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{{Short description|Public university system in Texas}}

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|established = 1911
|type = [[Public university|Public]] [[State university system|university system]]
|endowment = $1.41 billion ([[Fiscal year|FY]]2024)<br />(system-wide)<ref name=NACUBO>As of June 30, 2024. {{cite web |url=https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/nacubo1-nacubo-prd-dc8b/media/Nacubo/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2024-NCSE-Endowment-Market-Values-for-US-and-Canadian-Institutions-FINAL-Feb-12-2025.xlsx |title=U.S. and Canadian 2024 NCSE Participating Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2024 Endowment Market Value, Change in Market Value from FY23 to FY24, and FY24 Endowment Market Values Per Full-time Equivalent Student |date=February 12, 2025 |publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) |access-date=February 12, 2025 |format=XLSX |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250212074654/https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/nacubo1-nacubo-prd-dc8b/media/Nacubo/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2024-NCSE-Endowment-Market-Values-for-US-and-Canadian-Institutions-FINAL-Feb-12-2025.xlsx |archive-date=February 12, 2025 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|budget = $1.74 billion (FY2025)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tsus.edu/about-tsus.html |title=About TSUS |website=Texas State University System |access-date=February 18, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250218105005/https://www.tsus.edu/about-tsus.html |archive-date=February 18, 2025 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|chancellor = Brian McCall
|students = 95,000 (Fall 2024)<ref name="Enrollment">{{cite web|title=Enrollment|url=http://www.tsus.edu/dashboard/enrollment.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418041418/http://www.tsus.edu/dashboard/enrollment.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 18, 2014|publisher=Texas State University System|access-date=June 7, 2016}}</ref>
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|address = [[O. Henry Hall]]
|city = [[Austin, Texas|Austin]]
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|country = U.S.
|zipcode = 78701
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'''The Texas State University System''' ('''TSUS''') is a [[Public university|public]] [[State university system|university system]] in [[Texas]]. It was created in 1911 to oversee the state's [[normal school]]s. It has since broadened its focus and comprises institutions of many different scopes.

It is the only public university system in the state without a flagship university.<ref name="Institutions">{{cite web |title=Institutions |url=http://www.tsus.edu/institutions.html|publisher=Texas State University System|access-date=August 10, 2016}}</ref> The TSUS is composed of four comprehensive universities offering [[bachelor's degree|baccalaureate]] and [[postgraduate education|graduate degrees]]: [[Lamar University]] in [[Beaumont, Texas|Beaumont]], [[Sam Houston State University]] in [[Huntsville, Texas|Huntsville]], [[Sul Ross State University]] in [[Alpine, Texas|Alpine]], and [[Texas State University]] in [[San Marcos, Texas|San Marcos]]. The system also includes three two-year colleges offering [[associate degree]]s and professional certifications: [[Lamar Institute of Technology]] in Beaumont, [[Lamar State College–Orange]] in [[Orange, Texas|Orange]], and [[Lamar State College–Port Arthur]] in [[Port Arthur, Texas|Port Arthur]].<ref name="Institutions"/>

The Texas State University System saw its largest growth in 1995 when the [[Lamar University System]] with its four institutions was incorporated into the TSUS.

The Texas State University System is headquartered in [[Austin, Texas|Austin]]. The system is governed by a nine-member Board of Regents appointed by the [[governor of Texas]]. The administration is headed by a Board-appointed chancellor based in Austin.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-10 |title=About TSUS |url=https://www.tsus.edu/about-tsus.html |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=www.tsus.edu |language=en}}</ref>

The system owns and manages a {{convert|9269|acre|ha|adj=on}} property encompassing much of the [[Christmas Mountains (Texas)|Christmas Mountains]] located adjacent to [[Big Bend National Park]] in southern [[Brewster County, Texas|Brewster County]]. The remote tract is regulated under strict conservation easements ensuring preservation in its natural state. The property serves as an open-air classroom for the system's member institutions and a laboratory for their research efforts.<ref name="Xmas Mts">{{cite press release|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Texas State University System Accepts Christmas Mountains|url=http://www.tsus.edu/offices/marketing-communications/news/news-releases/release-091511.html|location=Austin, Texas|publisher=Texas State University System|date=September 15, 2011|access-date=July 8, 2017}}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==History==
The [[Texas Legislature]] established the State Normal School Board of Regents in 1911, which would later become the present-day Texas State University System, for the control and management of the state normal schools for white teachers.<ref name="HB 17">{{cite book|url=https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth9792/m1/1308/|series=The Laws of Texas [Volume 15]|title=General and Special Laws of the State of Texas Passed by the Thirty-Second Legislature at its First Called Session|chapter=Chapter 5: Creating a state Normal School Board of Regents for the State Normal Schools for White Teachers|editor-last=Gammel|editor-first=Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen|publisher=Gammel's Book Store|location=[[Austin, Texas]]|year=1911|pages=74–76|access-date=June 10, 2016}}</ref> The board originally assumed authority over North Texas State Normal College (founded 1890), Sam Houston Normal Institute (1879), Southwest Texas Normal School (1899), and West Texas State Normal College (1909).<ref name="History">{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.tsus.edu/about/history.html|publisher=Texas State University System|access-date=June 10, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910174441/http://www.tsus.edu/about/history.html|archive-date=September 10, 2015}}</ref>

