I'm on the Amarillo campus! I've heard Texas State is a great school so congrats on getting an interview at least and good luck! Onyang, I think that making a trip to lubbock is a very good idea! I think there are some decently priced apartments around Lubbock if you can find a roommate. As far as tuition goes, I have a friend in the program now who said to basically plan on spending about $5000 for the fall/spring semesters and $1,500-2,000 for the summer semesters. Books are pretty pricey as well, but they try and use a lot of the same books each semester so that you'll only have to spend a lot of money on them at the very beginning.