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Texas A & M University

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Carnegie Foundation Classification

Research Universities (very high research activity)
UndergraduateBalanced arts & sciences/professions, high graduate coexistence
GraduateComprehensive doctoral with medical/veterinary
Undergraduate PopulationFull-time four-year, more selective, lower transfer-in
EnrollmentHigh undergraduate
Size & SettingLarge four-year, primarily residential

General Characteristics

Title IV EligibilityParticipates in Title IV federal financial aid programs
Highest offeringDoctoral degree
Calendar SystemSemester
Years of college work requiredN/A
Variable Tuition
Religious AffiliationN/A
Congressional District4817

Special Learning Opportunities

Distance Learning
ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force  —   /   / 
Study Abroad
Weekend College
Teacher Certification

Student Tuition Costs and Fees

What are the typical tuition costs and fees for attending Texas A & M University?
667th for total cost of attendance
  In District In State Out of State
Effective as of 2010-08-04
FT Undergraduate Tuition $5,152 $5,152 $19,585
FT Undergraduate Required Fees $3,024 $3,024 $3,024
PT Undergraduate per Credit Hour $172 $172 $653
FT Graduate Tuition $5,322 $5,322 $12,066
FT Graduate Required Fees $2,661 $2,661 $2,661
PT Graduate per Credit Hour $222 $222 $503
Total Cost of Attendance — On-Campus $20,316 $20,316 $34,746
Total Cost of Attendance — Off-Campus w/out Family $20,316 $20,316 $34,746
Total Cost of Attendance — Off-Campus with Family $12,277 $12,277 $26,707

Student Tuition Cost History and Trends

Prior year comparison and trends on the cost of attending / attendance cost.
  In District In State Out of State
Published Tuition & Fees $7,335↓ $7,844 $7,335↓ $7,844 $15,675↓ $22,184
  Cost (regardless of residency)
Effective as of 2010-08-04
Books & Supplies $1,156↓ $1,200
On-Campus – Room & Board $6,480↓ $8,000
On-Campus – Other Expenses $2,160↓ $2,851
Off-Campus w/out Family – Room & Board $6,480↓ $8,000
Off-Campus w/out Family – Other Expenses $2,160↓ $2,851
Off-Campus with Family – Room & Board $2,160↓ $2,851

Admission Details

Effective as of 2010-08-05
Application Fee RequiredN/A
Undergraduate Application Fee$60
Graduate Application Fee$50
First Professional Application FeeN/A
Applicants 22,969 (11,594 male / 11,375 female)
Admitted 15,369 (7,581 male / 7,788 female)
Admission rate 67%
First-time Enrollment 8,104 (4,051 male / 4,053 female)
FT Enrollment 7,459 (3,729 male / 3,730 female)
PT Enrollment 645 (322 male / 323 female)
Total Enrollment48,702

Admission Criteria

What criteria does Texas A & M University use for admissions?  = Required,   = Recommended,   = Neither required nor recommended
Open Admissions
Secondary School GPA / Rank / Record  /   / 
College Prep. Completion
RecommendationsN/A
Formal competency demoN/A
Admission test scores
TOEFL
Other testsN/A

Admission Credits Accepted

What types of credits does Texas A & M University accept?
Dual Credit
Life Experience
Advanced Placement (AP)

Athletics - Association Memberships

Sports / Athletic Conference Memberships NCAA
NCAA Football Conference Big Twelve Conference
NCAA Basketball Conference Big Twelve Conference
NCAA Baseball Conference Big Twelve Conference
NCAA Track & Field Conference Big Twelve Conference

ACT Test Admission

92nd for 75pctl scores
Applicants submitting ACT results 25%
Verbal scores (25/75 %ile) 24 / 29
Math scores (25/75 %ile) 23 / 30
Cumulative scores (25/75 %ile) 24 / 30

SAT Test Admission

222nd for 75pctl scores
Applicants submitting SAT results 75%
Verbal scores (25/75 %ile) 520 / 630
Math scores (25/75 %ile) 560 / 670
Cumulative scores (25/75 %ile) 1080 / 1300

Student Services

Remedial Services
Academic / Career Counseling
PT Cost-defraying Employment
Career Placement
On-Campus Day Care
Library Facility

Student Living

First-time Room / Board Required
Dorm Capacity9,772
Meals per WeekN/A
Room FeeN/A
Board FeeN/A

Student Completion / Graduation Demographics

How many students are successful graduates?
 