The Legislature authorized the establishment of Sul Ross Normal College<ref name="SB 397">{{cite book|url=https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth12596/m1/1303/|series=The Laws of Texas [Volume 17]|title=General Laws of the State of Texas Passed by the Thirty-Fifth Legislature at its Regular Session|chapter=Chapter 197: Establishment of "Sul Ross Normal College."|editor-last=Gammel|editor-first=Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen|publisher=Gammel's Book Store|location=[[Austin, Texas]]|year=1917|pages=442–444|access-date=June 10, 2016}}</ref><ref name="HB 58">{{cite book|url=https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth12597/m1/1156/|series=The Laws of Texas [Volume 18]|title=Local and Special Laws of the State of Texas Passed at the Third Called Session of the Thirty-Fifth Legislature|chapter=Chapter 32: Postponing Construction and Expenditure of Appropriations for "Sul Ross Normal College," "Stephen F. Austin State Normal College" and "South Texas State Normal College."|editor-last=Gammel|editor-first=Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen|publisher=Gammel's Book Store|location=[[Austin, Texas]]|year=1918|pages=74–76|access-date=June 10, 2016}}</ref> and the purchase of the private East Texas Normal College, founded in 1889, in 1917<ref name="SB 231">{{cite book|url=https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth12596/m1/1299/|series=The Laws of Texas [Volume 17]|title=General Laws of the State of Texas Passed by the Thirty-Fifth Legislature at its Regular Session|chapter=Chapter 195: Purchase of East Texas Normal College.|editor-last=Gammel|editor-first=Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen|publisher=Gammel's Book Store|location=[[Austin, Texas]]|year=1917|pages=438–440|access-date=August 22, 2016}}</ref> That same year, the Legislature authorized the renaming of the system's normal schools to normal colleges. Political struggles for the creation of Stephen F. Austin Normal College and South Texas Normal College (Texas A&M-Kingsville) were resolved in 1921.<ref name="SFA founding">{{cite web|last=Jackson|first=Jere|title=Dreams Long Deferred|url=http://www2.sfasu.edu/story/articles/Aug23-Uncertainties.html|publisher=[[Stephen F. Austin State University]]|date=August 23, 1998|access-date=August 24, 2016}}</ref> Further legislation in 1923 renamed the system's members again to state teachers colleges<ref name="SB 176">{{cite book|url=https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14933/m1/957/|series=The Laws of Texas [Volume 21]|title=General Laws of the State of Texas Passed by the Thirty-Eighth Legislature at the Regular Session|chapter=Chapter 160: State Normal Colleges—Changing Name Of|editor-last=Gammel|editor-first=Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen|publisher=Gammel's Book Store|location=[[Austin, Texas]]|year=1923|page=341|access-date=August 24, 2016}}</ref> while the board was renamed the Board of Regents, State Teachers Colleges.<ref name="History"/> South Texas left the system in 1929 to be governed independently as Texas Arts and Industrial College (Texas A&I) before eventually joining the [[Texas A&M University System]] as Texas A&M-Kingsville.<ref name="SB 293">{{cite book|url=https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth16364/m1/643/|series=The Laws of Texas [Volume 26]|title=General Laws of the State of Texas Passed by the Forty-First Legislature at the Regular Session|chapter=Chapter 286: Converting South Texas State Teachers College into the Texas College of Arts and Industries|editor-last=Gammel|editor-first=Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen|publisher=Gammel's Book Store|location=[[Austin, Texas]]|year=1929|pages=627–631|access-date=August 24, 2016}}</ref>

