full price, in state | $27,205 |
| Full price, out of state | $43,117 |
| After grants, at your income | $16,889 |
At this income, 20 of Texas's other 58 colleges cost less after grants, and 38 cost more. See them all →
What can bring it down
Merit scholarships. The Academic Excellence Scholarship pays $2,000 for students in the top 25% of their class with a 3.0 GPA. No application is needed, and awards go first come, first served while funding lasts (and 1 more below).
UT Tyler's promise. Patriot Promise: tuition and mandatory fees covered for Texas students with family income of $100,000 or less. The conditions ↓
Pay less for college
A SmartTuition plan shows what to pay from where, each semester.
At UT Tyler, our scenarios for Texas households with good parent credit show a SmartTuition plan saving a median of about $5,900 over four years. How we worked this out ↓
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What the University of Texas at Tyler says it awards for grades and test scores.
The Academic Excellence Scholarship pays $2,000 for students in the top 25% of their class with a 3.0 GPA. No application is needed, and awards go first come, first served while funding lasts.
The Honors Scholars Scholarship is a competitive $10,000 award. It needs a separate application by December 1, a 3.75 GPA or a 1350 SAT, and an interview, and not every applicant is selected.
Published guarantees you may qualify for
We do not assume you qualify for any of these, and our plans never bank on them. Check each against your own situation with the aid office.
Patriot Promise: tuition and mandatory fees covered for Texas students with family income of $100,000 or less
Household income up to $100,000. Covers tuition, fees.
- The student has financial need, is a new freshman or incoming transfer student, files the FAFSA by May 1 and enrolls full time. Books, housing, parking and meal plans are not covered.
- It lasts up to four academic years, as funding allows. Online and reduced-tuition programs are not eligible.
“The Patriot Promise program covers tuition and mandatory fees for eligible students with a FAFSA-reported household income of $100,000 or less. The Patriot Promise is available to incoming first-time freshmen and transfer students.”
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 UT Tyler 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 $5,900 in the “Pay less for college” box near the top of this page is the median saving in UT Tyler'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 UT Tyler 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: The University of Texas at Tyler's own 2026-27 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.
The University of Texas at Tyler's own budget for 2026-27 is $29,550. It also counts costs the university doesn't bill for, such as travel and personal spending. We leave those out.
SmartTuition.ai is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by The University of Texas at Tyler. Aid policies change; check current terms with the college's aid office.
Nearby at your income
- UT Austin$16,738 a year
- Angelo State University$16,790 a year
- UT Tyler$16,889 a year
- Texas Tech University$16,916 a year
- West Texas A&M$17,189 a year
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