Texas A & M University-College Station

About Texas A & M University-College Station

Texas A&M, sometimes referred to as Texas A&M College or Texas A&M University, is located—not surprisingly!—in the state of Texas. It has numerous campuses throughout the state and offers programs on-campus, online, and through hybrid formats. Its main campus location is Texas A&M College Station, which is located between Dallas and Galveston. In fall 2016, the total enrollment at Texas A&M College Station was 65,632 students, 14,897 of whom were graduate students.

Type of Institution

4 yr

Public

Tuition Range

$0-$15K

Student-to-Faculty Ratio

21:1

Financial Aid Percent

54%

Graduation Rate

82%

Accreditation Status

Accredited

Tuition

Range shown below is based on In-state tuition and does not include any external costs such as housing, books, etc.

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Financial Aid Percent

Includes students receiving Federal work study aid as well as aid from pell grants,federal grants, scholarships, and other sources of financial aid.

Why Consider Texas A&M?

At Texas A&M, graduate students can choose from 268 graduate and professional degrees across disciplines. They can take certain classes and programs or conduct research in countries throughout the world, and they can participate in honors programs and other education-enhancing programs. Here are some other reasons to consider Texas A&M.

The Texas A&M Ranking

Within the Grad School category, Texas A&M University, College Station received the following rankings from U.S. News & World Report:

#2 in Petroleum Engineering
#3 in Nuclear Engineering
#3 in Biological/Agricultural Engineering
#7 in Aerospace/Aeronautical/Astronomical Engineering
#7 in Nuclear Physics
#7 in Veterinary Medicine
#14 in Non-profit Management
#19 in Public Management and Leadership

Overall, U.S. News ranked Texas A&M #25 (tie) in Top Public Schools, #43 in Best Value Schools, and #69 (tie) in National Universities.

The Texas A&M Core Values

Texas A&M embraces six core values and designs its on-campus programming and activities accordingly: Excellence, Integrity, Leadership, Loyalty, Respect, and Selfless Service. To help embody its core values, the school enacts policies and takes actions consistent with its goals. Investing in its research initiative, honoring a code of conduct, building a strong student government, embracing traditions, striving to have a diverse populace, and helping students find opportunities to volunteer and serve communities are just some examples of how Texas A&M strives to live its values on the court.

Texas A&M Locations

The Texas A&M University System has a statewide network of 11 universities and seven state agencies. Altogether, the System serves more than 152,000 students and has research and development expenditures that help drive the Texas economy. In short, the System is a large one—one of the biggest in the nation—and very influential in the state of Texas. Here are just some of the Texas A&M Locations:

Texas A&M University College Station (the main campus)
Texas A&M University San Antonio
Texas A&M University at Galveston
Texas A&M Houston
Texas A&M San Antonio
Texas A&M Galveston

Each Texas A&M location has its own mission, goals, and history, and each offers a particular set of majors. Where you choose to attend will depend on what you want to study and where you want to live. The information you’ll find on this page focuses on the Texas A&M College Station location, but you can access other campuses through our site as well.

Texas A&M Athletics

The Texas A&M College Station campus hosts Texas A&M athletics across sports. The school has eight men’s teams and 10 women’s teams that compete in the NCAA Division I-A level in the Southeastern Conference. More than 650 students dedicate themselves to succeeding academically and athletically in the program. As sports observers, students can participate in “Texas Aggies” tradition and connect with the school’s vibrant devotion to sports.

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Mission , Vision and Values

Texas A&M is dedicated to discovering, developing, communicating, and applying knowledge across academic and professional fields. It strives to develop new understandings through research and creativity and to offer high quality undergraduate and graduate programs. Texas A&M aims to use its programs to prepare students to assume leadership roles, serve society, and embrace responsibility.

Admissions:

For admissions to Texas A&M, applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States or, if they are international applicants, they must secure a student visa. Beyond that, at minimum, applicants must hold a bachelor’s or professional degree (or equivalent) from an accredited school. They must also follow the specific application instructions laid out by their particular program’s department since each one may have its own requirements. The following are general requirements for all graduate applicants:

Applicants must submit an online application, specific to their department
Applicants must submit an application fee of $65
Applicants must submit official transcripts and records
Applicants must submit official GRE or GMAT test scores when required
Applicants must submit a permanent resident card
Admitted students must submit records demonstrating they’ve had a Bacterial Meningitis Immunization.