Sul Ross and West Texas received name changes in 1949 becoming Sul Ross State College and West Texas State College.<ref name="SRSC">{{cite book|url=https://www.sll.texas.gov/library-resources/collections/historical-texas-statutes/bookreader/1950/#page/235/mode/1up|series=Vernon's Texas Statutes, 1950 Supplement|title=Tit. 49, Art. 2647g|publisher=Vernon Law Book Company|location=Kansas City MO|year=1950|page=211|access-date=June 10, 2016}}</ref><ref name="WTSC">{{cite book|url=https://www.sll.texas.gov/library-resources/collections/historical-texas-statutes/bookreader/1950/#page/234/mode/1up|series=Vernon's Texas Statutes, 1950 Supplement|title=Tit. 49, Art. 2647d|publisher=Vernon Law Book Company|location=Kansas City MO|year=1950|page=210|access-date=June 10, 2016}}</ref> North Texas would leave the system the same year becoming independently governed North Texas State College.<ref name="NT">{{cite book|url=https://www.sll.texas.gov/library-resources/collections/historical-texas-statutes/bookreader/1950/#page/234/mode/2up/search/2651a|series=Vernon's Texas Statutes, 1950 Supplement|title=Tit. 49, Art. 2651a|publisher=Vernon Law Book Company|location=Kansas City MO|year=1950|pages=211–213|access-date=June 10, 2016}}</ref> North Texas would later become the flagship campus of the [[University of North Texas System]]. Similar name changes would result in Southwest Texas State College in 1959 and Sam Houston State College in 1965.<ref name="History"/> West Texas State College became West Texas State University in 1963.<ref name="HoT WTS">{{cite web|title=West Texas A&M University|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/kcw03|last=Young|first=Nancy Beck|publisher=[[Texas State Historical Association]], [[Handbook of Texas Online]]|access-date=June 12, 2006}}</ref>

The year 1965 also saw the incorporation of Angelo State College, founded as a junior college in 1928, into the system. With these changes, the board became titled the Board of Regents, State Senior Colleges. All of the system's components had their names changed from state colleges to state universities in 1969<ref name="History"/><ref name="ASU">{{cite encyclopedia|last=Singg|first=Sangeeta|title=Angelo State University|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/kca07|encyclopedia=[[Handbook of Texas Online]]|access-date=June 10, 2016}}</ref> while East Texas (Texas A&M-Commerce)<ref name="HB 242">{{cite web|title=House Bill 242, Regular Session of the Sixty-First Legislature|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/scanned/sessionLaws/61-0/HB_242_CH_23.pdf|publisher=Legislative Reference Library of Texas|year=1969|access-date=August 22, 2016}}</ref> and West Texas (West Texas A&M)<ref name="SB 93">{{cite web|title=Senate Bill 93, Regular Session of the Sixty-First Legislature|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/LASDOCS/61R/SB93/SB93_61R.pdf#page=10|publisher=Legislative Reference Library of Texas|year=1969|access-date=August 22, 2016}}</ref> left the system entirely in 1969 to become independent before settling on their present affiliations with the Texas A&M University System. Stephen F. Austin left the system the same year<ref name="SB 416">{{cite web|title=Senate Bill 416, Regular Session of the Sixty-First Legislature|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/LASDOCS/61R/SB416/SB416_61R.pdf#page=10|publisher=Legislative Reference Library of Texas|year=1969|access-date=August 24, 2016}}</ref> and continued to be an independent with its separate governing regents outside any of the state's other university systems, until 2023, when its regents elected to join the [[University of Texas System]].

Sul Ross established upper-division and post-graduate study centers in 1973 on campuses of [[Southwest Texas Junior College]] in Del Rio, Eagle Pass, and Uvalde.

The Legislature conferred upon the system in 1975 its present designation as the Texas State University System. Angelo State University was re-designated as a member along with Sam Houston State University, Southwest Texas State University, and Sul Ross State University.<ref name="History"/>

In the most transformative change to the TSUS in its history, the [[Lamar University System]] was abolished in 1995 and its four members were incorporated into the TSUS: Lamar University (founded 1923), Lamar Institute of Technology (1995), Lamar University Orange (1969), and Lamar University Port Arthur (1909).<ref name="History"/><ref name="LIT history">{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.lit.edu/about/History.aspx|publisher=Lamar Institute of Technology|access-date=June 11, 2016}}</ref>

Southwest Texas State opened an extension center in 1996 housed in temporary buildings adjacent to a Round Rock high school. After a 2004 land donation, the permanent Texas State University Round Rock Campus was opened in 2005.<ref name="TSRR history">{{cite web|title=History of the Texas State Round Rock Campus|url=http://www.rrc.txstate.edu/about/story.html|publisher=Texas State University|access-date=June 12, 2016}}</ref>

Sam Houston State opened The Woodlands University Center in 1998. The following year, the former Lamar campuses in Orange and [[Port Arthur massacre (Australia)|Port Arthur]] were renamed Lamar State College Orange and Lamar State College Port Arthur.

