Nelson University
Waxahachie, Texas · Private · 1,479 undergraduates · nelson.edu
Test policy (fall 2027)
Test required
Send an SAT or ACT score
Admit rate
89%
of applicants
SAT (middle 50%)
890 to 1090
of enrolled freshmen
Your chances and merit aid at Nelson University
See where you stand for admission, how much merit aid you could get, and what you'd pay after it.
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Your admission chances
89% of applicants admitted
Target
Your SAT is inside the range where the middle half of enrolled freshmen scored.
Estimated merit aid
a year
Your cost after merit aid
Not available
What to do with your 990
Send your score
This college requires an SAT or ACT score.
Reach, target and likely are a rough guide from your test score and how selective the college is. Admissions also weigh your courses, grades, essays and activities. Merit aid figures are estimates, before any need-based aid.
Admissions
Test policy for fall 2027
Test required
You must send an SAT or ACT score.
- CLT accepted; applicants who never took an entrance exam or whose scores are over 5 years old may take an Accuplacer placement exam instead (footnote shown under the Undergraduate Online section)
Source: Admissions Requirements | Nelson University · Checked October 17, 2026
Who gets in
89%
of applicants are admitted.
Test scores of enrolled freshmen
The shaded part shows the middle half of enrolled freshmen who sent scores: a quarter scored below it and a quarter above.
SAT total 890 to 1090
Reading and Writing 460 to 550
Math 430 to 540
Cost and financial aid
The sticker price is what a year costs before any aid. Most students pay less after grants and scholarships.
What families actually pay
What a year cost on average after grants and scholarships, for freshmen who got federal aid in 2023-24, by family income.
- $0 to $30,000$23,966
- $30,001 to $48,000$24,300
- $48,001 to $75,000$25,157
- $75,001 to $110,000$27,228
- Over $110,000$30,821
After college
Graduate within 6 years
37%
Come back for a second year
75%
Typical earnings
$46,684
a year, 10 years after starting here
- Nelson University$42,116
- All colleges$44,379
Median yearly earnings of graduates five years after finishing a bachelor's in this major. 7 majors here have earnings data.
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