by our College Data Analytics Team
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Texas A&M University - College Station was awarded 425 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is accounting.
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According to College Factual's 2024 analysis, Texas A&M College Station is ranked #44 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This puts it in the top 5% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Texas A&M College Station held the #55 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 115 colleges in Texas, Texas A&M College Station is ranked at #3.
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If you're applying to Texas A&M University - College Station you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 64%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.
About 72% of students accepted to Texas A&M College Station submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 570 and 680. Math scores were between 570 and 700.
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The student to faculty ratio is often used as a measure to gauge how much access students will have to their professors - the lower the number, the better. At Texas A&M University - College Station, this rate is 19 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Texas A&M University - College Station is 87%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 93% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Texas A&M University - College Station enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Texas A&M College Station for first-time, full-time students is 55%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 55,568 undergraduates at Texas A&M College Station with 49,442 being full-time and 6,126 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $11,220 | $12,949 | $17,525 | $25,812 | $27,994 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Texas A&M College Station, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Texas A&M College Station, approximately 28% of students took out student loans averaging $8,421 a year. That adds up to $33,684 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Texas A&M College Station is 2.2%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for Texas A&M College Station are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1246 Tamu, College Station, TX 77843-1246 |
| Phone: | 979-845-3211 |
| Website: | https://www.tamu.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/tamu |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/tamu |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Biology | 742 | $26,047 |
| Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies | 741 | $43,511 |
| General Psychology | 575 | $27,509 |
| Business Administration & Management | 520 | $57,357 |
| Agricultural Economics & Business | 505 | $47,029 |
| Health & Physical Education | 474 | $32,938 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 400 | $71,020 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 387 | $38,932 |
| General Sales & Marketing | 360 | $64,426 |
| Health Sciences & Services | 326 | $30,093 |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 27,717 students took at least one online class at Texas A&M University - College Station. This is an increase from the 23,188 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 27,717 | 3,374 |
| 2019-2020 | 23,188 | 2,619 |
| 2018-2019 | 9,451 | 2,087 |
| 2017-2018 | 5,579 | 971 |
| 2016-2017 | 8,448 | 1,932 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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