In 2003, the Legislature changed the name of Southwest Texas State to Texas State University-San Marcos. The name was shortened to Texas State University in 2013.<ref name="History"/>

Angelo State University left the system to affiliate with the [[Texas Tech University System]] in 2007 in the most recent change in system membership.<ref name="CR4.4.4.11">Title 3, Subtitle F, Chapter 109A, [http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/ED/htm/ED.109A.htm#109A.001 Sec 109A.001], ''Texas Education Code''. Retrieved on June 13, 2016.</ref>

Sam Houston State operated an additional branch, the University Park Campus at [[Lone Star College–University Park]] near [[Tomball, Texas|Tomball]] from 2011<ref name="SHSU UPC opening">{{cite press release |last=Gauntt |first=Jennifer |date=March 29, 2011 |title= SHSU To Showcase New Campus With Open House |url= http://www.shsu.edu/~pin_www/T@S/2011/nwhcampus.html |location=Huntsville, Texas |publisher=Sam Houston State University |access-date=July 14, 2016}}</ref> until it was discontinued at the beginning of 2016.<ref name="SHSU UPC closing">{{cite press release |last=Parrett |first=Tammy |date=September 18, 2015 |title=SHSU To Close University Park Campus |url=http://www.shsu.edu/today@sam/T@S/article/2015/up-site-closing |location=Huntsville, Texas |publisher=Sam Houston State University |access-date=July 14, 2016}}</ref>

===Membership timeline===
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==Administration==
The [[Texas Legislature]] has delegated administrative power and authority over the Texas State University System to its board of regents including the organization, control, and management of the system and each of its component institutions including employing and discharging the presidents, officers, and other employees of each member institution.<ref name="R&R">{{cite web|title=The Texas State University System, Rules and Regulations|url=http://gato-docs.its.txstate.edu/jcr:cadb6c26-5fbc-4e8d-87df-da945380ffdd/Rules%20Regs%20May%202017.pdf|format=PDF|date=May 19, 2017|access-date=July 8, 2017}}</ref>{{rp|21–22}}

The board consists of nine voting regents, including its chair and vice chairs. Members of the board are appointed by the [[Governor of Texas|governor]] with [[Texas Senate|Senate]] confirmation to staggered, six-year terms with three regents appointed every two years. In addition, a non-voting student regent is appointed annually.<ref name="board">{{cite web|title=Board of Regents|url=http://www.tsus.edu/regents.html|publisher=Texas State University System|access-date=July 8, 2017}}</ref> The chair and vice chair are elected by the membership of the board to one-year terms.<ref name="R&R"/>{{rp|25}}

The chief executive officer of the university system is the chancellor, who also serves as secretary to the Board of Regents without being a member of the Board. The chancellor is appointed without a fixed term by a majority of the board of regents and serves at the pleasure of the board. The chancellor has ultimate authority and responsibility over all system components including recommending the hiring and firing of the presidents of system institutions, maintaining the permanent records of the system, and advising, assisting, and representing the board in administrative matters.<ref name="R&R"/>{{rp|29–30}}

The current chancellor of the Texas State University System is [[Brian McCall (politician)|Brian McCall]], a former legislator in the [[Texas House of Representatives]].<ref name="McCall">{{cite web|title=Chancellor Brian McCall|url=http://www.tsus.edu/leadership/chancellor/brian-mccall.html|publisher=Texas State University System|access-date=July 8, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160715015329/http://www.tsus.edu/leadership/chancellor/brian-mccall.html|archive-date=July 15, 2016}}</ref>

The system's administration consists of six offices. One office, the Office of Audits and Analysis, is independent of the chancellor and headed by a director appointed by the regents. The remaining five, Academic and Health Affairs, Finance, General Counsel, Governmental Relations, and Marketing and Communications, are led by vice chancellors under the authority of the system chancellor.<ref name="R&R"/>{{rp|30–31}}

