2025-2026
Accept rate
51.7%
- Applicants
- 62,967
- Admits
- 32,531
- Enrolled
- 12,484
- Yield
- 38.4%
Texas A&M University received 62,967 applications for 2025-2026 and admitted 51.7% of applicants; 12,484 admitted students enrolled (a 38.4% yield). That compares with an acceptance rate of 66.5% in 2016-2017. The middle 50% of enrolled first-year students scored 1160–1390 on the SAT and 24–32 on the ACT. The total cost of attendance was $25,822, and the average need-based grant was $14,086.
| Year | Applications | Admits | Enrolled | Accept Rate | Yield Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-2026 | 62,967 | 32,531 | 12,484 | 51.7% | 38.4% |
| 2024-2025 | 54,905 | 31,472 | 12,498 | 57.3% | 39.7% |
| 2023-2024 | 51,108 | 32,249 | 13,721 | 63.1% | 42.5% |
| 2022-2023 | 43,422 | 27,203 | 12,490 | 62.6% | 45.9% |
| 2021-2022 | 44,110 | 28,287 | 12,314 | 64.1% | 43.5% |
| 2020-2021 | 43,307 | 27,287 | 11,099 | 63.0% | 40.7% |
| 2019-2020 | 42,899 | 24,676 | 10,602 | 57.5% | 43.0% |
| 2018-2019 | 36,423 | 24,503 | 11,123 | 67.3% | 45.4% |
| 2017-2018 | 37,191 | 26,064 | 11,637 | 70.1% | 44.6% |
| 2016-2017 | 35,494 | 23,594 | 10,142 | 66.5% | 43.0% |
Relative importance reported in the latest available Common Data Set.
| Factor | Very Important | Important | Considered | Not Considered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academic | ||||
| Rigor of secondary school record | ✓ | |||
| Class rank | ✓ | |||
| Academic GPA | ✓ | |||
| Standardized test scores | ✓ | |||
| Application essay | ✓ | |||
| Recommendation(s) | ✓ | |||
| Nonacademic | ||||
| Interview | ✓ | |||
| Extracurricular activities | ✓ | |||
| Talent/ability | ✓ | |||
| Character/personal qualities | ✓ | |||
| First generation | ✓ | |||
| Alumni/ae relation | ✓ | |||
| Geographical residence | ✓ | |||
| State residency | ✓ | |||
| Religious affiliation/commitment | ✓ | |||
| Volunteer work | ✓ | |||
| Work experience | ✓ | |||
| Level of applicant's interest | ✓ | |||