by our College Data Analytics Team
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Texas A&M University - College Station was awarded 126 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is psychology.
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Texas A&M College Station landed the #42 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. 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 #44 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Texas A&M College Station is also ranked #1 out of 115 schools in Texas.
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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 63%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.
About 78% 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 580 and 710.
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The student to faculty ratio at Texas A&M University - College Station is about average at 18 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 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 85%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Texas A&M University - College Station has a freshmen retention rate of 95%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for 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 56%, 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 + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $11,770 | $12,623 | $16,849 | $25,318 | $29,341 |
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 27% of students took out student loans averaging $8,518 a year. That adds up to $34,072 over four years for those students.
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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/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Biology | 985 | $29,028 |
| Business Administration & Management | 873 | $59,306 |
| Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies | 733 | $50,235 |
| Agricultural Economics & Business | 585 | $50,509 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 574 | $77,785 |
| General Psychology | 569 | $33,480 |
| Health & Physical Education | 538 | $37,044 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 517 | $43,295 |
| Accounting | 505 | $67,186 |
| Computer Science | 479 | $86,084 |
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 2022-2023, 29,859 students took at least one online class at Texas A&M University - College Station. This is an increase from the 27,717 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 29,859 | 3,414 |
| 2021-2022 | 27,717 | 3,374 |
| 2020-2021 | 23,188 | 2,619 |
| 2018-2019 | 5,579 | 971 |
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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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