Selectivity
67%
Total Students
68,383
UG 51,788
PG 16,595
Satisfaction Index
90%
Salary After Attending
$53,900
BASIC
| Web Site | www.tamu.edu |
| Institution Type | Public |
| Location | College Station |
UNDER GRADUATE
| Total Students | 51,788 |
| Women | 25,214 (48.69%) |
| Men | 26,574 (51.31%) |
GRADUATE
| Total Students | 16,595 |
| Women | 7,367 (44.39%) |
| Men | 9,228 (55.61%) |
| Acceptance Rate | 67% |
| Cost of Attendance | $ 46,226 |
| Graduation Rate | 79% |
| Retention Rate | 90 % |
FRESHMAN ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
| Admission Office URL | admissions.tamu.edu |
| Online Application URL | admissions.tamu.edu/freshmen/default.aspx |
| Entrance Difficulty (Selectivity) | 67 % |
STANDARDISED TEST REQUIREMENTS
| Exam | Required |
|---|---|
| SAT or ACT | Required |
| SAT Only | - |
| ACT Only | - |
| SAT and SAT Subject Tests, or ACT | - |
| SAT Subject Tests Only | - |
| Regular Admission Deadline | - |
EARLY DECISION & EARLY ACTION
| Early Decision Offered | No |
| Early Decision Application Deadline | - |
| Early Decision Notification Date | - |
| Early Action Offered | No |
| Early Action Application Deadline | - |
| Early Action Notification Date | - |
FACTORS CONSIDERED FOR ADMISSION
| Factor | Very Important | Important | Considered | Not Considered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rigor of Secondary School Record | X | |||
| Academic GPA | X | |||
| Standardized Tests | X | |||
| Class Rank | X | |||
| Recommendations | X | |||
| Essay | X | |||
| Interview | X | |||
| Level of Applicant's Interest | X | |||
| Extracurricular Activities | X | |||
| Volunteer Work | X | |||
| Particular Talent/Ability | X | |||
| Character/Personal Qualities | X | |||
| First Generation to Attend College | X | |||
| State Residency | X | |||
| Geographic Residence | X | |||
| Relation with Alumnus | X | |||
| Religious Affiliation/ Commitment | X | |||
| Ethnicity | X | |||
| Work Experience | X |
ADMISSION RATE
| Overall Admission Rate | 66% of applicants were admitted |
| Women | 68% of applicants were admitted |
| Men | 64% of applicants were admitted |
| Students Enrolled | 53% of admitted students enrolled |
| Women | 52% of admitted students enrolled |
| Men | 53% of admitted students enrolled |
| Early Decision Admission Rate | - |
| Early Action Admission Rate | - |
SCORES OF ENROLLED FRESHMEN
| 25th Percentile | 75th Percentile | |
|---|---|---|
| SAT - R/W | 520 | 640 |
| SAT - Maths | 550 | 550 |
| ACT - Composite | 25 | 30 |
| ACT - Writing | 6 | 8 |
| ACT - English | 23 | 31 |
| ACT - Maths | 24 | 29 |
TUITION AND EXPENSES
| Financial Aid Office URL | https://financialaid.tamu.edu/ |
| Net Price Calculator URL | https://www.collegeforalltexans.com/apps/CollegeMoney/ |
Cost of Attendance (UG)
Tuition and Fees |
$28,984 |
On Campus Room & Board |
$10,368 |
Books and Supplies |
$1,054 |
Other Expenses |
$5,820 |
| Total | $46,226 |
Cost of Attendance (Master)
Tuition and Fees |
$19,073 |
On Campus Room & Board |
$10,368 |
Books and Supplies |
$1,054 |
Other Expenses |
$5,820 |
| Total | $36,315 |
FINANCIAL AID
| Need Based Aid for International Student | Yes |
| Merit Based Aid for International Students | Yes |
| Total International Students Receiving Aid | 304 |
| Percentage of International Students Receiving Aid | 52.7 |
| Average aid awarded to International Students | $ 22,976 |
| Total Aid awarded to International Students | $ 69,84,704 |
| PROGRAM | BACHELOR | MASTER | DOCTOR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture, General. | |||
| Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations. | 290 | 15 | - |
| Agricultural and Food Products Processing. | 25 | - | - |
| Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding. | - | 9 | 6 |
| Agricultural Animal Breeding. | - | 5 | 2 |
| Agricultural Business and Management, General. | 34 | 28 | - |
| Agricultural Communication/Journalism. | 95 | - | - |
| Agricultural Economics. | 139 | 25 | 6 |
| Agronomy and Crop Science. | 32 | 2 | 1 |
