College Scorecard · cost, debt & earnings

Texas A&M University-College Station

College Station, TX · Public · Bachelor-granting · 59,615 undergrads · 57% admitted

Do students finish?

84% complete

Most students who start here finish.

What does it cost?

$32,696/yr net

Average annual price after grants & scholarships. ~$130,784 over four years if you finish on time.

What former students go on to earn

The middle 50% of students who received federal aid, measured 10 years after they entered (an earlier entering class — not a guarantee, and not limited to those who graduated). Earnings vary enormously by field of study.

$72,097 median, 10 yrs after entry

25th pct $48,234 median $72,097 75th pct $106,337

86% earn more than a typical high-school graduate (the dashed line above, $28,000 — a fixed, somewhat dated federal benchmark) ten years on.

Your major matters more than your school

The school-wide figure above blends every major together — but pay varies enormously by program. Pick a degree level (and search your major) to compare like-for-like.

Read these on their own terms. Program pay is measured 1 year after completing the program (early career, graduates only) — not the same as the school-wide number above, which is 10 years after a student first enrolled. Don't compare a program figure to the school figure; use the programs to compare majors to each other.

79 Bachelor's programs · $21,990 to $84,377 (1 yr out)

MajorPay · 1yr outMedian debt

Petroleum Engineering.Bachelor's $84,377 $18,969

Computer Science.Bachelor's $76,419 $20,395

Chemical Engineering.Bachelor's $76,110 $18,017

Computer and Information Sciences, General.Bachelor's $74,604 —

Computer Engineering.Bachelor's $72,777 $21,750

Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering.Bachelor's $71,317 $20,968

Mechanical Engineering.Bachelor's $71,020 $19,389

Nuclear Engineering.Bachelor's $70,571 $18,471

Marine Transportation.Bachelor's $69,754 $23,406

Management Information Systems and Services.Bachelor's $69,062 $19,500

Construction Engineering Technology/Technician.Bachelor's $68,699 $19,000

Information Science/Studies.Bachelor's $68,669 —

Biomedical/Medical Engineering.Bachelor's $68,154 $19,000

Industrial Engineering.Bachelor's $67,166 $18,749

Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians.Bachelor's $66,830 $24,937

Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering.Bachelor's $66,244 $21,999

Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.Bachelor's $65,583 $21,657

Civil Engineering.Bachelor's $65,401 $19,500

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.Bachelor's $64,614 $18,420

Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians.Bachelor's $64,503 $22,353

General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations.Bachelor's $64,426 $20,787

Ocean Engineering.Bachelor's $64,260 $26,000

Business/Commerce, General.Bachelor's $63,915 —

Finance and Financial Management Services.Bachelor's $61,878 $16,671

Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General.Bachelor's $61,344 —

Agricultural Engineering.Bachelor's $60,523 $18,000

Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.Bachelor's $60,473 $15,000

Business Administration, Management and Operations.Bachelor's $57,357 $17,974

Agricultural Mechanization.Bachelor's $54,782 —

Food Science and Technology.Bachelor's $52,935 —

Agriculture, General.Bachelor's $51,124 $17,375

Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management.Bachelor's $48,710 $18,918

Economics.Bachelor's $47,856 $17,120

Geography and Cartography.Bachelor's $47,779 $16,479

Landscape Architecture.Bachelor's $47,770 $23,734

Applied Mathematics.Bachelor's $47,551 $16,032

Agricultural Business and Management.Bachelor's $47,029 $16,500

Human Resources Management and Services.Bachelor's $46,329 $16,053

Marketing.Bachelor's $45,553 $19,500

Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences.Bachelor's $44,059 $18,686

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other.Bachelor's $43,511 $18,336

Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology.Bachelor's $43,394 $19,529

Chemistry.Bachelor's $42,508 $18,488

Plant Sciences.Bachelor's $42,469 $17,249

Mathematics.Bachelor's $40,796 $15,257

Physics.Bachelor's $39,684 $19,500

Communication and Media Studies.Bachelor's $38,932 $15,750

Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services.Bachelor's $38,589 $19,500

Architecture.Bachelor's $38,352 $17,781

Nutrition Sciences.Bachelor's $37,863 $19,250

Agricultural Public Services.Bachelor's $37,526 $15,644

City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning.Bachelor's $36,967 $17,720

Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.Bachelor's $36,824 $14,000

Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services.Bachelor's $35,444 $16,706

Natural Resources Conservation and Research.Bachelor's $35,249 $19,487

Soil Sciences.Bachelor's $35,050 —

Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.Bachelor's $34,686 $17,731

Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies.Bachelor's $34,494 —

Radio, Television, and Digital Communication.Bachelor's $34,448 $16,263

Political Science and Government.Bachelor's $34,443 $17,595

International/Globalization Studies.Bachelor's $33,739 $17,250

Hospitality Administration/Management.Bachelor's $33,178 $15,781

Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness.Bachelor's $32,938 $18,667

Animal Sciences.Bachelor's $32,078 $17,592

English Language and Literature, General.Bachelor's $32,019 $18,930

Computer Software and Media Applications.Bachelor's $31,492 $19,739

Sociology.Bachelor's $31,129 $17,410

History.Bachelor's $30,523 $16,751

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General.Bachelor's $30,093 $15,750

Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management.Bachelor's $29,688 $24,114

Philosophy.Bachelor's $29,277 $17,375

Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology.Bachelor's $29,256 $17,500

Psychology, General.Bachelor's $27,509 $17,750

Biology, General.Bachelor's $26,047 $17,225

Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology.Bachelor's $24,794 $21,624

Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services.Bachelor's $24,060 —

Zoology/Animal Biology.Bachelor's $23,154 $16,713

Anthropology.Bachelor's $22,162 $20,554

Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy.Bachelor's $21,990 $21,657

The Dept. of Education omits programs with too few graduates (to protect privacy), so not every major appears. Pay is a median for federally-aided graduates. Full program detail on the official Scorecard.

Typical federal loan debt

$15,000

≈ 21% of one year's typical earnings here

This counts federal student loans only — not private loans, Parent PLUS loans, or family savings, so the true cost of borrowing is usually higher.

What these numbers are — and are not

Every figure here is an institution-wide median from the U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard. It is not a prediction of what you would earn or owe — a computer-science and a fine-arts graduate of the same school can earn wildly different amounts, and your field of study matters more than your school. It is not a figure for any one program, not proof the school caused the outcome (selective schools admit students who would earn more anyway), and not a "best college" ranking. Earnings and debt cover federally-aided students.

→ The number that actually answers "worth it" is earnings by major — see the by-major breakdown above (130 programs at this school).

Also available: structured data (JSON-LD) · plain text · JSON. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard (2026-06-10 release). · school website