The University

• Founded in 1876, Texas A&M University is currently the fourth largest campus in the United States with a total enrollment of more than 45,000 students.

• The University has approximately 2,500 faculty and more than 8,000 students pursuing graduate and professional education in more than 120 degree programs.

• Texas A&M is one of only three Texas universities to be a member of the prestigious American Association of Universities.

• Texas A&M is the only university in the U.S. ranked in the top 10 in student enrollment, enrollment of National Merit Scholars, and size of financial endowment.

• Texas A&M faculty members are involved in more than 3,300 projects supported by research grants. The National Science Foundation recently ranked Texas A&M 15th among all colleges and universities in money spent on research, $397 million in 2001.

• A recent independent study conducted at the University of Florida found that Texas A&M ranked 15th in overall research quality among U.S. institutions of higher education.

• Texas A&M enrolls more than 3,800 graduate students from diverse racial and cultural backgrounds and is consistently ranked in the top 20 for number of doctoral degrees awarded to ethnic minority students.

• Each year, more than 50% of all entering freshman at Texas A&M graduated in the top 10% of their high school class. The average SAT score for the 2001 academic year was 1177.

• Texas A&M University is home to the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum and the affiliated George Bush School of Government and Public Service.

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