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#39 of 2,597 In North America
#36 of 2,496 In the United States
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Acceptance rate
57%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
28
Aid receiving
74%
Undergraduates
60,710
Graduates
17,611
Male:Female Ratio
52:48
Control
Public
Highest Degree
Doctor's degree
Website
www.tamu.edu

Texas A&M University - College Station Acceptance rate and admissions statistics

Texas A&M University - College Station has an acceptance rate of 57% and is among the top 20% of the most difficult universities to gain admission to in the United States. The university reports the admission statistics without distinguishing between local and international students.

Total Men Women
Acceptance Rate 57% 57% 58%
Applicants 54,669 27,258 27,411
Admissions 31,397 15,582 15,815
Freshmen enrolled full time 10,928 5,415 5,513
Freshmen enrolled part time 1,602 876 726

26,832 students enrolled in some distance education courses.

4,350 enrolled exclusively in distance education.

SAT scores

Among admitted applicants
8,888 or 79%
submitted SAT

25% of them
had 1150
or below

75% of them
had 1400
or below

Typical SAT scores of first-years in Texas A&M University - College Station are 1150-1400 (middle 50% range).

ACT scores

Among admitted applicants
2,328 or 21%
submitted ACT

25% of them
had 25
or below

75% of them
had 31
or below

Typical ACT scores of first-years in Texas A&M University - College Station are 25-31 (middle 50% range).

Admissions requirements

Secondary school GPA Required
Secondary school rank Required
Secondary school record Required
TOEFL Required
College-preparatory program Considered but not required
Recommendations Considered but not required
SAT/ACT Considered but not required
Formal demonstration of competencies Neither required nor recommended
Other Tests Neither required nor recommended

Enrollment demographics by race or ethnicity

White 38624 (49%)
Hispanic 18306 (23%)
Asian 9702 (12%)
Nonresident Alien 5439 (7%)
Two or more races 2710 (3%)
Black or African American 2433 (3%)
Race or Ethnicity unknown 888 (1%)
American Indian or Alaska Native 113 (0.1%)
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 28 (0%)

Costs per year: Tuition, Housing, Fees

The final cost of attendance varies for each student based on household income, residency, program, and other factors.

Average aid awarded
$12,580
Students receiving aid
74%

Tuition and fees

UndergraduatesGraduates
Tuition in-district $9,199$6,885
Tuition in-state $9,199$6,885
Tuition out-of-state $36,169$19,642
Fee in-district $3,955$4,863
Fee in-state $3,955$4,863
Fee out-of-state $3,955$4,863

Room and board costs

Dormitory capacity 11,350
Combined charge for room and board $13,008

Texas A&M University - College Station majors

Texas A&M University - College Station has granted 13,709 bachelor's degrees across 114 programs, 4,244 master's across 117 programs, and 1,485 doctorate degrees across 83 programs. Below is a table with majors that lead to degrees at Texas A&M University - College Station.

