Texas College Fun

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Median Annual Household Income by Educational
Attainment 1997
So, how much more can a college graduate expect
to earn annually over a high school graduate?
25,269
59,048
33,779
Middle value of numerically listed values.
http//www.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/acsfa/edlite-
figure1.html
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• Private/Church
• Baylor University is acknowledged to be the
  oldest continually operating institution of
  higher education in Texas, having been founded in
  1845.
• Southwestern University in Georgetown, which
  opened in 1873, was founded by the Methodist.

• State Funded
• Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
  (Texas AM University) opened in 1876.
• Alta Vista Agricultural College (Prairie View AM
  University), a school "for the benefit of colored
  youth" opened in 1876.
• The University of Texas was founded in 1881 and
  opened in 1883.

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• Normal Schools and Teachers Colleges (State)
• Sam Houston Normal Institute (Sam Houston State
  University) established in Huntsville in 1879
• Southwest Texas State Normal School in San
  Marcos, 1899 (Texas State University-San Marcos)
• East Texas Normal College (private) in Cooper,
  1889, which was moved to Commerce in 1894, taken
  over by the state in 1917 became East Texas State
  Normal College (Texas AM Commerce).
• North Texas Normal School and Teachers Training
  Institute (private) in Denton, which became a
  state institution in 1901 (University of North
  Texas)
• West Texas State Normal School in Canyon, 1909
  (West Texas AM University)
• Sul Ross State Normal School in Alpine (Sul Ross
  State University) authorized by the legislature
  in 1917 and opened in 1920.
• Stephen F. Austin State Teachers College (Stephen
  F. Austin State University) was initially
  authorized in 1917 it opened in 1922.

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Texas Colleges Blalack Teachers www.cfbisd.edu/s
chools/blk
College for Texans www.collegefortexans.com
Web Sites
College Board www.collegeboard.com
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