College Station, TX · Public · Every figure is for a student starting in fall 2027. We work each one out again whenever we update the site.
How to pay for Texas A&M University-College Station
What a year costs here, what brings it down, and what a SmartTuition plan could save a family like yours.
Paying for four years here
Four years here, after grants
$75,657
A SmartTuition plan could save a family like this about $4,200.
A SmartTuition plan shows what to pay from where, each semester, using your own numbers.
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A family of four with good credit and $500 a month for college. How we worked these out ↓
A year at Texas A&M
| Full price, in state | $25,864 |
| Full price, out of state | $55,204 |
| After grants, at your income | $17,727 |
At this income, 24 of Texas's other 58 colleges cost less after grants, and 34 cost more. See them all →
What can bring it down
Merit scholarships. In state: The Regents' Scholarship gives first-generation Texas students with family income under $50,000 up to $6,000 a year for four years. The student lives on campus the first year and must keep showing financial need (and 1 more below).
Texas A&M's promise. Aggie Assurance: tuition and fees covered for Texas students with family income and assets of $100,000 or less. The conditions ↓
Pay less for college
A SmartTuition plan shows what to pay from where, each semester.
At Texas A&M, our scenarios for Texas households with good parent credit show a SmartTuition plan saving a median of about $9,200 over four years. How we worked this out ↓
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What Texas A&M University-College Station says it awards for grades and test scores.
In state: the Regents' Scholarship gives first-generation Texas students with family income under $50,000 up to $6,000 a year for four years. The student lives on campus the first year and must keep showing financial need.
In state: the Century Scholarship pays $5,000 a year for four years to students from designated Texas high schools. Texas A&M does not stack academic scholarships; a student gets the highest one.
Published guarantees you may qualify for
We do not assume you qualify for any of these, and our plans never bank on them. Check each against your own situation with the aid office.
Aggie Assurance: tuition and fees covered for Texas students with family income and assets of $100,000 or less
Household income up to $100,000. Covers tuition, fees.
- The $100,000 limit counts family income and assets together. The student has financial need, files the FAFSA or the Texas application by January 15, and is in a first bachelor's degree.
- The student is full time each fall and spring, keeps a 2.5 GPR, and may receive it up to four consecutive years.
“Aggie Assurance fully covers tuition and fees for eligible students. To be considered, students must meet all of the following requirements: Have a family income and assets of $100,000 or less (for incoming undergraduate students starting Fall 2026) Aggie Assurance may be received for up to four consecutive academic years and is available only during the Fall and Spring semesters.”
How we worked these out
The family
A family of four with good parent credit and $500 a month to put toward college, and the savings you pick. In state, the grants are what Texas A&M reports families at that income got, on average. Your own will differ, and a family with no aid pays close to the full price. Out of state, there are no grants: the price is before any scholarship from the college.
What a SmartTuition plan saves
The difference, over four years, between a SmartTuition plan and the standard approach: savings first, then loans for the rest. It counts loan interest and the federal tax credit.
The $9,200 in the “Pay less for college” box near the top of this page is the median saving in Texas A&M's own scenarios. Each scenario is a household that lives in Texas, with an income from $45,000 to $200,000 and savings of none, $40,000 or $100,000 in a 529. We price Texas A&M at the aid it reports for that income.
Every scenario has parents with good credit and $500 a month toward college. The card above uses the same two. A scenario where the parents would borrow more than $65,000 is left out.
The prices by income
- They describe students who got aid.
- “Over $110,000” has no upper limit, so it averages families just over $110,000 with far wealthier ones. A family at $115,000 should expect to pay less than it shows.
- Each range is reported on its own, so the prices do not always rise with income.
Where the prices come from
Where the prices come from: Texas A&M University-College Station's own 2026-27 tuition, fees, housing, food and books, from its website, carried forward to 2027 at 3.0% a year. The grants are the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard (2025-26 figures), carried forward the same way. Each price after grants is the cost less those grants. The out-of-state figure uses the published out-of-state tuition instead. The average price after grants counts the students who get federal aid. Your own figure will be different.
SmartTuition.ai is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Texas A&M University-College Station. Aid policies change; check current terms with the college's aid office.
Nearby at your income
- West Texas A&M$17,189 a year
- Texas A&M Corpus Christi$17,627 a year
- Texas A&M$17,727 a year
- Sam Houston State University$17,912 a year
- UT San Antonio$18,484 a year
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