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Distinguishing Hallmarks of Texas A&M University

Texas A&M University is a unique institution in the higher education landscape, recognized in many different ways for its combination of excellence, affordability, and ability to develop leaders of character who have an impact on the state, nation, and world. It combines the principles of practical education and outreach that are legacies of its land, sea, and space grant designations with the advanced research mission characteristic of membership in the Association of American Universities (AAU). Some of those distinguishing hallmarks include:

• First public university in Texas and one of only two flagship universities in Texas

• One of only a few universities in the country to be designated a land grant, sea grant, and space grant university

• A member of the Association of American Universities since 2001

• The fourth largest student body in the Nation, according to the 2022 U.S. News and World Report. The preliminary Fall 2021 enrollment reached a total of 73,283 students.

 

 

Ranking

• 50^th in the nation, 17^th among the public universities on the Forbes America’s Top Colleges List (2021). 

• 4^th in the nation in ranking "Top 10 Most Affordable Medical Schools in the US"  –  Student Loan Planner, using data published by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), 2021

• 6^th in the nation among public graduate schools and 11^th overall in "Best Engineering Schools" category – College of Engineering – U.S. News & World Report, Best Grad Schools 2022

• 2^nd in the nation among graduate schools for Petroleum Engineering – College of Engineering – U.S. News & World Report, Best Grad Schools 2022

• 3^rd in the nation among graduate schools for Biological/Agricultural Engineering operated by the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the College of Engineering – U.S. News & World Report, Best Grad Schools 2022

• 4^th in the nation among graduate schools for Nuclear Engineering – College of Engineering – U.S. News & World Report, Best Grad Schools 2022

• 4th in the nation among graduate schools for Veterinary Medicine – College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences – U.S. News & World Report, Best Grad Schools 2022

• 27^th among public universities, 68^th among national universities – U.S. News & World Report, 2022

• 7^th in the nation in the Best Colleges for Veterans category – U.S. News & World Report, 2022

• 31^st in the nation, and 4^th among the Public Universities in Study Abroad Rank – U.S. News & World Report, 2022

• 1^st in the ‘Best Schools for General Sales & Marketing in the United States’ -- College Factual, 2022  https://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/texas-a-and-m-university-college-station/rankings/#best

• 1^st in the ‘Best Ocean Engineering Schools’ -- College Factual, 2022

• 2^nd in the ‘Best Industrial Technology Production Schools’ -- College Factual, 2022

• 2^nd in the ‘Best Electronics Engineering Technology Schools’ -- College Factual, 2022

• 4^th in the ‘Health Sciences and Services Schools’ -- College Factual, 2022

Other Recognitions

• 8^th in the nation in the number of research doctoral degrees granted according to the Survey of Earned Doctorates.  TAMU ranked 4^th in Engineering, 10^th in Life Sciences, 13^th in Physical Sciences and Earth Sciences, 16^th in Education, and 5^th in other non-Science & Engineering fields. – NSF.gov, 2019 Survey of Earned Doctorates https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/explorer/datatables (Tables 3 and 4: Top 50 Doc. Institutions…; Top 20…….by Field of Study).

• 5^th in the nation in number of research/scholarship doctorates awarded in 2020 – U.S. News and World Report (2022).
• 5^th in the nation in the Research Field of Inorganic (Chemistry) – U.S. News and World Report (2022).

• 8^th in the nation and 4^th among public universities in attracting new National Merit Scholars in 2018-19 – National Merit Scholarship Corporation

• Federal and state financial aid programs are leveraged to provide $933 million to 73% of our students.

• Eighty-one faculty with membership in the prestigious National Academy of Sciences (11), the National Academy of Engineering (33), the National Institute of Medicine (4), the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (11), the American Law Institute (17), in the American Academy of Nursing (5) (2021).

Recognitions:  Texas

• #1 Best Value School in Texas public universities, U.S. News and World Report, 2022

• #1 Best Value, Money Magazine, 2020

• #1 in Undergraduate Degrees Awarded, Texas Higher Education Coordinate Board Almanac, 2020

• #1 Best College in Texas, Money Magazine, 2020

• #1 Best College for Veterans, College Factual, 2021

• #1 in Enrollment, Texas Higher Education Coordinate Board Almanac, 2020

• #1 in Transfer Graduation Rate, Texas Higher Education Coordinate Board Almanac, 2020