Texas · Public · Predominantly bachelor's

Texas A&M

College Station, Texas. 59,099 undergraduate students. 377 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.

ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS

What the data flags at Texas A&M

Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.

PEER OUTLIER · TRENDING BETTER+32%

Public bachelor's-predominant peer

10-year earnings at Texas A & M University-College Station are 32% above the public bachelor's-predominant peer median ($72.1k vs $54.5k).

SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT

The numbers, vs. Texas

Each tile compares this institution to the Texas median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 10Y
$72,097+21% · 6→10y
Texas median $39,639
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 6Y
$59,386
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry
COMPLETION · 150%
83.8%+22% · '97→'24
Texas median 51.8%
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$15,000+18% · '97→'09
At program completion
UNDERGRAD ENROLLMENT
59,099+74% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS
RETENTION
94.3%+5% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time
ADMISSION RATE
63.2%-17% · '01→'24
latest cohort
IN-STATE TUITION
$13,099+290% · '00→'24
out-of-state $40,328
SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS

How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry

Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).

ALL FEDERALLY AIDED STUDENTS · TAX-RECORD EARNINGSVINTAGE 2025-05
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS

What loans cost relative to earnings

Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.

Institution-wide

2.8%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $15,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $72,097 (10y after entry).

SECTION 04 · LONG ARC

Ten-plus year arc

Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.

UNDERGRAD · 1996202459,615
59,61533,92619962024
Undergraduate enrollment.IPEDS EF
COMPLETION 150% · 1997202483.9%
84%69%19972024
150%-time completion rate.IPEDS GR
MEDIAN DEBT · 19972009$12,750
$12,750$10,78519972009
Median federal student debt at exit.SCORECARD
COMPLETION · 150% · 19972024+22%

Texas A&M · completion · 150% rose

68.7% → 83.9%

COMPLETION · 100% · 19972024+154%

Texas A&M · completion · 100% rose

24.1% → 61.2%

UNDERGRAD ENROLLMENT · 19962024+74%

Texas A&M · undergrad enrollment rose

34,298 → 59,615

IN-STATE TUITION · 20002024+290%

Texas A&M · in-state tuition rose

$3,374 → $13,154

OUT-OF-STATE TUITION · 20002024+308%

Texas A&M · out-of-state tuition rose

$9,824 → $40,124

PELL SHARE · 20082024+20%

Texas A&M · pell share rose

16.3% → 19.6%

EARNINGS_MEDIAN_10YR · 20072020+26%

Texas A&M · earnings_median_10yr rose

$57,300 → $72,097

EARNINGS_MEDIAN_8YR · 20052020+31%

Texas A&M · earnings_median_8yr rose

$50,400 → $66,077

EARNINGS_MEDIAN_6YR · 20032020+33%

Texas A&M · earnings_median_6yr rose

$44,500 → $59,386

SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS

Ranked by 5-year earnings

Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.

Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences.CIP 5105 · Master's Degree$288,92117 gradsMedicine.CIP 5112 · First Professional Degree$171,500146 gradsDentistry.CIP 5104 · First Professional Degree$155,720104 gradsAdvanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences.CIP 5105 · Graduate/Professional Certificate$150,28644 gradsPharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration.CIP 5120 · First Professional Degree$148,869112 gradsBusiness Administration, Management and Operations.CIP 5202 · Master's Degree$148,001284 gradsReal Estate.CIP 5215 · Master's Degree$139,75858 gradsEducational Administration and Supervision.CIP 1304 · Doctoral Degree$130,53214 gradsFinance and Financial Management Services.CIP 5208 · Master's Degree$130,12850 gradsPetroleum Engineering.CIP 1425 · Bachelor's Degree$125,028106 gradsVeterinary Medicine.CIP 0180 · First Professional Degree$124,471134 gradsChemical Engineering.CIP 1407 · Bachelor's Degree$123,773232 gradsBusiness/Commerce, General.CIP 5201 · Bachelor's Degree$121,421Computer Engineering.CIP 1409 · Bachelor's Degree$119,310160 gradsMarketing.CIP 5214 · Master's Degree$114,73268 gradsComputer and Information Sciences, General.CIP 1101 · Bachelor's Degree$114,065Mechanical Engineering.CIP 1419 · Master's Degree$112,661106 gradsMarine Transportation.CIP 4903 · Bachelor's Degree$109,47067 gradsElectrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering.CIP 1410 · Bachelor's Degree$107,294247 gradsInformation Science/Studies.CIP 1104 · Master's Degree$106,083163 gradsInformation Science/Studies.CIP 1104 · Bachelor's Degree$103,984Industrial Engineering.CIP 1435 · Bachelor's Degree$103,679217 gradsAnimal Sciences.CIP 0109 · Master's Degree$102,69926 gradsTeacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.CIP 1312 · Master's Degree$101,78650 grads
Showing top 24 of 109 ranked programs.377 TOTAL PROGRAMS
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY

109 programs with earnings, grouped

Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.

COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11

EDUCATION · CIP 13

ENGINEERING · CIP 14

ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15

FOREIGN LANGUAGES · CIP 16

FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES · CIP 19

LEGAL PROFESSIONS · CIP 22

ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23

BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26

MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS · CIP 27

MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30

PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31

PHILOSOPHY & RELIGIOUS STUDIES · CIP 38

PHYSICAL SCIENCES · CIP 40

PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42

HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44

SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45

TRANSPORTATION & MATERIALS MOVING · CIP 49

HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51

BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52

HISTORY · CIP 54

AGRICULTURE · CIP 01

NATURAL RESOURCES & CONSERVATION · CIP 03

ARCHITECTURE · CIP 04

COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09

FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION

Estimate the financial outcome at Texas A&M

Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.

Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.

NET PRESENT VALUE
$437,498
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 9
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 9year 0year 39
Cost per year
$18,685
HS-only baseline · TX
$37,300
Years to complete
4
CIP family
26

Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.

CAUSAL DISCIPLINE

Texas A&M graduates earn $X” — not “Texas A&M makes you earn $X”

Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Texas A&M caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.

Methodology →