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Texas A & M University-Kingsville

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Texas A&M-Kingsville is a South Texas public university where engineering, agriculture and natural-resource fields reflect the region around it.

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Institutional profile

Regionally focused Strong in mobility, and solid in affordability.
Academic Emerging Affordability Solid Career Emerging Mobility Strong Experience Emerging
Academic standing Emerging
Affordability Solid
Career outcomes Emerging
Mobility Strong
Student experience Emerging
Admission
92.3% admitted

7,915 applicants in the reported year

Price by income
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Completion
53.1%

$51,450 median earnings 10 years after enrollment

What sets Texas A & M University-Kingsville apart

Academic design

Its academic structure includes colleges of agriculture and natural resources, engineering, arts and sciences, business, and education and human performance.

Campus pattern

Kingsville offers a residential South Texas campus with Javelina traditions, student organizations and athletics at the center of student life.

Career & value signal

The combination of regional agriculture, wildlife and engineering programs gives the university a strong place-based academic identity.

Can I get in?

92.3% admitted

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Recent applicant pool

7,915

About 92 in every 100 applicants were admitted.

Admission rate 92.3%
Entering class

Academic range

SAT middle 50%980–1160
8601280

Of admitted students, 1% submitted an SAT, and 0% submitted an ACT. Very few of the admitted class reported a score at all, so the SAT and ACT ranges describe those students rather than the class.

Academic benchmarkLess selective

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Where your GPA sits in the entering class

The full entering-class GPA distribution for Texas A & M University-Kingsville, in nine bands from 4.0 down, with your own record marked on it.

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What Texas A & M University-Kingsville weighs when it reads a file

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What moves the application

The evidence that separates a strong file

01

Show preparation for this curriculum

Its academic structure includes colleges of agriculture and natural resources, engineering, arts and sciences, business, and education and human performance.

02

Make institutional fit specific

Texas A&M-Kingsville is a South Texas public university where engineering, agriculture and natural-resource fields reflect the region around it.

03

Use the application route carefully

Keep academic direction and school-specific choices coherent across the application.

How to apply

Rounds, route, and required materials

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Regular DecisionFeb 15
Application routeInstitution application

$40 application fee

Major and program admission

Some fields have their own entry path.

The college admit rate above covers the university as a whole. These requirements apply only to the named program.

BusinessAdmits separately

What this program asks for, and when it closes.

Teacher preparationAdmits separately

What this program asks for, and when it closes.

EngineeringAdmits separately

What this program asks for, and when it closes.

Can I afford it?

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Published annual cost$27,570
Average annual cost after aid, in-state$12,000
Affordability profileSolid

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Average annual cost by household income at Texas A & M University-Kingsville

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  • $0–30k 
  • $30–48k 
  • $48–75k 
  • $75–110k 
  • $110k+ 
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Is it worth it?

Completion, debt, and earnings

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Complete within 8 years53.1%

Degree completion across the reported entering cohort

Return after year one65.7%

First-year students who return for year two

Median federal debtWhat students owe on the way out

And what that comes to against what they earn.

Median earnings$51,450

Reported 10 years after enrollment

Academic portfolio

Largest bachelor’s fields

How many students finish in each field, and median earnings four years after completing the program.

Animal Sciences

Recent graduates49
Median earnings$44,214

Admits separately

Biology, General

Recent graduates46
Median earnings$42,405

What is campus life like?

Texas A & M University-Kingsville beyond the classroom

Kingsville offers a residential South Texas campus with Javelina traditions, student organizations and athletics at the center of student life.

Academics

A defining academic feature

Its academic structure includes colleges of agriculture and natural resources, engineering, arts and sciences, business, and education and human performance.

Campus setting

What shapes an ordinary week

Kingsville offers a residential South Texas campus with Javelina traditions, student organizations and athletics at the center of student life.

Career & value

Where the degree can lead

The combination of regional agriculture, wildlife and engineering programs gives the university a strong place-based academic identity.

4,748 undergraduatesSouthwesttown settingCampus housing available