Texas A&M University acceptance rate and your odds of getting in

Texas A&M University is a public university in Texas that admits most qualified applicants (around 57%), which puts it in the moderately selective range. A rate like this means it admits more applicants than it rejects; the bar is less about clearing a single cutoff and more about how your full profile compares to admitted students.

Use this page to see what Texas A&M University weighs, where it ranks among Texas schools, and how a profile like yours is likely to land. Admitted students post a 75th-percentile SAT around 1380, a useful checkpoint for where your scores sit, though it is a reference range and not a cutoff.

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What are my chances at Texas A&M University with a 3.5 GPA and a 1280 SAT?

About 82% (Safety), by CollegeCalcAI's deterministic model, for an applicant with a 3.5 unweighted GPA and a 1280 SAT, the middle of Texas A&M University's admitted range, applying Regular Decision without a hook. A 3.8 GPA with a 1400 SAT comes out near 95%. Courses, activities, essays and the application round move the number; the free calculator includes them.

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Getting into Texas A&M University comes down to four decisions, each one visible in the data on this page.

50,832 students applied to Texas A&M University for fall 2023; 32,149 were admitted (63.2%). 13,753 enrolled. Roughly 43% of admitted students enrolled, a typical yield for a school in this range. Texas A&M University enrolls about 59,615 undergraduates in total, 47% of them women, with a student-to-faculty ratio of 20 to 1.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS 2023 admissions and enrollment.

The middle 50% of admitted students at Texas A&M University scored between 1150 and 1400 on the SAT (average 1280). On the ACT the middle 50% runs from 25 to 31. A score above 1400 puts you in the top quarter of admits and turns the test into an asset; a score below 1150 puts you in the bottom quarter, where the rest of the application has to carry more weight. Texas A&M University is test-optional: scores are considered if you submit them but not required. Send a score at or above the middle of the admitted range; otherwise apply without one and let your transcript lead.

Source: College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), release 2026-06-10.

Texas A&M University signals that it values rigor of secondary school record, academic GPA, and standardized test scores above the rest of the file. Solid grades in a challenging schedule do most of the work here, with the rest of the application providing context. These ratings come from Texas A&M University's reported Common Data Set, so the full chart below reflects what the school itself says it values, not a generic guess.

Texas A&M University's published cost of attendance, before any aid, is roughly $32,696 per year. Tuition and fees are $13,154 for TX residents and $40,124 for out-of-state students, a $26,970 gap that makes residency the single biggest lever on cost. What families actually pay is different: the average net price after grants and scholarships is $21,315 a year, and it ranges from $12,784 for families earning under $30,000 to $30,660 for families earning over $110,000. 20% of undergraduates receive a federal Pell Grant.

Source: College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), release 2026-06-10. Net price is what students receiving aid paid after grants, by family income.

Ten years after enrolling, the median Texas A&M University student who received federal aid earns $72,097 a year, up from $59,386 at six years. 84% of first-time, full-time students graduate within six years, and 94% return for a second year. Among graduates who borrowed, median federal debt at graduation is $17,804; 26% of undergraduates take federal loans.

Source: College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), release 2026-06-10. Earnings cover students who received federal aid.

Among the 53 Texas schools we track, Texas A&M University ranks #14 most selective by acceptance rate. Schools like Rice University (8%) and Trinity University (TX) (26%) sit nearby, which makes Texas a useful frame for calibrating a balanced list. As a public university, residency matters: in-state applicants generally see meaningfully better odds than the headline rate suggests.

If Texas A&M University is on your list, schools with a similar admit profile are worth a look: Bemidji State University, UM Dearborn, and Alabama A&M University. Running the same profile against each one in the free calculator is the fastest way to see where you are a reach, a match, or a likely.

Acceptance rate, application counts, admitted test ranges, cost, and outcomes reflect publicly reported federal data (U.S. Department of Education: IPEDS 2023 and the College Scorecard) and each school's Common Data Set; figures are rounded and lag the current cycle by one to two years, so confirm deadlines and policies on the school's own site. The typical-admit GPA and SAT are CollegeCalcAI's modeled estimates. Estimates from CollegeCalcAI are a planning tool computed by a fixed, transparent model, not a guarantee of any admission decision.