Total 803 261 1,079 384 39 7,800 27 10,393
Accounting 4 6 33 24 330 397
Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching 2 3 3 11 19
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering 6 2 6 2 57 73
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations 5 26 36 4 4 437 2 514
Agricultural Animal Breeding 1 4 5
Agricultural Business and Management, General 6 5 3 44 58
Agricultural Communication/Journalism 8 41 49
Agricultural Economics 3 16 19
Agricultural Teacher Education 1 23 1 25
Agricultural and Food Products Processing 3 13 16
Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding 2 1 3
Agricultural/Biological Engineering and Bioengineering 7 4 2 27 40
Agricultural/Farm Supplies Retailing and Wholesaling 4 4
Agriculture, General 2 25 27
Agronomy and Crop Science 1 3 2 10 16
American/United States Studies/Civilization 2 2
Animal Sciences, General 13 1 1 81 96
Animal/Livestock Husbandry and Production 1 13 1 3 136 154
Anthropology 2 2 6 1 1 33 45
Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations, General 2 1 6 48 57
Applied Mathematics 2 1 17 20
Aquaculture 1 3 4
Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD) 15 4 16 10 1 121 167
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, General 4 7 31 1 43
Biochemistry 7 2 6 21 36
Biology/Biological Sciences, General 4 11 34 33 1 171 254
Biomedical Sciences, General 2 4 40 35 1 246 328
Biomedical/Medical Engineering 8 2 10 9 50 1 80
Biotechnology 10 2 4 16
Business Administration and Management, General 26 5 33 18 1 235 2 320
Cartography 1 12 13
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology 2 1 2 3 14 22
Chemical Engineering 36 1 8 6 50 101
Chemistry, General 1 4 10 4 1 52 72
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning 12 2 11 25
Civil Engineering, General 49 5 27 8 181 270
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General 2 2
Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling 3 8 36 47
Comparative and Laboratory Animal Medicine (Cert 1 1
Computer Engineering, General 29 2 8 2 44 85
Computer Graphics 1 1 1 7 10
Computer Science 21 1 4 4 56 86
Construction Engineering Technology/Technician 2 12 4 1 188 2 209
Curriculum and Instruction 7 2 6 2 1 96 114
Dairy Science 1 1 2
Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia 1 4 1 1 27 34
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General 1 7 8
Economics, General 18 2 27 14 1 113 175
Educational Leadership and Administration, General 1 3 6 25 35
Educational Psychology 5 1 7 31 44
Educational/Instructional Media Design 4 1 4 9
Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician 1 2 16 19
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering 86 5 17 9 100 217
English Language and Literature, General 10 25 6 1 177 219
Entomology 1 2 10 2 30 45
Environmental Design/Architecture 1 1 18 20
Environmental Science 8 13 5 40 1 67
Environmental Studies 2 6 8
Farm/Farm and Ranch Management 9 9
Finance, General 6 12 39 27 1 391 1 477
Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management 1 1
Food Science 3 1 2 6
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies, General 1 4 21 10 1 120 157
Forest Management/Forest Resources Management 4 4
Forestry, General 1 1
French Language and Literature 1 8 9
Geography 4 1 3 2 1 22 33
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Other 2 5 7
Geology/Earth Science, General 2 1 1 32 36
Geophysics and Seismology 5 5 1 11
German Language and Literature 1 1
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General 2 1 14 1 2 78 98
Health Teacher Education 1 1 2 4
Health and Physical Education, General 3 5 21 4 218 1 252
History, General 3 16 3 2 159 2 185
Human Resources Development 1 6 18 4 1 95 125
Hydrology and Water Resources Science 1 6 7
Industrial Engineering 79 1 21 1 73 1 176
Information Science/Studies 53 6 1 50 110
International Relations and Affairs 7 3 3 31 1 45
International/Global Studies 2 2 20 6 1 65 96
Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD) 4 4 33 1 42
Logistics and Materials Management 2 11 13
Management Science, General 1 4 8 4 56 73
Manufacturing Technology/Technician 1 1 11 3 46 62
Marketing/Marketing Management, General 4 6 16 11 1 229 267
Materials Engineering 1 1
Mathematics, General 3 1 8 3 52 67
Mechanical Engineering 69 10 20 9 164 1 273
Microbiology, General 3 1 9 13
Molecular Genetics 2 3 8 17 30
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other 4 13 45 10 2 493 2 569
Music, General 1 4 5
Natural Resources Management and Policy 10 10
Natural Resources/Conservation, General 2 1 4 38 45
Nuclear Engineering 3 1 2 33 39
Nuclear/Nuclear Power Technology/Technician 1 1 2
Nutrition Sciences 1 3 4
Ocean Engineering 6 6 1 34 47
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical 4 4
Operations Management and Supervision 33 1 8 42
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management 2 3 41 46
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies 1 2 12 1 16
Petroleum Engineering 74 3 13 6 82 178
Philosophy 3 27 30
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching 2 2
Physical Sciences 1 1
Physics, General 3 6 1 1 21 32
Plant Pathology/Phytopathology 1 1
Plant Physiology 2 2
Political Science and Government, General 1 12 46 8 178 1 246
Poultry Science 1 13 14
Psychology, General 1 13 55 16 250 1 336
Public Administration 5 2 3 32 42
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication, Other (NEW) Any instructional program in organizational communication, public relations, and advertising not listed above 1 1
Range Science and Management 1 1 22 24
Real Estate 6 2 3 1 50 1 63
Russian Language and Literature 1 2 3
Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations, General 3 21 4 127 155
Sociology 1 12 27 3 94 1 138
Soil Science and Agronomy, General 4 4
Spanish Language and Literature 19 2 11 32
Speech and Rhetorical Studies 2 3 23 2 1 249 1 281
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management 5 10 2 1 147 165
Statistics, General 12 1 1 8 22
System, Networking, and LAN/WAN Management/Manager 4 2 29 35
Tourism and Travel Services Management 2 12 1 1 53 69
Toxicology 1 1
Turf and Turfgrass Management 18 18
Urban Forestry 1 1
Veterinary Physiology (Cert 2 2
Veterinary Preventive Medicine Epidemiology, and Public Health (Cert 1 1
Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences, General (Cert 1 4 5
Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management 1 11 1 80 93
Zoology/Animal Biology 1 3 26 30

Faculty Compensation / Salaries

Texas A & M University 230th for the average full-time faculty salary.
Effective as of 2010-08-31
Tenure system
Average FT Salary $88,378 ($96,380 male / $69,903 female)
Number of FT Faculty 2,316 (1,616 male / 700 female)
Number of PT Faculty 79
FT Faculty Ratio 29 : 1
Total Benefits $42,818,362

Local News for Texas A & M University

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