===Headquarters===
[[File:OHenryHall.JPG|thumb|[[O. Henry Hall]], the main administrative building for the system, is in [[Downtown Austin]]]] 
[[O. Henry Hall]] in [[Downtown Austin]] serves as the administrative headquarters of the TSUS.<ref>"[http://www.tsus.edu/about-tsus/contact.html Contact Us]." Texas State University System. Retrieved on November 19, 2017. "The Texas State University System O. Henry Hall 601 Colorado Street Austin, Texas 78701"</ref> In 2015, system regents approved the acquisition of O. Henry Hall from the [[University of Texas System]]. O. Henry Hall is a former U.S. post office and federal building and is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="O. Henry">{{cite press release|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Regents Approve Purchase of O. Henry Hall from UT System|url=http://www.tsus.edu/news/news-releases/release-052115.html<!--Old URL: http://www.tsus.edu/offices/marketing-communications/news/news-releases/release-052115.html-->|location=Austin, Texas|publisher=Texas State University System|date=May 21, 2015|access-date=July 8, 2017|archive-date=December 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201041518/http://www.tsus.edu/news/news-releases/release-052115.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> This was done so that there was a single administrative building for the system.<ref name=Bien>{{cite web|author=Bien, Calily|url=http://kxan.com/2015/05/21/o-henry-hall-sold-to-texas-state-university-system/|title=O. Henry Hall sold to Texas State University System|publisher=[[KXAN]]|date=2015-05-21|access-date=2017-11-19}}</ref> TSUS paid $8.2 million for O. Henry Hall.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.utsystem.edu/news/2017/02/02/redevelopment-ut-system-downtown-property-will-generate-millions-revenue-city|title=Redevelopment of UT System downtown property will generate millions in revenue for city |publisher=[[University of Texas System]]|date=2017-02-02|access-date=2017-11-19}}</ref>

The system headquarters was previously in the Thomas J. Rusk State Office Building, 200 East 10th Street, Suite 600, in Downtown Austin,<ref name="R&R"/>{{rp|29}} and it occupied space in two other state office buildings in Downtown. In 2015, within those three buildings, TSUS had 24 full-time employees.<ref name=Bien/>

==Comparison of present and former component institutions==
The member institutions of the Texas State University system are separate and distinct institutions, have their own local presidents and administration, confer their own degrees, and establish their own criteria and requirements for admission, subject to approval by the Board of Regents.

===Universities===
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|position4=bottom
|lat4_deg=29
|lat4_min=53
|lat4_sec=20
|lat4_dir=N
|lon4_deg=97
|lon4_min=56
|lon4_sec=20
|lon4_dir=W
|label5=Angelo St.
|position5=top
|mark5=Green pog.svg
|lat5_deg=31
|lat5_min=44
|lat5_sec=25
|lat5_dir=N
|lon5_deg=100
|lon5_min=46
|lon5_sec=57
|lon5_dir=W
|label6=North Texas
|mark6=Green pog.svg
|position6=left
|lat6_deg=33
|lat6_min=12
|lat6_sec=35
|lat6_dir=N
|lon6_deg=97
|lon6_min=9
|lon6_sec=0
|lon6_dir=W
|label7=Stephen F. Austin St.
|mark7=Green pog.svg
|position7=top
|lat7_deg=31.62139
|lat7_dir=N
|lon7_deg=94.64917
|lon7_dir=W
|label8=East Texas A&M
|position8=top
|mark8=Green pog.svg
|lat8_deg=33
|lat8_min=14
|lat8_sec=32
|lat8_dir=N
|lon8_deg=95
|lon8_min=54
|lon8_sec=28
|lon8_dir=W
|label9=Texas A&M-Kingsville
|position9=bottom
|mark9=Green pog.svg
|lat9_deg=27.5251
|lat9_dir=N
|lon9_deg=97.8825
|lon9_dir=W
|label10=West Texas A&M
|position10=bottom
|mark10=Green pog.svg
|lat10_deg=34
|lat10_min=58
|lat10_sec=53.0
|lat10_dir=N
|lon10_deg=101
|lon10_min=54
|lon10_sec=57.2
|lon10_dir=W
|label11=Lamar-Orange
|position11=top
|lat11_deg=30
|lat11_min=09
|lat11_sec=12
|lat11_dir=N
|lon11_deg=93
|lon11_min=73
|lon11_sec=25
|lon11_dir=W
|label12=Lamar-Port Arthur
|position12=bottom
|lat12_deg=29
|lat12_min=87
|lat12_sec=95
|lat12_dir=N
|lon12_deg=93
|lon12_min=92
|lon12_sec=74
|lon12_dir=W
}}
The TSUS does not have a flagship university. All of its comprehensive universities are regarded as stand-alone institutions equal in stature under system administration.