International applicants will have to meet additional requirements.

Enrollment, Attendance, Retention Rates and Graduation

Texas A & M University-College Station has a total graduate enrollment of 14864

Graduate attendance rate of 21% part-time and 79% full-time

For the years 2017-2018 Texas A & M University-College Station awarded: 11378 bachelor's degrees, 3217 master's degrees, 39 post-master's certificates, 682 doctor's degrees - professional practice, 761 doctor's degrees - research/scholarship

Financial Aid

Graduate-level applicants to Texas A&M can apply for several types of financial aid through federal, state, institutional, and private entities: grants, loans, scholarships, and work study. From the federal government, graduate students can apply for Federal Direct Unsubsidized Loans, Federal Graduate PLUS Loans, and Federal Perkins Loans. They can also apply for a Federal TEACH Grant. Otherwise, applicants can apply for aid through other public and private entities.

Accreditation is a process by which an outside agency analyzes and assesses higher education institutions’ curricula and programs to ensure they meet certain standards, especially those promised by the school and set by the U.S. Department of Education. The accreditation process helps ensure that schools offer students an opportunity for quality, rigorous education. Texas A&M has institutional accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award degrees at the bachelors’, masters’, doctoral, and professional degree levels. Texas A&M has additional programmatic accreditation from numerous entities:

The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)
The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB)
The Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education
The Society of American Foresters
The Forensic Science Education Programs Accreditation Commission
The Natural Architectural Accrediting Board
The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
The Commission on Dental Accreditation
The American Psychological Association
The American Bar Association
The Liaison Committee on Medical Education

These and other agencies grant accreditation to numerous Texas A&M programs. To see if your program is accredited, check with the program’s administrator or program chair.

Campus Locations

Texas A&M University: Online
Texas A&M University: Commerce, TX
The Graduate School P.O. Box 3011, Henderson Hall, Commerce, TX, 75429
Texas A&M University: Corpus Christi, TX
6300 Ocean Drive, Corpus Christi, TX, 78412
Texas A&M University: Kingsville, TX
700 University Blvd, Kingsville, TX, 78363
Texas A&M University: Killeen, TX
1901 S. Clear Creek Road, P.O. Box 1416, Killeen, TX, 76540
Texas A&M University: College Station, TX
Texas A&M University, 4220 TAMU, College Station, TX, 77845
Austin TX 78701 814 Lavaca Street
Texas A&M University: Austin, TX
814 Lavaca Street, Austin, TX, 78701
Texas A&M University: San Antonio, TX
One University Way, San Antonio, TX, 78224

Texas A&M’s graduate office offers master’s-, doctoral-, and professional-level education that engages students in academic and research opportunities across disciplines. Curricula and research opportunities within the graduate school encourage students’ focus on finding creative solutions and innovative breakthroughs to address local, national, and global issues and challenges. The graduate office offers numerous Texas A&M majors: 170 master’s degree program majors and 93 doctoral program majors across 15 colleges and programs, including ones at Texas A&M University, Galveston and Texas A&M University, Qatar. Students can also pursue certain graduate degrees online or through hybrid programs that blend online and on-campus learning.

Texas A&M Program Highlights: The Master of Science in Economics

During the 2016-2017 school year, 83 students graduated from Texas A&M with a Master of Science in Economics with a concentration in Econometrics. This made the program one of the school’s more popular ones. Within the economics program, students earn a Master of Science in Economics and can choose between two concentrations: Financial Economics or Financial Econometrics. Completing the program requires 36 credit hours and passing a Capstone project. To earn their credits, students will take course in:

Core areas of economics: microeconomic theory, macroeconomic theory, and econometrics (economic analytics and forecasting)
Elective areas of economics: in areas such as financial markets, economics of multinational firms, risk and uncertainty, mathematical economics, statistics, and others.

At least 24 of the required 36 credit hours must be earned through the economics department. The remaining can be earned through other departments, so long as the courses are pre-approved. For the Capstone project, students research, write, and defend a thesis and take a written or oral exam.