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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 2025

Approximately
200,000 sq. ft. of
new construction

upgraded dining and
academic facilities
over the next two years
May 2025

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

SFA is the proud home of championship-winning sports, cheer and dance teams.

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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, 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!

  • Dr. Julie Bloxson

    Dr. Julie Bloxson, associate professor of earth sciences and geologic resources at Stephen F. Austin State University, has been named 2025 Inspirational Geoscience Educator by the American Association of Petroleum Geologists.

  • Jessica Mayes

    Jessica Mayes, Stephen F. Austin State University’s inaugural JacksTeach Science Teacher fellow, will work alongside Mindy Wurtz, clinical instructor and JacksTeach master science teacher, to design and deliver high-impact professional development workshops for educators.

  • Dr. Marice Kelly and students Julian Ieva and Jessica Frasier stand underneath a balloon arch, holding an FBLA tapestry

    Two members of Stephen F. Austin State University’s Future Business Leaders of America chapter earned honors at the collegiate FBLA National Leadership Conference in Dallas recently. Pictured, from left, are Dr. Marice Kelly, assistant professor of business communication and legal studies at SFA and faculty advisor for the university’s FBLA chapter; Julian Ieva, treasurer of SFA’s FBLA chapter and accounting senior from Houston; and Jessica Frasier, president of SFA’s FBLA chapter and general business senior Bay City. Ieva earned first place in the Foundations of Finance Competition, while Frasier earned fifth place in the Finance Case Competition.