| Animal Sciences, General. | 119 | 23 | 4 |
| Animal/Livestock Husbandry and Production. | 127 | - | - |
| Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations, General. | 45 | 4 | 2 |
| Farm/Farm and Ranch Management. | 12 | - | - |
| Food Science. | - | 3 | 4 |
| Poultry Science. | 32 | 5 | - |
| Range Science and Management. | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| Soil Science and Agronomy, General. | - | 5 | 1 |
| Turf and Turfgrass Management. | 11 | - | - |
| Category total | 964 | 128 | 32 |
| ARCHITECTURE AND RELATED SERVICES. | |||
| Architecture. | 86 | 47 | 9 |
| City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning. | 18 | 29 | 8 |
| Landscape Architecture. | 21 | 20 | - |
| Category total | 125 | 96 | 17 |
| AREA, ETHNIC, CULTURAL, GENDER, AND GROUP STUDIES. | |||
| Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies. | - | - | 4 |
| Women's Studies. | 1 | - | - |
| Category total | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| BIOLOGICAL AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES. | |||
| Biochemistry. | 40 | 6 | 7 |
| Biology/Biological Sciences, General. | 240 | 4 | 8 |
| Biomedical Sciences, General. | 302 | 77 | 11 |
| Biostatistics. | - | 1 | - |
| Biotechnology. | - | 17 | - |
| Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology. | 22 | - | - |
| Entomology. | 13 | 13 | 8 |
| Environmental Biology. | 9 | - | - |
| Epidemiology. | - | 40 | - |
| Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography. | 115 | 13 | 6 |
| Microbiology, General. | 23 | - | 1 |
| Molecular Genetics. | 28 | 2 | 10 |
| Plant Pathology/Phytopathology. | - | 6 | 5 |
| Plant Physiology. | - | 2 | 1 |
| Toxicology. | - | - | 2 |
| Zoology/Animal Biology. | 23 | - | - |
| Category total | 815 | 181 | 59 |
| BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT, MARKETING, AND RELATED SUPPORT SERVICES. | |||
| Accounting and Finance. | - | 1 | - |
| Accounting. | 329 | 138 | - |
| Business Administration and Management, General. | 236 | 236 | 15 |
| Business Statistics. | - | 21 | - |
| Finance, General. | 245 | 152 | - |
| Human Resources Development. | 136 | - | - |
| Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management. | 177 | 67 | - |
| Management Information Systems, General. | 52 | - | - |
| Marketing/Marketing Management, General. | 199 | 38 | - |
| Operations Management and Supervision. | - | 62 | - |
| Real Estate. | - | 43 | - |
| Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations, General. | 173 | - | - |
| Tourism and Travel Services Management. | 81 | - | - |
| Transportation/Mobility Management. | 117 | 19 | - |
| Category total | 1745 | 777 | 15 |
| COMMUNICATION, JOURNALISM, AND RELATED PROGRAMS. | |||
| Communication, General. | 262 | 2 | 9 |
| Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia. | 65 | - | - |
| Technical and Scientific Communication. | - | 5 | - |
| Category total | 327 | 7 | 9 |
| COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES AND SUPPORT SERVICES. | |||
| Computer Graphics. | 54 | 11 | - |
| Computer Science. | 124 | 68 | 17 |
| Information Science/Studies. | - | 159 | - |
| System, Networking, and LAN/WAN Management/Manager. | 72 | - | - |
| Category total | 250 | 238 | 17 |
| EDUCATION. | |||
| Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching. | - | 40 | 6 |
| Agricultural Teacher Education. | - | 32 | 10 |
| Bilingual and Multilingual Education. | - | 5 | - |
| Curriculum and Instruction. | - | 125 | 29 |
| Educational Leadership and Administration, General. | - | 44 | 15 |
| Educational/Instructional Technology. | - | 14 | - |
| Health Occupations Teacher Education. | - | 4 | - |
| Health Teacher Education. | - | 21 | 6 |
| Special Education and Teaching, General. | - | 27 | - |
| Category total | 0 | 312 | 66 |
| Engineering Technology, General. | |||
| Construction Engineering Technology/Technician. | 195 | - | - |
| Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician. | 56 | - | - |
| Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician. | 91 | - | - |