The [[University of North Texas]] and [[West Texas A&M University]] were founding members of the Texas State University System along with Sam Houston State and Texas State.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Official name
! Location<br />(Pop. 2010)
! Founded
! Joined<br />system
! Left<br />system
! Present affiliation
! Enrollment<br />(Fall 2023)<ref name="Enrollment"/><ref name="Enrollments">{{cite web|title=Texas Higher Education Enrollments|url=http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/reports/DocFetch.cfm?DocID=6952&Format=XLS|publisher=[[Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board]]|year=2023|access-date=March 18, 2016}}</ref>
! Endowment (2015)
! Nickname
! Athletic<br />conference
|-
! colspan=17|Current universities
|-
| [[File:Setzercenter.jpg|120px]]<br />[[Lamar University]]
| [[Beaumont, Texas|Beaumont]]<br />118,296
| 1923
| 1995
| colspan=2|Current member
| 16,721
| $106,826,000<ref name="NACUBO LU">{{cite web|title=Lamar University|url=http://www.nacubo.org/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2015_NCSE_Endowment_Market_Values.pdf|publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers|year=2014|access-date=October 10, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131203541/http://www.nacubo.org/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2015_NCSE_Endowment_Market_Values.pdf|archive-date=January 31, 2016}}</ref>{{refn|group=Note|''U.S. News & World Report'' shows Lamar endowment of $20,410,201.  According to National Association of College and University Business Officers 2015 study, the endowment is $106,826,000 made up of two endowment funds, Lamar University and Lamar University Foundation, Inc. funds.  ''U.S. News & World Report'' states that the NACUBO study is a primary source.<ref>https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/the-short-list-college/articles/2016-10-04/10-universities-with-the-biggest-endowments?int=highereducation-rec|quote=The growth of U.S. college endowments slowed in fiscal year 2015 with an average growth rate of 2.4 percent compared with 15.5 percent in 2014, according to a national survey of 812 colleges and universities.</ref>}}
| [[Lamar Cardinals and Lady Cardinals|Cardinals]]
| [[Southland Conference|Southland]]<br />[[NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision|NCAA Div. I FCS]]
|-
| [[File:Austin hall huntsville tx 2014.jpg|120px]]<br />[[Sam Houston State University]]
| [[Huntsville, Texas|Huntsville]]<br />38,548
| 1879
| 1911
| colspan=2|Current member
| 20,762
| $94,419,903<ref name="USN SHSU">{{cite magazine|title=Sam Houston State University|url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/sam-houston-state-3606|magazine=[[U.S. News & World Report]]|year=2017|access-date=September 13, 2016}}</ref>
| [[Sam Houston State Bearkats|Bearkats]]
| [[Conference USA]]<br />[[NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision|NCAA Div. I FBS]]
|-
| [[File:Sul Ross State University Alpine Texas DSC 5570 ad.JPG|120px]]<br />[[Sul Ross State University]]
| [[Alpine, Texas|Alpine]]<br />5,905
| 1917
| 1917
| colspan=2|Current member
| 2,119{{refn|group=Note|Enrollment for Sul Ross State University includes 1,465 students at the main Alpine campus and 654 students at Sul Ross Rio Grande College locations}}
| $17,087,787<ref name="Quick Facts">{{Cite web|url=http://www.sulross.edu/page/1907/quick-facts|title=Quick Facts|author=Staff|publisher=Sul Ross State University
|access-date=September 13, 2016}}</ref>
| [[Sul Ross Lobos|Lobos]]
| [[Lone Star Conference|Lone Star]]<br />[[NCAA Division II|NCAA Div. II]]
|-
| [[File:Old Main Txstate.JPG|120px]]<br />[[Texas State University]]
| [[San Marcos, Texas|San Marcos]]<br />44,894
| 1899
| 1911
| colspan=2|Current member
| 38,759
| $167,116,848<ref name="USN TXSU">{{cite magazine|title=Texas State University|url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/texas-state-university-3615|magazine=[[U.S. News & World Report]]|year=2017|access-date=September 13, 2016}}</ref>
| [[Texas State Bobcats|Bobcats]]
| [[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]]<br />NCAA Div. I FBS
|-
! colspan=17|Former universities
|-
| [[File:Administration Building ASU.jpg|120px]]<br />[[Angelo State University]]
| [[San Angelo, Texas|San Angelo]]<br />93,200
| 1928
| 1975
| 2007
| [[Texas Tech University System]]
| 8,452
| $158,754,431<ref name="USN ASU">{{cite magazine|title=Angelo State University|url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/angelo-state-university-3541|magazine=[[U.S. News & World Report]]|year=2017|access-date=September 13, 2016}}</ref>
| [[Angelo State Rams|Rams]]
| [[Lone Star Conference|Lone Star]]<br />[[NCAA Division II|NCAA Div. II]]
|-
| [[File:Sfastatue.jpg|120px]]<br />[[Stephen F. Austin State University]]
| [[Nacogdoches, Texas|Nacogdoches]]<br />32,996
| 1921
| 1921
| 1969
| [[University of Texas System]]
| 12,484
| $74,316,267<ref name="USN SFA">{{cite magazine|title=Stephen F. Austin State University|url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/stephen-f-austin-3624|magazine=[[U.S. News & World Report]]|year=2017|access-date=September 13, 2016}}</ref>
| [[Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks and Ladyjacks|Lumberjacks]]
| [[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]]<br />[[NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision|NCAA Div. I FCS]]
|-
| [[File:ETSTC Heritage Garden-8270 (17883809346).jpg|120px]]<br />[[East Texas A&M University]]
| [[Commerce, Texas|Commerce]]<br />8,078
| 1889
| 1917
| 1969
| [[Texas A&M University System]]
| 12,302
| $19,924,955<ref name="USN TAMC">{{cite magazine|title=Texas A&M University–Commerce|url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/texas-am-commerce-3565|magazine=[[U.S. News & World Report]]|year=2017|access-date=September 13, 2016}}</ref>
| [[East Texas A&M Lions|Lions]]
| [[Southland Conference|Southland]]<br />[[NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision|NCAA Div. I FCS]]
|-
| [[File:Collegehallaftervictory004.jpg|120px]]<br />[[Texas A&M University–Kingsville]]
| [[Kingsville, Texas|Kingsville]]<br />26,213
| 1921
| 1921
| 1929
| Texas A&M University System
| 9,207
| $20,803,959<ref name="USN TAMK">{{cite magazine|title=Texas A&M University–Kingsville|url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/texas-am-kingsville-3639|magazine=[[U.S. News & World Report]]|year=2017|access-date=September 13, 2016}}</ref>
| [[Texas A&M–Kingsville Javelinas|Javelinas]]
| Lone Star<br />NCAA Div. II
|-
| [[File:University of North Texas September 2015 11 (Hurley Administration Building).jpg|120px]]<br />[[University of North Texas]]
| [[Denton, Texas|Denton]]<br />113,383
| 1890
| 1911
| 1949
| [[University of North Texas System]]
| 37,175
| $131,749,714<ref name="USN UNT">{{cite magazine|title=University of North Texas|url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/unt-3594|magazine=[[U.S. News & World Report]]|year=2017|access-date=September 13, 2016}}</ref>
| [[North Texas Mean Green|Mean Green]]
| [[American Athletic Conference|American Athletic]]<br />[[NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision|NCAA Div. I FBS]]
|-
| [[File:Canyon Texas - WTAMU - Old Main Building.jpg|120px]]<br />[[West Texas A&M University]]
| [[Canyon, Texas|Canyon]]<br />13,303
| 1910
| 1911
| 1969
| Texas A&M University System
| 9,482
| $73,403,068<ref name="USN WTAMU">{{cite magazine|title=West Texas A&M University|url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/west-texas-am-3665|magazine=[[U.S. News & World Report]]|year=2016|access-date=September 13, 2016}}</ref>
| [[West Texas A&M Buffaloes|Buffaloes]]
| Lone Star<br />NCAA Div. II
|}
;Note
{{reflist|group=Note}}

