Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Population 450,000
Map of the United States

Weather

Comfortable Days 110 (71%)
Sunshine Hours 2,435 (28%)
Days Without Precipitation 231 (19%)

Honors College

Name Honors College
Students 4,000 (10%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 39,224
Men / Women 48% / 52%
From State 77%
From Region 9%
Athletes 2.3%

Racial/Ethnic

White 67%
Asian 8%
Black 7%
Hispanic 7%
International 5%
Mixed 4%
Native American 0%

Schools & Majors

Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources 521 32% / 68% 2% $59,698 43 94%
Agricultural Business and Management 52 +1 67% / 33% 4% $74,820 76 92%
Agricultural Education 6 0% / 100% 0% $50,380 17 98%
Animal Sciences 167 16% / 84% 1% $59,728 43 93%
Environmental Studies 72 19% / 81% 4% $65,183 58 94%
Fisheries and Wildlife 51 39% / 61% 0% $45,218 9 93%
Food Science 17 35% / 65% 12% $70,570 69 97%
Forestry 25 64% / 36% 0% $55,146 29 100%
Horticultural Science 30 47% / 53% 0% $46,833 11 97%
Nutritional Sciences 33 +4 27% / 73% 0% $59,829 43 97%
Pre-Veterinary Studies $56,148 32
Soil Science 25 68% / 32% 0% $62,827 52 98%
Veterinary Technology 25 4% / 96% 0% $47,213 11 93%
Environmental/Natural Resource Economics 18 56% / 44% 6% $68,198 64 96%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Arts and Letters 708 43% / 57% 5% $55,235 29 92%
Computational Science 70 +2 67% / 33% 20% $92,540 91
Game and Interactive Media Design 84 +2 80% / 20% 10% $53,546 25 92%
Biological and Physical Sciences 8 50% / 50% 0% $62,972 52
African American Studies 4 +1 0% / 100% 0% $55,795 31
Arabic Language and Literature +5 $73,693 74
Chinese 1 0% / 100% 0% $61,090 47 78%
English 70 +5 19% / 81% 0% $52,000 20 91%
French 8 +13 25% / 75% 0% $55,325 30 86%
German 3 +1 67% / 33% 0% $52,690 22 100%
Humanities 33 +1 21% / 79% 3% $47,426 11 88%
Interdisciplinary Studies 31 +1 16% / 84% 0% $48,684 13 90%
Japanese 5 +6 60% / 40% 0% $61,090 47 78%
Linguistics 11 +2 27% / 73% 0% $65,059 58 89%
Philosophy 9 22% / 78% 11% $55,197 29
Professional Writing 14 +2 29% / 71% 0% $62,496 51 95%
Religious Studies 5 60% / 40% 0% $52,538 22
Russian 1 +1 100% / 0% 0% $62,242 50
Science, Technology and Society 5 +2 40% / 60% 0% $55,657 31
Spanish 14 +8 43% / 57% 0% $55,325 30 86%
Sustainability Studies 44 52% / 48% 2% $60,233 45
Women's Studies 4 +2 0% / 100% 0% $55,523 30
History Teacher Education 6 67% / 33% 0% $50,380 17 98%
Mathematics Teacher Education 4 0% / 100% 0%
Science Education 6 33% / 67% 0%
Art Education 4 0% / 100% 0% $50,380 17 98%
Art History 5 0% / 100% 20% $42,569 6 94%
Digital Arts 59 +1 64% / 36% 2% $48,679 13
Fashion Design 30 17% / 83% 3% $53,546 25 92%
Film Studies 13 69% / 31% 8% $41,259 5
Graphic Design 52 29% / 71% 2% $53,546 25 92%
Interior Design 18 11% / 89% 11% $53,546 25 92%
Jazz Studies 9 78% / 22% 0% $40,222 4 98%
Music Pedagogy 24 58% / 42% 0% $40,222 4 98%
Music Theory and Composition 6 +1 67% / 33% 0% $40,222 4 98%
Studio Art 17 +1 29% / 71% 0% $42,569 6 94%
Theatre 31 19% / 81% 0% $34,228 2 96%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Communication Arts and Sciences 1,075 40% / 60% 2% $68,240 64 95%
Communication Sciences and Disorders 49 0% / 100% 0% $66,897 62 95%
Advertising 553 +6 45% / 55% 2% $71,279 70 94%
Communication 232 +5 48% / 52% 3% $66,250 60 95%
Communication 37 +1 41% / 59% 3% $66,250 60 95%
Journalism 120 +4 29% / 71% 1% $57,964 38 99%
Media and Information 20 55% / 45% 5% $66,250 60 95%
Public Relations 64 +1 20% / 80% 3% $71,279 70 94%
Digital Communication and Media $64,871 57
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Education 549 27% / 73% 1% $63,924 55 96%
Kinesiology 345 +2 37% / 63% 1% $69,586 67 96%
Parks, Recreation and Tourism Resources 12 +1 17% / 83% 8% $49,005 14 100%
Early Childhood Education 12 8% / 92% 8% $53,122 24
Education 122 9% / 91% 0% $53,444 24 97%
Special Education 58 7% / 93% 0% $57,616 37 94%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Engineering 1,458 73% / 27% 9% $97,976 94 98%
Chemical Engineering 70 60% / 40% 10% $96,363 93 96%
Civil Engineering 98 72% / 28% 2% $87,611 88 96%
Computer Engineering 64 +2 83% / 17% 12% $102,390 96 100%
Electrical Engineering 106 +5 89% / 11% 10% $103,231 96 94%
