Texas A&M University

WORLD RANK

2012-13
156

College Station, United States

Region: North America

  • Overall score
    50.9
  • Teaching
    46.4
  • International outlook
    47.2
  • Industry income
    45.5
  • Research
    58.3
  • Citations
    49.3

In a nod to its origins as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas in 1876, the Lone Star State's flagship university has some 49,000 "Aggies" on its main campus alone, with more in Galveston and the Middle Eastern state of Qatar. More than 2,800 scholars in 10 colleges offer award-winning teaching and research.