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Seven A&M System Campuses Among Top 100 Best Bang For The Buck Rankings

The rankings measure the schools that are the best value based on “net price,” which the guide explains is affordability and how well the universities do graduating students.
By Therese McDevitt, Texas A&M Marketing & Communications March 9, 2015

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Texas A&M University, College Station

Seven campuses in The Texas A&M University System were among the top 100 Best Bang for the Buck rankings of Southern universities, according to The Other College Guide: A Roadmap for the Right School for You published by the Washington Monthly magazine.

Texas A&M University in College Station ranked second and Texas A&M International University in Laredo finished fourth. Prairie View A&M University (21), Texas A&M University-Commerce (22), Texas A&M University-Kingsville (40), Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (83) and Tarleton State University (98) also scored in the top 100.

The rankings measure the schools that are the best value based on “net price,” which the guide explains is affordability and how well the universities do graduating students.

The guide calculated Texas A&M’s net price at $11,925, or about $2,700 better than The University of Texas at Austin.

The Washington Monthly also ranks universities nationally based on how well they produce cutting-edge scholarship and PhDs, recruit and graduate low-income students, and encourage students to give something back to their country.

In 2014, Texas A&M University ranked fourth nationally and best in Texas.

About the A&M System

The A&M System is one of the largest systems of higher education in the nation, with a budget of $3.8 billion. Through a statewide network of 11 universities, seven state agencies, two service units and a comprehensive health science center, the A&M System educates more than 131,000 students and makes more than 22 million additional educational contacts through service and outreach programs each year. Externally funded research expenditures exceed $820 million and help drive the state’s economy.

Media contact: Therese McDevitt, Texas A&M Division of Marketing & Communications.

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