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Fast Facts

MSN-FNP graduates
100% pass rate

national certification exam past five years
June 2024

$1 million
stock portfolio

managed by
business students.
June 2024

Grammy and
Oscar winners

among our alumni.

Aviation sciences
first in the nation

to fly state-of-the-art
Tecnam P-Mentor
two-seat airplanes.
June 2024

EXPLORE ACADEMICS

Have a dream career or a major in mind? Still undecided? With more than 120 areas of interest at SFA,
you can find the path that’s best for you.

 

VISIT ACADEMICS

Explore your passions, meet our faculty

Select an area of interest and discover how we inspire success – one Lumberjack at a time.

Life At SFA

STEM

State-of-the-Art STEM Building

The Ed and Gwen Cole STEM Building helps SFA continue to produce top-ranking scholars within the STEM fields. The building houses a planetarium, research laboratories, collaborative classrooms and makerspaces — areas that allow students to collaborate and create prototypes.

Housing and Dining

Housing & Dining

Lumberjacks enjoy plenty of housing and dining options on and off campus.

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SFA NCAA Basketball Bracket Busters

Competitive Division I Sports and Spirit teams

From our two-time NCAA National Champion women's bowling team to our nationally recognized Cheer and Dance Teams, SFA has a proud athletic tradition.

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SFA Clubs and Organizations

Clubs & Organizations

Follow your passion and make friends by getting involved! We have hundreds of clubs and organizations ready to welcome you.

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18 Beautiful Bodies of Water Nearby

18 Beautiful Bodies of Water Nearby

Outdoor enthusiasts can paddle along the Neches River or catch fish at one of many area lakes.

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SFA Traditions

The Axe Handle

SFA freshmen receive an axe handle to personalize with their own Lumberjack spirit. Students can be seen (and heard) banging axe handles on the bleachers at SFA football games.

 

Ole Cotton

Ole Cotton is an imposing 75mm cannon that fires a celebratory shot every time the SFA Lumberjack football team scores. The SFA ROTC cadets man Ole Cotton just beyond the south end zone at Homer Bryce Stadium. The powerful blast can be heard – and often felt – all over town.

 

The Homecoming Bonfire

SFA's traditional bonfire and pep rally are the centerpieces of homecoming. Usually held in October, homecoming is a series of traditions that bring Lumberjacks together to celebrate SFA. Other events include homecoming elections, Duck Dash, downtown parade, football games and much more.

 

Purple Haze

Press play to hear our rowdy Purple Haze student section in action. At SFA’s home football games, fans in the student section loudly bang their axe handles on a metal “Purple Haze” sign to show support for our beloved Lumberjacks (and to rattle the opposing team). Now that’s a home-field advantage!

  • Tesla Maxwell and Hannah Spring teach alongside Justin Pelham during the final course of Cooking Matters.

    Stephen F. Austin State University dietetics and nutritional sciences students, from left, Tesla Maxwell and Hannah Spring teach alongside Justin Pelham, food, nutrition and dietetics clinical instructor, during the final course of Cooking Matters, a six-week community nutrition initiative offered through the School of Human Sciences in collaboration with the Nacogdoches HOPE Food Pantry.

  • Johnna Edwards and Sayer Swinford in the cockpit of one of SFA's airplanes

    Two Stephen F. Austin State University students in the James I. Perkins College of Education’s aviation sciences program were awarded the Wings Over Houston Airshow scholarship for the 2024-25 academic year.  

    Senior Johnna Edwards from Athens, Texas, and sophomore Sayer Swinford from Magnolia received the $1,000 scholarship intended to assist and reward students who have demonstrated academic potential, leadership and extracurricular involvement.

    “Johnna is a leader among her peers and is always one of the first ones to step up to help the under classmates,” said Allen Wilson, SFA’s aviation program director. “Sayer is a natural born leader and promotes camaraderie and teamwork among his classmates. They’re both very deserving of this honor.”

    For more information about SFA’s aviation sciences program, visit sfasu.edu/hms/academics/aviation.

  • Students present their research on topics related to university retention during the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Honors’ sixth annual Honors Research Symposium.

    Students present their research on topics related to university retention during the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Honors’ sixth annual Honors Research Symposium. The symposium showcased the research efforts of first-year students enrolled in SFAS 1101 "New-Lumberjack Experience."