===State colleges===
{{Location map many
|Texas
|width=300
|caption=Member two-year colleges of the Texas State University System
|label1=LIT
|position1=left
|mark1=Blue pog.svg
|lat1_deg=30
|lat1_min=2
|lat1_sec=53.9
|lat1_dir=N
|lon1_deg=94
|lon1_min=4
|lon1_sec=39.2
|lon1_dir=W
|label2=LSC-O&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|mark2=Blue pog.svg
|position2=top
|lat2_deg=30
|lat2_min=5
|lat2_sec=28.7
|lat2_dir=N
|lon2_deg=93
|lon2_min=43
|lon2_sec=56.9
|lon2_dir=W
|label3=LSC-PA&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|position3=bottom
|mark3=Blue pog.svg
|lat3_deg=29
|lat3_min=52
|lat3_sec=41.8
|lat3_dir=N
|lon3_deg=93
|lon3_min=55
|lon3_sec=33.0
|lon3_dir=W
}}
All three of the TSUS' two-year institutions offering associate degrees and professional certifications are located in the state's two most southeastern counties, [[Jefferson County, Texas|Jefferson]] and [[Orange County, Texas|Orange]], in the [[Golden Triangle (Texas)|Golden Triangle]] region where the [[Gulf Coast]] meets the [[Louisiana]] state line. All were formerly components of the now-defunct Lamar University System before the former system was incorporated into the TSUS. The three institutions, along with LIT's extension center in [[Silsbee, Texas|Silsbee]] located in [[Hardin County, Texas|Hardin County]], are within the [[Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area]].
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Official Name
! Location<br />(Population)
! Founded
! Joined<br />system
! Enrollment<br />Fall 2015<ref name="Enrollment"/><ref name="Enrollments"/>
! [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|Carnegie classification]]
! Nickname
! Athletic<br />conference
|-
| [[Lamar Institute of Technology]]
| [[Beaumont, Texas|Beaumont]]<br />118,296
| 1990
| 1995
| 5,035
| [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education#Associates colleges|Associate's Colleges]]:<br />High Career & Technical-High Traditional
| rowspan=2 colspan=2| No intercollegiate athletics
|-
| [[Lamar State College Orange]]
| [[Orange, Texas|Orange]]<br />18,595
| 1969
| 1995
| 3,022
| Associate's Colleges:<br />High Career & Technical-High Traditional
|-
| [[Lamar State College Port Arthur]]
| [[Port Arthur, Texas|Port Arthur]]<br />53,818
| 1909
| 1995
| 2,988
| [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education#Special-focus institutions|Special Focus Two-Year]]:<br />Health Professions
| [[Lamar State College–Orange#Athletics|Seahawks]]
| [[Southwest Junior College Conference|Southwest JCC]]<br />[[National Junior College Athletic Association|NJCAA]] Div. I
|}

