#50 Texas A&M University, College Station

#50 Texas A&M University, College Station

CITY & STATE
College Station, TX
PUBLIC/PRIVATE
Public
UNDERGRADUATE POPULATION*
56,723
STUDENT POPULATION*
72,530
AVERAGE GRANT AID*
$10,877
TOTAL ANNUAL COST*
$58,598
ALUMNI SALARY
$136,500
ACCEPTANCE RATE*
64%
SAT COMPOSITE RANGE*
1140-1380
ACT COMPOSITE RANGE*
25-31
  • * Per the 2021-2022 final release data in IPEDS
  • The median salary for workers with 10 or more years of experience per Payscale.
Texas A&M’s 5,200-acre flagship campus is located in College Station, Texas, and is one of the oldest public universities in Texas. The university boasts a massive student body totaling nearly 75,000 students for Fall 2022. Apart from the main campus, Texas A&M also operates branch campuses in Galveston, Texas, and Doha, Qatar. The university offers more than 140 undergraduate degree programs across 17 colleges and schools. Texas A&M prides itself on achieving significant milestones through its research initiatives,
spending over $1.1 billion in the fiscal year 2022— the first university in Texas to exceed 1 billion dollars. The university also produced 2 Nobel Prize recipients and sends over 5,000 students to 100 countries every year as part of its study abroad program. Students can choose from more than 1,000 student organizations and foster student engagement through campus customs. Aggie pride runs deep, thanks to the NCAA Division I in Southeastern Conference games. The rich Aggie culture includes traditions like the Midnight Yell before each home game and donning the university’s Maroon & White colors, which once led to a temporary shortage of maroon shirts around the country.
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On forbes lists
#18
In Public Colleges
#42
In Research Universities
#9
In The South
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Carnegie Classification
Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity
Retention Rate
93%
4-Year Graduation Rate
59%
6-Year Graduation Rate
83%
Per the 2021-2022 final release data in IPEDS
BY THE NUMBERS
Attendance
FULL-TIME
89%
PART-TIME
11%
*Per the 2021-2022 final release data in IPEDS
Enrollment By Race/ Ethnicity
WHITE
53.7%
HISPANIC/LATINO
22.6%
ASIAN
9.8%
NON-RESIDENT ALIEN
6.6%
TWO OR MORE RACES
3.3%
BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN
2.7%
RACE/ETHNICITY UNKNOWN
1.1%
AMERICAN INDIAN OR ALASKAN NATIVE
0.2%
*Per the 2021-2022 final release data in IPEDS
Enrollment By Gender
MALE
53%
FEMALE
47%
*Per the 2021-2022 final release data in IPEDS
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