Canyon, 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 West 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
$73,049
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 West Texas A&M
| Full price, in state | $23,383 |
| Full price, out of state | $42,298 |
| After grants, at your income | $17,189 |
At this income, 22 of Texas's other 58 colleges cost less after grants, and 36 cost more. See them all →
What can bring it down
Merit scholarships. Freshman scholarships pay $1,500 to $8,000 a year by class rank and test score. They are competitive, depend on funds, need an application by December 1 or February 1, and renew with a 3.0 GPA.
West Texas A&M's promise. Buff Promise: fall and spring in-state tuition covered for Texas undergraduates with family income of $80,000 or less. The conditions ↓
Pay less for college
A SmartTuition plan shows what to pay from where, each semester.
At West Texas A&M, our scenarios for Texas households with good parent credit show a SmartTuition plan saving a median of about $4,800 over four years. How we worked this out ↓
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What West Texas A & M University says it awards for grades and test scores.
Freshman scholarships pay $1,500 to $8,000 a year by class rank and test score. They are competitive, depend on funds, need an application by December 1 or February 1, and renew with a 3.0 GPA.
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.
Buff Promise: fall and spring in-state tuition covered for Texas undergraduates with family income of $80,000 or less
Household income up to $80,000. Covers tuition.
- For full-time first-time or transfer students in a first bachelor's degree, with financial need, who are eligible for a Pell Grant. Family size can raise the income limit. Fees, housing and books are not covered.
- It lasts up to eight semesters. A student who applies for aid after April 15 is awarded on the basis of available funds.
“West Texas A&M University has committed 100% of its available resources to cover fall and spring in-state tuition for undergraduate Texas residents who have an annual family income of $80,000—the median income level for our region—or less. Meet eligibility requirements for a Federal Pell Grant with a Student aid Index (SAI) of 6656 or less and need eligibility according to the FAFSA. Have a family income of $80,000 or less. In some cases, family size will increase this amount.”
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 West Texas A&M 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 $4,800 in the “Pay less for college” box near the top of this page is the median saving in West Texas A&M'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 West Texas A&M 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: West Texas A & M University's own 2026-27 tuition and fees, from its website, carried forward to 2027 at 3.0% a year. Housing, food and books are the College Scorecard's. 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 West Texas A & M University. Aid policies change; check current terms with the college's aid office.
Nearby at your income
- UT Tyler$16,889 a year
- Texas Tech University$16,916 a year
- West Texas A&M$17,189 a year
- Texas A&M Corpus Christi$17,627 a year
- Texas A&M$17,727 a year
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