===Branch campuses and extension centers===
{{Location map many
|Texas
|width=300
|caption=Branch and extension centers of the Texas State University System<br />[[File:Blue pog.svg|8px]] Lamar Institute of Technology branch<br />
[[File:Orange pog.svg|8px]] Sam Houston State University branch<br />[[File:Red pog.svg|8px]] Sul Ross State University branches<br />[[File:Brown pog.svg|8px]] Texas State University branch
|label2=SRSU Del&nbsp;Rio
|mark2=Red pog.svg
|position2=left
|lat2_deg=29.384303
|lat2_dir=N
|lon2_deg=100.923044
|lon2_dir=W
|label3=SRSU Eagle&nbsp;Pass
|position3=left
|mark3=Red pog.svg
|lat3_deg=28.710882
|lat3_dir=N
|lon3_deg=100.460548
|lon3_dir=W
|label4=&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SRSU Uvalde
|position4=bottom
|mark4=Red pog.svg
|lat4_deg=29.220654
|lat4_dir=N
|lon4_deg=99.742831
|lon4_dir=W
|label5=TX&nbsp;St.-Round&nbsp;Rock
|position5=left
|mark5=Brown pog.svg
|lat5_deg=30.568312
|lat5_dir=N
|lon5_deg=97.655410
|lon5_dir=W
|label6=SHSU-The&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />Woodlands&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|position6=top
|mark6=Orange pog.svg
|lat6_deg=30.209186
|lat6_dir=N
|lon6_deg=95.470439
|lon6_dir=W
|label7=LIT-<br />Silsbee
|position7=bottom
|mark7=Blue pog.svg
|lat7_deg=30.353907
|lat7_dir=N
|lon7_deg=94.191983
|lon7_dir=W
}}
Branch locations of the system's comprehensive universities only offer upper-division (junior and senior) undergraduate and graduate coursework.
*Lamar Institute of Technology extension center in [[Silsbee, Texas]] at the Frank Robinson Center
*Sam Houston State University The Woodlands Center on the [[Lone Star College–Montgomery]] campus in [[The Woodlands, Texas|The Woodlands]]
*Sul Ross State University branch campus locations:
**[[Del Rio, Texas|Del Rio]] campus of [[Southwest Texas Junior College]]
**[[Eagle Pass, Texas|Eagle Pass]] campus of Southwest Texas Junior College
**[[Uvalde, Texas|Uvalde]] campus of Southwest Texas Junior College
*[[Texas State University Round Rock Campus]] in [[Round Rock, Texas|Round Rock]]
Sam Houston State formerly operated the Sam Houston State University Park Campus at [[Lone Star College-University Park]] near [[Tomball, Texas|Tomball]].

==See also==
*
*{{Portal-inline|Texas}}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Texas State University System}}
* {{Official website}}

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{{University Systems in Texas}}

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