Admissions & selectivity
Texas A&M University-College Station Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at Texas A&M?
Texas A&M’s reported acceptance rate is 57.4%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 57.4%
Source: College Scorecard · Fall 2024 admissions. Acceptance rates can change from year to year; this figure does not predict the current or next admission cycle.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
Texas A&M University-College Station admitted 57.4% of applicants, a rate well below the median of 78.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size). In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 62,967 applicants, 32,531 admitted, and 12,484 enrolled first-year students.
What SAT and ACT scores do Texas A&M students report?
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported the middle half of enrolled first-year students who submitted SAT scores scored between 1160 and 1390. 77% of the entering class submitted SAT scores.
For the 19% who submitted ACT scores, the middle half ranged from 24 to 32. These ranges describe the twenty-fifth through seventy-fifth percentiles of enrolled students who provided scores, not a minimum for admission.
Applicants can use the university's own 1160 to 1390 SAT band and 24 to 32 ACT band as context for how their results compare with recent score submitters. Among enrolled first-year students with a reported high-school class rank, 72% placed in the highest tenth and 93% in the highest quarter. 72% of the entering class reported a rank.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Texas A&M. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
- 25th percentile
- 1160
- 75th percentile
- 1390
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
- 25th percentile
- 24
- 75th percentile
- 32
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Who enrolls at Texas A&M?
Texas A&M–College Station’s reported Fall 2024 admission rate was 57.4%. Pell Grant recipients made up 19.6% of undergraduates in 2023–24, close to one-fifth of that population.
The historical first-generation share was 30.0%, based on pooled 2015–16 and 2016–17 cohorts. Neither measure establishes a particular career pathway or a current student’s eligibility for aid.
The Fall 2024 entering-student measure was 26.9%. It covers entrants outside the first-time, full-time group, including part-time students, rather than transfers alone.
First-year retention was 94.3% for the Fall 2023 cohort, a separate measure of continuation after entry.
Six-year completion was 83.9% for the first-time, full-time bachelor’s cohort defined below. Pell completion was 77.7% for a different federal-aid cohort.
These populations and entry years are not directly comparable, so subtracting the rates would not measure a Pell completion gap. The graduation-rate explanation describes why the cohort definitions matter.
- Pell Grant recipients
- 19.6%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 26.9%
- First-year retention
- 94.3%
Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.
About these student measures
These measures use different populations and reporting periods, rather than one current entering class. The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.
Texas A&M University-College Station enrolls 59,615 undergraduates, with an estimated 26.9% of students arriving as transfers or part-time students. Pell Grant recipients make up 19.6% of undergraduates, reflecting a substantial presence of students from lower-income backgrounds alongside a large transfer pipeline.
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 62,967 first-year applicants, 32,531 admitted, and 12,484 enrolled. For transfer students, it reported 6,622 applicants, 3,417 admitted, and 3,074 enrolled.
Applicants who qualify for a Pell Grant should complete the FAFSA early and confirm that their financial aid package covers the full cost of attendance before committing.
The first-year retention rate at Texas A&M University-College Station is 94.3%, well above the peer median of 83.1%. The six-year graduation rate for first-time, full-time students is 83.9%, exceeding the peer median of 65.0%.
The six-year completion rate for Pell recipients is 77.7%, below the overall rate by 6.2 percentage points. In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported a retention rate of 95% for the first-time, full-time fall 2024 entering class.
For the first-time, full-time fall 2019 entering class, the six-year graduation rate was 85.0% overall and 76.0% for Pell Grant recipients, below the overall rate. Enrolled students can expect most of their peers to continue past the first year and graduate within six years.
Data & methodology
A missing figure does not mean zero. Sources and reporting periods: methodology.
Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.
Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.
Admission rates describe past applicants, not an individual’s chance of admission; confirm requirements and deadlines with the institution.
Figure notes link to sources and limitations. About College Azimuth.