Major Bachelor Master Doctoral
Biomedical Sciences, General 587 59 29
Mechanical Engineering 486 142 40
Multi- & Interdisciplinary Studies, Other 594 18
Psychology, General 594
Computer Science 407 143 19
Industrial Engineering 274 265 23
Communication, General 438 3 9
Business Administration and Management, General 279 155 11
Advanced Legal Research & Studies, General 432
Electrical and Electronics Engineering 319 77 35
Construction Engineering Technology & Technician 369 45 7
Health and Wellness, General 386
Exercise Science and Kinesiology 348 19 10
Economics, General 367
Civil Engineering, General 233 95 30
Accounting 271 80
Finance, General 289 55
Biology & Biological Sciences, General 319 3 4
Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations, General 313
Education, General 308
Computer Engineering, General 161 122 23
Agribusiness & Agricultural Business Operations 297 6
Animal Sciences, General 267 25 9
Agricultural Economics 293
Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical & Space Engineering, General 207 58 22
Chemical Engineering 217 23 21
Sport and Fitness Administration & Management 201 54
Political Science and Government, General 247 5
Registered Nursing & Registered Nurse 235
Public Health, General 217 9
Marketing & Marketing Management, General 192 29
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering 159 37 16
Curriculum and Instruction 169 26
Sociology, General 173 5 6
Information Science & Studies 182
Law 178
Medicine 178
Nutrition Sciences 144 9 1
Veterinary Medicine 152
Accounting and Finance 149
Statistics, General 44 90 9
Architecture 101 24 8
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management 98 35
Chemistry, General 74 11 46
Public Administration 127
Tourism and Travel Services Management 111 9 6
Petroleum Engineering 91 22 10
English Language and Literature, General 106 8 8
Electrical, Electronic, and Communications Engineering Technology & Technician 119
Materials Engineering 56 30 25
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics 99 10
International & Globalization Studies 109
Manufacturing Engineering Technology & Technician 107
History, General 92 5 8
Pharmacy 105
Dentistry 104
Management Information Systems, General 104
Computer Graphics 77 25
Nuclear Engineering 72 19 9
Applied Mathematics, General 94
Biochemistry 80 12
System, Networking, and LAN & WAN Management & Manager 92
Transportation & Mobility Management 66 26
Natural Resources & Conservation, General 73 14 4
Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography 74 9 4
International Relations and Affairs 86
Mathematics, General 52 25 8
Human Resources Development 84
Electromechanical & Electromechanical Engineering Technology & Technician 83
Educational Psychology 62 18
Environmental Studies 78
Real Estate 75
Engineering, General 17 51 6
Health Services Administration 70
Engineering & Industrial Management 69
Physics, General 35 11 22
Agricultural Communication & Journalism 66
Geology & Earth Science, General 39 23 3
Ecology 49 8 6
Ocean Engineering 47 6 10
City & Urban, Community, and Regional Planning 38 18 6
Digital Communication and Media & Multimedia 62
Neuroscience 54 8
Environmental Science 55
Poultry Science 43 6 5
Agricultural Business and Management, General 35 17 1
Marine Science & Merchant Marine Officer 53
Anthropology, General 40 7 5
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, General 39 6 5
Business Statistics 49
Epidemiology 48
Architectural Engineering 44
Environmental Geosciences 44
Agricultural Engineering 30 7 6
Microbiology, General 20 19 3
Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching 35 6
Community Health Services & Liaison & Counseling 41
Forensic Science and Technology 40
Experimental Psychology 30 8
Agriculture, General 37
Applied Horticulture & Horticulture Operations, General 37
Educational Leadership and Administration, General 28 9
Human Resources Management & Personnel Administration, General 37
Geographic Information Science and Cartography 36
Entomology 23 3 8
Environmental & Environmental Health Engineering 34
Biotechnology 32
Landscape Architecture 22 10
Special Education and Teaching, General 30
Dental Hygiene & Hygienist 29
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical 10 10 9
Data Science, General 28
Genetics, General 21 1 5
Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management 15 12
Agricultural Teacher Education 18 8
Agronomy and Crop Science 17 6 2
Marine Engineering Technology & Technician 23
Oral Biology and Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology 20 3
Family Practice Nurse & Nursing 22
Zoology & Animal Biology 22
Cell & Cellular and Molecular Biology 21
Mathematical Economics 8 13
Engineering Technologies & Technicians, General 20
International Policy Analysis 19
Geography 11 4 3
Maritime Studies 18
Philosophy 16 2
Athletic Training & Trainer 16
Behavioral Aspects of Health 16
Entrepreneurship & Entrepreneurial Studies 16
Environmental & Natural Resources Management and Policy, General 15 1
Educational & Instructional Technology 15
Environmental Health 15
Hydrology and Water Resources Science 11 3
Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management 12
Visual and Performing Arts, General 11 1
Agricultural Animal Breeding 7 4
Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding 6 5
Bilingual and Multilingual Education 11
Health Occupations Teacher Education 9
Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene 9
Astronomy 3 5
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 2 6
Spanish Language and Literature 8
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General 7
Foreign Languages and Literatures, General 7
Forensic Nursing 7
Technical and Scientific Communication 7
Toxicology 1 6
Forestry, General 6
Marine Sciences 6
Nursing Education 6
Plant Physiology 1 5
Clinical Psychology 5
Counseling Psychology 5
Health Teacher Education 5
Horticultural Science 2 3
Intermedia & Multimedia 5
Plant Pathology & Phytopathology 1 4
Range Science and Management 5
School Psychology 5
Turf and Turfgrass Management 5
Women's Studies 5
Financial Mathematics 4
Food Science 2 2
Geophysics and Seismology 2 2
Industrial and Organizational Psychology 4
Soil Science and Agronomy, General 4
Food Technology and Processing 3
Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American & Chicano Studies 1 2
National Security Policy Studies 3
Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Epidemiology, and Public Health 3
Biostatistics 2
Environmental Biology 2
Intellectual Property Law 2
Financial Planning and Services 1
International Business, Trade, and Tax Law 1
Journalism 1
Non-Profit & Public & Organizational Management 1
Pharmaceutical Sciences 1
Systems Engineering 1
Grand Total 13,709 4,244 1,485

Texas A&M University - College Station has a graduation rate of 84%, which is among the 9% highest for universities in the US.

Total Men Women
Graduation rate 84% 81% 87%
  • Full-time retention rate - 94%
  • Part-time retention rate - 92%

Publications & Citations

Texas A&M University - College Station is a world-class research university with 219,060 scientific papers published and 7,381,240 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Engineering, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Environmental Science, Computer Science, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Quantum and Particle physics, Medicine, and Geology.

