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Texas A&M University-College Station

College Station, Texas · Midsize city

57.4%
Admit rate
$21,315
Avg net price
84%
Graduation rate
$72,097
Median earnings

Texas A&M University-College Station is a public bachelor's-granting institution in College Station, Texas (midsize city setting), enrolling 59,615 undergraduates. It is a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI).

PublicLarge · 59,615 undergradsMidsize citySelective · 57% admitNCAA Division I-FBS · Southeastern Conference

Will you get in?

See where your numbers land against Texas A&M University-College Station's admitted students.

Admit rate
57.4%
SAT (mid 50%)
1150–1400
Avg GPA (est.)
3.63

Enter a test score to see where you land against Texas A&M University-College Station's admitted students.

A guide, not a prediction. It compares your numbers with the middle 50% of admitted students and Texas A&M University-College Station's overall admit rate — it can't see essays, recommendations, activities, or your intended major, which all move real decisions.

About College Station, Texas

College Station is a city in Brazos County, Texas, United States, situated in East-Central Texas in the Brazos Valley, towards the eastern edge of the region known as the Texas Triangle. College Station's origins date from 1860, when the Houston and Texas Central Railway began to build through the region. Eleven years later, the site was chosen as the location for the proposed Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, a land-grant school. In 2023, the total real gross domestic product of the College Station–Bryan area is $15.8 billion, which has been growing steadily since 2020. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Midsize city
Highest degree offered
Graduate
Nearest big city
80 miles to Waco, TX
To the ocean
97 miles
Nearest airport
3 miles to Easterwood Field (CLL)

How Texas A&M University-College Station compares

Selectivity57.4%

More selective than 79% · #20 most selective of 77 in Texas

SAT average1280

Higher than 76%

Graduation rate84%

Higher than 92% · #8 of 87 in Texas

First-year retention94%

Higher than 92%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$72,097

Higher than 85% · #14 of 94 in Texas

Average net price$21,315

Cheaper than 44% · #57 cheapest of 88 in Texas

Median debt at graduation$17,804

Lower than 85%

Student–faculty ratio20 : 1

Lower than 10%

Undergraduate enrollment59,615

Larger than 99%

Percentiles compare Texas A&M University-College Station with the nation's 2,196 four-year colleges, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count four-year colleges in Texas.

Texas A&M University-College Station campus

Student body

Undergraduate vs. graduate

77,226students
  • Undergraduate59,61577%
  • Graduate17,61123%

Undergraduates by gender

59,615undergrads
  • Women30,50551%
  • Men29,11049%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White52%
  • Black2.5%
  • Hispanic26%
  • Asian14%
  • Other or multiracial5.9%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
59,615
Graduate enrollment
17,611
Student–faculty ratio
20 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
20%
First-generation students
30%
Students over 25
2%
Median family income
$58,904
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$132,984
Endowment
$19,114,830,674

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Where students come from

Home state of the 13,753 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

  • From Texas94%
  • Other U.S. states5.0%
  • International1.2%

Most first-years stay in state — Texas A&M University-College Station draws overwhelmingly from Texas.

1% came from outside the U.S. Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.

Admissions

Admission rate
57.4%
Test scores
Considered but not required
SAT range (25th–75th %)
1150–1400
SAT average
1280
SAT reading
580–690
SAT math
570–710
ACT composite
25–31
Average GPA (estimated)
3.63

Cost

In-state tuition
$13,154
Out-of-state tuition
$40,124
Room & board
$13,008
Books & supplies
$1,104
Total cost of attendance
$32,696
Average net price
$21,315

Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.

Outcomes

Graduated (within 6 years)
84%
Graduated on time (4 years)
61%
First-year retention
94%
Transferred to another college
10%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$59,386
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$72,097
Median debt at graduation
$17,804
Students with federal loans
26%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
79%

About 23% of students who finish here need more than four years — each extra year adds roughly another year of tuition and living costs.

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
61%
Low-income (Pell)
73%
First-generation
74%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
Yes
Dorm capacity
11,357
Dorm capacity vs undergrads
19%
Application fee
$75
Athletics
NCAA Division I-FBS
Football conference
Southeastern Conference
Varsity athletes
778 (409 men · 369 women)

Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.

Varsity sports (11)

Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)279
Football146
Swimming and Diving (combined)95
Equestrian54
Baseball48
Soccer34
Softball31
Tennis28
Basketball27
Golf20
Volleyball16

Athlete counts per sport, Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25.

Campus safety

Safety grade
C
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
4.3 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
408
Property offenses (2022–2024)
615

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 17 campuses (78,321 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

341reported offenses a year
136 violent a year205 property a year

By offense type, per year

Motor vehicle theft
139
Burglary
61
Rape
56
Fondling
38
Aggravated assault
33
Robbery
8.3
Arson
5.7
Statutory rape
0.7

Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k
$12,784
$30–48k
$13,317
$48–75k
$17,435
$75–110k
$26,520
$110k+
$30,660

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Four-year (or more) true cost

Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.

Est. total to a degree
$76,834

$17,435/year × about 4.4 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

59%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$7,887
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 59% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $7,887. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 11,382 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years)
$72,097
Typical debt at graduation
$17,804
Debt vs. one year's pay
25%
Out-earn a HS grad
81%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.5 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Strong value

Graduates here tend to earn well relative to what they borrow — typical debt pays back fast, and most out-earn a high-school graduate.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women
$62,292
Men
$83,748

Men out-earn women by $21,456 (34%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high
97°F
Winter low
41°F
Annual rain
41.8″

Average temperature

HighLow
30°70°110°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.54.9JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, College Stn, TX US station (2.6 mi from campus).

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.