| Category total | 342 | 0 | 0 |
| ENGINEERING. | |||
| Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering. | 83 | 16 | 11 |
| Agricultural Engineering. | 49 | 13 | 3 |
| Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering. | 71 | 11 | 13 |
| Chemical Engineering. | 114 | 8 | 20 |
| Civil Engineering, General. | 196 | 160 | 27 |
| Computer Engineering, General. | 95 | 105 | 13 |
| Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 196 | 113 | 42 |
| Engineering, General. | - | - | 1 |
| Industrial Engineering. | 197 | 116 | 10 |
| Materials Engineering. | - | 7 | 8 |
| Mechanical Engineering. | 249 | 68 | 28 |
| Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering. | 26 | - | - |
| Nuclear Engineering. | 26 | 20 | 14 |
| Ocean Engineering. | 58 | 16 | 4 |
| Petroleum Engineering. | 147 | 80 | 18 |
| Category total | 1507 | 733 | 212 |
| ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE/LETTERS. | |||
| English Language and Literature, General. | 167 | 9 | 5 |
| Category total | 167 | 9 | 5 |
| Work and Family Studies. | |||
| Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies, General. | 155 | - | - |
| Category total | 155 | 0 | 0 |
| FOREIGN LANGUAGES, LITERATURES, AND LINGUISTICS. | |||
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | 4 | - | - |
| Foreign Languages and Literatures, General. | 5 | - | - |
| Spanish Language and Literature. | 33 | - | - |
| Category total | 42 | 0 | 0 |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General. | |||
| Athletic Training/Trainer. | - | 14 | - |
| Behavioral Aspects of Health. | - | 32 | 3 |
| Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling. | 109 | - | - |
| Dental Hygiene/Hygienist. | 25 | - | - |
| Environmental Health. | - | 23 | - |
| Health and Wellness, General. | 327 | - | - |
| Health Services Administration. | - | 49 | - |
| Health/Health Care Administration/Management. | - | - | 9 |
| Nursing Education. | - | 8 | - |
| Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene. | - | 10 | - |
| Oral Biology and Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology. | - | 14 | - |
| Public Health, General. | - | - | 1 |
| Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse. | 134 | - | - |
| Veterinary Pathology and Pathobiology. | - | - | 6 |
| Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Epidemiology, and Public Health. | - | 2 | - |
| Category total | 595 | 152 | 19 |
| HISTORY. | |||
| History, General. | 166 | 3 | 9 |
| Category total | 166 | 3 | 9 |
| HOMELAND SECURITY, LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIREFIGHTING AND RELATED PROTECTIVE SERVICES. | |||
| Forensic Science and Technology. | 17 | - | - |
| Category total | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND SOCIAL SERVICE PROFESSIONS. | |||
| Public Administration. | - | 66 | - |
| Category total | 0 | 66 | 0 |
| MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS. | |||
| Applied Mathematics, General. | 66 | - | - |
| Mathematics, General. | 33 | 33 | 20 |
| Statistics, General. | - | 52 | 4 |
| Category total | 99 | 85 | 24 |
| MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES. | |||
| International/Global Studies. | 152 | - | - |
| Marine Sciences. | 5 | - | - |
| Maritime Studies. | 14 | - | - |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other. | 747 | - | - |
| Nutrition Sciences. | - | 7 | 2 |
| Category total | 918 | 7 | 2 |
| NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION. | |||
| Environmental Science. | 136 | - | - |
| Environmental Studies. | 52 | - | - |
| Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management. | 18 | - | - |
| Forestry, General. | 11 | - | - |
| Natural Resources/Conservation, General. | 39 | 20 | 9 |
| Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management. | 16 | 11 | - |
| Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management. | 87 | - | - |
| Category total | 359 | 31 | 9 |
| PARKS, RECREATION, LEISURE, AND FITNESS STUDIES. | |||
| Kinesiology and Exercise Science. | 220 | 21 | 14 |
| Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management, General. | 8 | - | - |
| Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies. | 55 | 10 | 9 |
| Sport and Fitness Administration/Management. | 140 | 36 | - |
| Category total | 423 | 67 | 23 |
| PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES. | |||
| Philosophy. | 25 | 2 | 3 |
| Category total | 25 | 2 | 3 |
| PHYSICAL SCIENCES. | |||
| Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, General. | 20 | 6 | 3 |
| Chemistry, General. | 70 | 3 | 36 |
| Geology/Earth Science, General. | 75 | 17 | 8 |
| Geophysics and Seismology. | 34 | 4 | 2 |
| Hydrology and Water Resources Science. | - | 12 | 4 |
| Oceanography, Chemical and Physical. | - | 6 | 5 |
| Physics, General. | 26 | 6 | 30 |
| Category total | 225 | 54 | 88 |
| PSYCHOLOGY. | |||
| Community Psychology. | - | - | 4 |
| Counseling Psychology. | - | - | 6 |
| Educational Psychology. | - | 45 | 17 |
| Industrial and Organizational Psychology. | - | - | 8 |
| Psychology, General. | 378 | 4 | 5 |
| School Psychology. | - | - | 9 |
| Category total | 378 | 49 | 49 |
| SCIENCE TECHNOLOGIES/TECHNICIANS. | |||
| Nuclear/Nuclear Power Technology/Technician. | - | 4 | - |
| Category total | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| SOCIAL SCIENCES. | |||
| Anthropology. | 54 | 7 | 9 |
| Econometrics and Quantitative Economics. | - | 85 | - |
| Economics, General. | 221 | 1 | 19 |
| Geographic Information Science and Cartography. | 19 | - | - |
| Geography. | 15 | 9 | 4 |
| International Relations and Affairs. | - | 92 | - |
| Political Science and Government, General. | 235 | 2 | 7 |
| Sociology. | 155 | 3 | 4 |
| Category total | 699 | 199 | 43 |
| TRANSPORTATION AND MATERIALS MOVING. | |||
| Marine Science/Merchant Marine Officer. | 81 | - | - |
| Category total | 81 | 0 | 0 |
| VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS. | |||
| Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General. | 15 | - | - |
| Intermedia/Multimedia. | - | 3 | - |
| Music, General. | 11 | - | - |
| Visual and Performing Arts, General. | - | 10 | - |
| Category total | 26 | 13 | 0 |
| Grand total | 10451 | 3213 | 705 |
FACULTY & INSTRUCTION
| Student to Faculty Ratio | 23 to 1 |
| Regular Class Size | 2-9 students: 2% of classes 10-19 students: 19% of classes 20-29 students: 28% of classes 30-39 students: 15% of classes 40-49 students: 9% of classes 50-99 students: 17% of classes Over 100 students: 10% of classes |
STUDENT BODY
| On Campus Housing | Yes |
| On Campus Housing Details | Coed dorms, women's dorms, men's dorms, married student apartments, single student apartments, fraternity/sorority housing, cooperative housing |
| Coeducational | Yes |
| All Undergraduates | 51,788 |
| Women (% of total) | 25,214 (48.69%) |
| Men (% of total) | 26,574 (51.31%) |
| Diversity of Student Body (UnderGraduates) | American Indian/Alaskan Native - 0.27 % Asian - 5.78 % Black/African-American - 3 % Hispanic/Latino - 21.84 % Multi-race (not Hispanic/Latino) - 3 % Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander - 0.11 % White - 64.31 % Unknown - 0.2 % International Students - 1.5 % |
| All Graduate Students | 16,595 |
| Women (% of total) | 7,367 (44%) |
| Men (% of total) | 9,228 (56%) |
| Diversity of Student Body (Graduate Students) | American Indian/Alaskan Native - 0.22 % Asian - 6.87 % Black/African-American - 3.98 % Hispanic/Latino - 10.88 % Multi-race (not Hispanic/Latino) - 1.58 % Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander - 0.1 % White - 43.9 % Unknown - 1.77 % International Students - 30.7 % |
UNDERGRADUATE RETENTION AND GRADUATION
| First-Year Students Returning | 90 % |
| Students Graduating (Within 6 Years) |
79 % |
AFTER GRADUATION
| Graduates Offered Full-Time Employment Within 6 Months | Not reported |
| Average Starting Salary | Not reported |
| Graduates Pursuing Advanced Study Directly | Not reported |
| Disciplines Pursued | Not reported |
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