Publications
219,060
Citations
7,381,240

Publication / Citation count by topic

Engineering
120,030 / 3,884,984
Biology
118,432 / 4,353,883
Chemistry
114,399 / 4,139,274
Physics
110,688 / 3,770,927
Environmental Science
103,740 / 3,517,986
Computer Science
84,193 / 2,917,904
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
81,107 / 2,779,674
Quantum and Particle physics
77,824 / 2,724,054
Medicine
67,776 / 2,273,193
Geology
58,908 / 2,061,799
Materials Science
58,450 / 1,919,340
Organic Chemistry
57,452 / 2,213,400
Biochemistry
55,385 / 2,304,051
Geography and Cartography
52,808 / 1,748,918
Genetics
51,329 / 1,988,196
Ecology
48,557 / 1,805,031
Mathematics
46,042 / 1,569,511
Political Science
36,108 / 1,273,132
Philosophy
35,368 / 1,309,747
Psychology
35,182 / 1,315,010
Business
34,782 / 1,433,019
Law
34,259 / 1,215,564
Statistics
34,207 / 1,270,371
Paleontology
33,829 / 1,235,916
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
33,136 / 1,003,372
Sociology
28,766 / 1,012,862
Optical Engineering
27,650 / 865,629
History
27,344 / 878,993
Electrical Engineering
26,495 / 736,583
Archaeology
24,348 / 817,063
Economics
24,060 / 839,176
Pathology
23,698 / 825,620
Metallurgical Engineering
23,649 / 860,969
Botany
22,434 / 807,582
Mechanical Engineering
21,866 / 568,020
Management
17,944 / 783,492
Machine Learning
17,927 / 714,640
Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
17,746 / 634,849
Linguistics
17,703 / 602,166
Telecommunications
17,524 / 477,232

Annual publication & citation counts

Year Publications Citations
1993 2347 23989
1994 2390 26895
1995 2484 30482
1996 2875 33899
1997 2761 37933
1998 2918 42030
1999 2917 46368
2000 3005 53779
2001 2955 59073
2002 4554 75844
2003 4331 83652
2004 4299 93345
2005 4725 107948
2006 4839 121610
2007 5058 135380
2008 5619 151869
2009 5821 172567
2010 6233 194286
2011 6507 225204
2012 6270 247124
2013 6658 271938
2014 7220 291843
2015 7217 302005
2016 7450 315299
2017 8208 330564
2018 8997 361668
2019 9335 399625
2020 10659 472018
2021 9982 526380
2022 9438 507811
2023 9708 518990
2024 8178 511380
2025 6476 449989
Academic rankings

Texas A&M University - College Station alumni

  1. Eva Longoria

    Eva Longoria
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1975-.. (age 51)
    Occupations
    film directornightclub ownerbeauty pageant contestantactorfilm actor
    Biography

    Eva Jacqueline Longoria Bastón is an American actress, producer, director, and businesswoman. After several guest roles on television, she became recognized for her portrayal of Isabella Braña on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless (2001–2003). Her breakthrough role as Gabrielle Solis on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives (2004–2012) earned her two Screen Actors Guild Awards and a Golden Globe nomination. She has appeared in the films The Sentinel (2006), Over Her Dead Body (2008), For Greater Glory (2012), Frontera (2014), Lowriders (2016), and Overboard (2018), winning an Imagen Award for the latter. She guest-starred on the Hulu mystery comedy-drama series Only Murders in the Building (2024), earning her a third Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.

  2. Rip Torn

    Rip Torn
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1931-2019 (aged 88)
    Occupations
    film producerfilm actorstage actorfilm directortelevision actor
    Biography

    Elmore Rual "Rip" Torn Jr. was an American actor whose career spanned roughly 60 years. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing Marsh Turner in Cross Creek (1983). Torn's portrayal of Artie the producer on The Larry Sanders Show (1992–1998) received six Emmy Award nominations, winning in 1996. Torn was also known for his roles as Judas Iscariot in King of Kings (1961), Thomas J. Finley, Jr. in Sweet Bird of Youth (1962), Dr. Nathan Bryce in The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), Bob Diamond in Defending Your Life (1991), Zeus in Hercules (1997), Zed in the Men in Black franchise (1997, 2002), Jim Brody in Freddy Got Fingered (2001), Patches O'Houlihan in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004), and Louis XV in Marie Antoinette (2006).

  3. Von Miller

    Von Miller
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1989-.. (age 37)
    Enrolled in Texas A&M University - College Station
    Studied in 2007-2010
    Occupations
    American football player
    Biography

    Vonnie B'VSean Miller is an American professional football linebacker for the Washington Commanders of the National Football League (NFL). Miller played college football for the Texas A&M Aggies, where he earned consensus All-American honors and the 2010 Butkus Award. He was selected by the Denver Broncos with the second overall pick in the 2011 NFL draft.

  4. Lyle Lovett

    Lyle Lovett
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1957-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    television actoractorcomposersinger-songwriterrecord producer
    Biography

    Lyle Pearce Lovett is an American country singer-songwriter and actor. Active since 1980, he has recorded 14 albums and released 25 singles to date, including his highest entry, the number 10 chart hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, "Cowboy Man". Lovett has won four Grammy Awards, including Best Male Country Vocal Performance and Best Country Album. His most recent album is 12th of June, released in 2022.

All 100 notable alumni

General info

Alternative names Texas A&M
TAMU
Founded 1876
Colors maroon, white
Academic calendar August to May (August - December; January-May). Also Summer Session (June-August)
Total FTE staff 12,098
Carnegie classification Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity

Location and contacts

Address 1246 TAMU
College Station, Texas, 77843-1246
United States
City population 121,000
Phone 9798453211

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