Texas A&M University
Yell leaders encourage fan participation at a packed basketball game at Texas A&M.
Texas A&M is located in College Station, which together with the adjacent city of Bryan, has about 120,000 people and is located about 100 miles northwest of Houston, 120 miles northeast of Austin and 200 miles south of Dallas.
Texas A&M, the state’s first public institution of higher learning, offers degrees in more than 170 fields. With an enrollment of more than 46,000, the student body is among the nation’s largest. Average SAT scores are considerably higher than the national average, and the university consistently ranks among the leaders in enrolling National Merit Scholars. The university also ranks high in graduation and retention rates, both overall and for minority students.
Texas A&M holds land-, sea- and space-grant status and has annual research
expenditures of almost $500 million.
The university’s endowment is approximately $5.6 billion. Its 5,200-acre
campus, one of the nation’s largest, is valued at more than $1 billion.
It is home to the George Bush Presidential
Library and Museum. The
university also operates centers in Italy and Mexico.
| Established | 1876 |
|---|---|
| Fall 2007 Enrollment | 48,156 |
| Number of Faculty | 3,931 |
| Student/Faculty Ratio | 20:1 |
| Average Undergraduate Class Size | 28 |
| Undergraduate Degree Programs | 159 |
| Graduate Degree Programs | 217 |
| FY 2008 Operating Budget | $1.1B |
Colors: maroon and white
Mascot: a collie named Reveille; students are called
Aggies
Athletic affiliation: Big 12 Conference
Did You Know?
- Texas A&M is about half-way through a five-year, $20 million effort to hire 447 additional faculty members, the most ambitious faculty reinvestment effort in the country.
- The university is launching a $300 million campus construction program, also one of the most ambitious endeavors of its type in the nation—an endeavor that includes a $95 million interdisiplinary life sciences complex and two new physics buildings.
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Texas A&M operates branch campuses in Galveston and in the Persian Gulf state of Qatar, and has centers in Mexico City and Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy.
- Texas A&M consistently ranks in the forefront among public universities in Texas in retention rates—keeping students enrolled and on course for graduation both overall and for African-American and Hispanic students.
- The university's Memorial Student Center is the largest student-run program of its type in the nation, with almost 800 clubs and organizations.
University information: (979) 845-3211 · www.tamu.edu
* Includes Texas A&M at Galveston and Texas A&M at Qatar.