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Texas A&M acceptance rate

Texas A&M University · College Station, Texas · Public · 59,615 undergraduates

57.4%
accepted, fall 2024
54,669
applications
31,397
offers of admission
12,530
enrolled (40% of those admitted)

Getting in has become much harder. In fall 2014 Texas A&M admitted 71% of applicants; in fall 2024, 57%. Fall 2024 was the most selective year for Texas A&M in federal records going back to 2001: 57% of 54,669 applicants got an offer. Offers turn into enrollments at a high rate: 12,530 of the 31,397 admitted students enrolled (40%), against about 20% at the median four-year college.

Acceptance rate since 2001

0%20%40%60%80%2001200320052007200920112013201520172019202120242001 69%2002 68%2003 67%2004 72%2005 70%2006 73%2007 72%2008 70%2009 67%2010 69%2011 63%2012 67%2013 69%2014 71%2015 67%2016 67%2017 71%2018 68%2019 58%2020 63%2021 64%2022 63%2023 63%2024 57%
Share of first-time, first-year applicants offered admission, by fall term.
Show the numbers by year
FallAppliedAdmittedRateEnrolled
202454,66931,39757.4%12,530
202350,83232,14963.2%13,753
202243,42227,20362.6%12,490
202143,76328,13264.3%12,323
202042,87227,12563.3%11,110
201942,47624,54957.8%10,613
201836,00024,34367.6%11,133
201736,66925,86670.5%11,639
201634,78023,36167.2%10,142
201533,21322,13466.6%10,318
201432,19022,86371.0%10,835
201331,38721,80369.5%10,241
201227,73018,54666.9%8,143
201125,99016,48863.4%8,254
201023,31416,00368.6%8,176
200922,96915,36966.9%8,104
200820,88714,64070.1%8,091
200718,77813,53072.1%8,076
200617,38212,77473.5%7,799
200517,91112,54770.1%7,079
200417,32412,42671.7%7,068
200317,25011,63967.5%6,675
200217,28411,77768.1%6,949
200116,68111,55869.3%6,760

Applications and offers

020k40k60k20012004200720102013201620192024AppliedAdmitted2001 Applied: 17k Admitted: 12k2002 Applied: 17k Admitted: 12k2003 Applied: 17k Admitted: 12k2004 Applied: 17k Admitted: 12k2005 Applied: 18k Admitted: 13k2006 Applied: 17k Admitted: 13k2007 Applied: 19k Admitted: 14k2008 Applied: 21k Admitted: 15k2009 Applied: 23k Admitted: 15k2010 Applied: 23k Admitted: 16k2011 Applied: 26k Admitted: 16k2012 Applied: 28k Admitted: 19k2013 Applied: 31k Admitted: 22k2014 Applied: 32k Admitted: 23k2015 Applied: 33k Admitted: 22k2016 Applied: 35k Admitted: 23k2017 Applied: 37k Admitted: 26k2018 Applied: 36k Admitted: 24k2019 Applied: 42k Admitted: 25k2020 Applied: 43k Admitted: 27k2021 Applied: 44k Admitted: 28k2022 Applied: 43k Admitted: 27k2023 Applied: 51k Admitted: 32k2024 Applied: 55k Admitted: 31k
First-year applications received and offers made, by fall term.

Acceptance rate for women and men

Fall 2024AppliedAdmittedRate
Women27,41115,81557.7%
Men27,25815,58257.2%

SAT, ACT and test policy

Test scores in admission
Considered if submitted (test-optional)
SAT reading and writing
580 to 690 (middle 50% of enrolled students)
SAT math
570 to 710
ACT composite
25 to 31

Colleges similar to Texas A&M

The six public four-year colleges closest to Texas A&M in acceptance rate and undergraduate enrollment.

CollegeAcceptance rateUndergraduatesAvg net priceEarnings after 10 yrs
Rutgers
New Brunswick, NJ		58%37,751$24,897$80,490
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH		61%45,638$17,269$67,080
South Carolina
Columbia, SC		60%29,820$22,197$69,024
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA		55%30,923$25,808$88,716
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN		50%44,503$14,851$80,082
FIU
Miami, FL		55%39,508$11,462$65,722

Admissions counts are first-time, first-year applicants reported by Texas A&M to IPEDS for each fall term (2001 to 2024), read from the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Test score ranges and policy come from the College Scorecard. College Scorecard data updated November 2, 2026. How these figures are built · Texas A&M on College Scorecard