Texas State University is a public institution that was founded in 1899. Its setting is suburban, and the campus size is 507 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. Texas State Universitys ranking in the 2024 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, #280. Texas State University reached a record enrollment of 38,873 students in the 2023 fall semester, continuing a trend of enrollment growth over several years. Texas State University offers over 200 bachelors, masters, and doctoral degree programs from its ten colleges. The university is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) and designated as a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) by the U.S. Department of Education. Texas State is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity" and an Emerging Research University (ERU) by the State of Texas. It spent over $140 million in research expenditures during fiscal year 2023. The 36th president of the United States, Lyndon B. Johnson, graduated from the institution in 1930; Texas State University is the only college or university in Texas to have a U.S. president as an alumnus.