Texas A&M University--College Stationis a public institution that was founded in the year 1876. It has undergraduate enrollment of around 39,148, its setting is urban, and the campus area is 5,200 acres. It has a semester-based academic calendar. The Texas A&M University--College Station is ranked 58 in 2012 edition of the Best Colleges is National Universities.
All students suppose the nickname at Texas A&M, an academic and athletic powerhouse of the central Texas. Some time ago an all-men’s school called the Agricultural and Mechanical College now made convenient to A&M—the university today is coed and has provides a wide range of majors and activities. The students can opt from over 800 clubs and organizations, including around 60 fraternities and sororities. Around 12 percent of students go Greek. More students, approximately 25 percent, play in the Texas A&M intramural sports leagues, one of the biggest programs in the country. The school’s varsity sports takes part in the NCAA Division I Big twelve Conference, encouraged on by mascot Reveille VIII, a collie. Miss Rev, as the collie is well known, is the highest ranking member in school’s Cadet Corps, the biggest ROTC program in the nation.
The university has highly ranked graduate offerings through its College of Education Mays Business School, Human Development and Dwight Look College of Engineering,. The University, which is known as a research institution, provides unique programs including the only veterinary medicine school in Texas. The University also has a campus in Qatar, where around 300 students enroll. The famous alumni of Texas A&M include dozens of politicians like Louie Gohmert, U.S. Representatives Joe Barton and a handful of the beauty pageant winners, including the Miss USAs Kandace Krueger and the Melissa McConnell.
Campus Location
大学城,TX 77843
General Information
School type-public, coed college
Year founded-1876
Religious affiliation-N/A
Academic calendar-semester
Setting-urban