Engineering 35 43% / 57% 6% $78,441 80 100%
General Engineering 83 65% / 35% 4% $97,373 94 96%
Materials Engineering 13 62% / 38% 0% $96,191 93 100%
Mechanical Engineering 240 78% / 22% 10% $99,921 95 99%
Computer Science 472 80% / 20% 15% $103,444 96 99%
Information Technology Project Management 47 49% / 51% 4% $70,965 70 100%
Agricultural and Biological Engineering 52 50% / 50% 2% $81,729 83 100%
Communications Technology/Technician $55,492 30
Construction Engineering Technology/Technician 52 81% / 19% 4% $103,771 96 100%
Packaging Science 126 62% / 38% 2% $96,486 93 97%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Music 21 62% / 38% 5% $40,222 4 98%
Music 2 0% / 100% 0% $40,222 4 98%
Music Performance 19 +1 68% / 32% 5% $40,222 4 98%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Natural Science 1,408 38% / 62% 5% $65,938 60 95%
Astrophysics 29 +2 59% / 41% 7% $48,845 14 94%
Chemical Physics 1 100% / 0% 0% $57,883 38 89%
Chemistry 26 58% / 42% 8% $57,883 38 89%
Computational Mathematics 9 +5 78% / 22% 22% $95,394 93
Geosciences 11 64% / 36% 9% $61,718 49 100%
Mathematics 51 +7 59% / 41% 18% $71,982 72 93%
Physical Sciences $60,004 44
Physics 44 86% / 14% 30% $75,823 77 92%
Statistics 29 +5 69% / 31% 14% $94,462 92 94%
Biochemistry 27 37% / 63% 7% $71,918 71 94%
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 99 +4 49% / 51% 7% $71,918 71 94%
Biology 586 +21 32% / 68% 2% $67,319 63 95%
Botany 7 +1 57% / 43% 14% $52,056 21
Environmental Biology 43 +2 30% / 70% 0% $54,834 28 100%
Microbiology 38 +3 53% / 47% 0% $61,458 48 96%
Molecular Genetics 57 +4 40% / 60% 7% $60,889 46 97%
Neuroscience 180 +5 29% / 71% 3% $65,764 59 97%
Physiology 68 +4 35% / 65% 1% $66,653 61 96%
Entomology $50,181 16 92%
Zoology 103 23% / 77% 0% $50,181 16 92%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Nursing 287 13% / 87% 1% $76,545 78 97%
Dietetics 46 11% / 89% 0% $61,341 48 93%
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences 4 0% / 100% 0% $68,314 65
Medical Laboratory Science 67 19% / 81% 1% $72,734 73 94%
Nursing 170 11% / 89% 1% $82,355 84 99%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Social Science 1,807 38% / 62% 4% $64,578 56 95%
Economics 2 100% / 0% 0% $81,477 83 96%
Economics 225 +12 83% / 17% 8% $81,477 83 96%
Economics 61 67% / 33% 39% $81,477 83 96%
Anthropology 39 +5 23% / 77% 0% $56,556 33 93%
Child Development 1 0% / 100% 0% $47,726 12 90%
Environmental Science and Policy 7 43% / 57% 0% $65,183 58 94%
Family and Community Services 50 +1 12% / 88% 0% $47,726 12 90%
Geographic Information Science and Cartography 7 71% / 29% 0% $72,382 72 96%
Geography 11 +1 64% / 36% 0% $72,382 72 96%
History 38 +13 55% / 45% 5% $48,694 13 95%
International Affairs 76 +5 41% / 59% 1% $75,979 77 94%
International Relations 42 +11 21% / 79% 0% $63,132 53 98%
Political Science 126 +9 54% / 46% 0% $72,784 73 96%
Psychology 502 +64 16% / 84% 3% $56,955 35 96%
Public Policy 13 +1 31% / 69% 0% $57,480 36 100%
Social Sciences 93 +2 45% / 55% 4% $57,956 38 95%
Social Work 60 10% / 90% 0% $55,636 31 95%
Sociology 103 +7 25% / 75% 3% $60,906 46 93%
Child Care and Development $47,726 12 90%
Criminal Justice 208 +26 36% / 64% 1% $66,610 61 95%
Pre-Law 143 +7 45% / 55% 1% $64,247 56 96%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Eli Broad College of Business 1,452 59% / 41% 6% $89,146 89 96%
Accounting 159 64% / 36% 3% $89,991 90 98%
Actuarial Science 21 +2 86% / 14% 24% $94,209 92 98%
Business Administration 86 +1 57% / 43% 6% $89,274 89 97%
Finance 390 78% / 22% 6% $98,136 94 95%
Hospitality Management 104 43% / 57% 12% $61,140 47 98%
Human Resource Management 33 +2 55% / 45% 0% $85,840 87 89%
Human Resources Management 82 +7 28% / 72% 2% $85,840 87 89%
Marketing 237 32% / 68% 0% $87,001 88 97%
Supply Chain Management 340 66% / 34% 12% $89,274 89 97%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $20,235
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $47,543
Est. In-State Cost $26,176
Est. Out-of-State Cost $61,502
ROI Percentile 74th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 90%
4-Year Graduation Rate 63%
6-Year Graduation Rate 81%
Transfer-Out Rate 11%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

% Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Business & Economics 24.8% 2,305 58% / 42% 6% $83,692 85 95%
Humanities & Social Sciences 20.7% 1,921 31% / 69% 2% $60,552 45 95%
Life & Natural Sciences 12.0% 1,113 35% / 65% 3% $66,408 61 96%
Engineering 7.6% 709 74% / 26% 8% $97,159 94 98%
Agriculture & Food Science 7.6% 704 30% / 70% 1% $59,823 43 94%
Computer Science 7.2% 673 77% / 23% 14% $93,814 92 98%
Health Sciences 6.8% 635 25% / 75% 1% $73,121 73 96%
Professional 5.7% 529 49% / 51% 2% $76,740 78 96%
Arts 3.1% 289 41% / 59% 3% $46,282 10 95%
Education 2.2% 208 11% / 89% 0% $54,554 27 96%
Physical Sciences & Math 2.2% 200 68% / 32% 16% $71,317 70 93%

Research R1

Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Physical Sciences & Math $246M #9 72% $0.7M 87 #27 676 141
Agriculture & Food Science $179M #5 35% $6.2M 37 #12 302 111
Life & Natural Sciences $166M #31 52% $9.0M 65 #37 320 196
Engineering $98.7M #53 43% $5.6M 78 #51 429 52
Health Sciences $89.0M #67 56% $2.1M 18 #99 115 39
Humanities & Social Sciences $56.9M #33 42% $0.5M 158 #14 347 27
Business & Economics $26.4M #15 44% $0.7M 34 #24 74
Computer Science $22.3M #47 53% $0.5M 27 #30 174 6
Education $17.8M #32 41% $0.6M 51 #59
Total $903M #35 52% $25.8M 555 #31 2,437 572

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 83%
Yield (Unbound) 18%
Early Action Nov 1
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 84% 82% 88%

Early Action and Restrictive Early Action applicants are reported at the regular-decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 58%
SAT Range 1100 – 1310
SAT Math Range 530 – 660
SAT RW Range 550 – 660

Rankings

Fun and Games

Party til You Drop (Out) Party Schools
Schmooze

Prestige

I Peaked in AP Calc But Now I Get Priority Registration Top 15 Honors Colleges
I Only Came Here For The Better Dorms And Free Printing

My Tribe

Call Your Mother! Most Jewish
Significant Community

Engineering

It's Not About Molecules, It's About Pipes Chemical Engineering
High-Vis Vests & Factory Floor Grunts
Playing House Civil Engineering
Project Managers
Resistance Is Not Futile Electrical Engineering
Short Circuit Survivors
Hugging Trees with Calculus Environmental Engineering
Carbon Crushers
Is It a Solid? Is It a Liquid? Yes. Materials Engineering
Solid State
WD-40 & Duct Tape Mechanical Engineering & Robotics
The Kinetic Energy Cartel

Computer Science

No, I Can't Fix Your Printer Computer Science (Eng)
10k-Student Server Crashers
Explaining That HTML is Not a Programming Language Computer Science (A&S)
10k-Student Server Crashers

Physical Sciences & Math

Breaking Bad Chemistry
Agri-Chem & Geo
Rocks and Whales Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Fossil Hunters
The "I Understand Interstellar" Elite Physics & Astronomy
Our Labs Have Labs (The Experimentalists)
No Words Allowed Pure Mathematics
Number Crunchers

Life & Natural Sciences

Pre-Med Reject Waiting Room Biology
The Double Helix
Photosynthesis Fan Club Ecology & Plant Biology
Greenhouse Gang
Memorizing 206 Bones Human Biology
Lab Partners

Agriculture & Food Science

Show Me the Bushels Agribusiness & Economics
Suits with Boots
Farming with Numbers Biological & Agricultural Engineering
Farm to Lab
Doomsday Prepping with Data Environmental Science
Ecosystem Engineers
Better Eating Through Chemistry Food Science & Nutrition
Lab Coat Foodies
Farmers, Cowboys, and Tree Huggers Plant & Agricultural Systems
The Land Grants
Puppies Over People Zoology & Veterinary Sciences
We Can Pet It AND Fix Its Spleen

Health Sciences

Future Heroes (With 12-Hour Shifts) Nursing
Clinical Hours
Legal Drug Dealers Pharmacy
The Compound
Sweat Equity Sports & Fitness
ESPN Scholars

Business & Economics

PowerPoint Presentation Power Rankings Business Administration
Regional Boardroom Rulers
Pivot Tables & Missing Pallets Business Analytics
Just-In-Time Jugglers
It's Basic Supply and Demand, Bro Economics
The Aggie-Econ & Applied Regressions Guild
Wolf of Wall Street Prep Finance
Fortune 500 Feeders
May I Take Your Order? Hospitality & Tourism
Industry Connected
Office Politics 101 Human Resources
Talent Whisperers
Tik-Tok Generation Marketing
The Creatives
Ballers, Shot Callers & Hollywood Hustlers Sports & Entertainment Business
Nepo-Baby Adjacent

Humanities & Social Sciences

Much Ado About Nothing English, Literature & Writing
Page Turners
Saving the Planet, One Policy at a Time Environmental Policy & Sustainability
Compost Curriculum
Mappy Few, the Cartography Crew Geography & Cartography
Bermuda Triangulators
Model UN Generation Government & Politics
Caucus Crew
Hindsight is 20/20 (And So is My Salary) History & Archaeology
The Time Travelers
Nosy for a Living Journalism
Statehouse Press-Corps Factories
Professional Yapping Media & Communication Studies
State-Funded Media Monoliths
The "Why Are We Here?" Support Group Philosophy & Ethics
Existential Crisis Club
Spin Class Professional Communication
State-Flagship Spin Machines
I Want To Understand Myself Psychology
Corporate Compliance Consultants
Everything is a Construct Sociology & Anthropology
Survey Says
Grammar Police Academy World Languages & Linguistics
Syntax Scholars

Education

No Johnny, Don't Eat Your Buggers Early Education
Brat Whisperers
Surviving PTA Karens General Education
Shaping the Shapers
Hablas Pedagogy? Languages Education
Grammar Gurus
History Repeats Itself Social Sciences Education
Map and Map Quest
Everyone Gets a Medal Special Education
Inclusive Classroom Crew
Gym Class Heroes and Art Teachers Specific Subjects Education
Studio to Schoolroom
Show Your Work, Then Teach It STEM Education
Lab Coat Lecturers

Arts

Sleep Deprivation by Design Architecture
Building Blocks

Professional

The Hard Hat Caste Construction
Subs and Specs
Future Lawyers (and Their Future Anxiety) Law
FBI Most Wanted... To Hire