Texas A&M University-Texarkana|
President's Message Aamp;&M-Texarkana at a Glance University Role, Scope and Mission Gateway to the Future Shaping the Future Texas A&M University-Texarkana formerly East Texas State University at Texarkana was established by the Texas Legislature in 1971 as an upper level, operationally separate unit of the East Texas University Complex. In September 1996 the university became a member of The Texas A&M University System and is governed by The Texas A&M University Board of Regents. Like other Texas public colleges and universities, A&M-Texarkana also operates under the jurisdiction of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Located on the border of Texas and Arkansas, A&M-Texarkana is an upper level university serving junior, senior and graduate students - and proudly providing the citizens of Northeast Texas and three neighboring states a convenient opportunity to earn a four year or graduate degree. The university's 56 full-time faculty members emphasize teaching and advising. Eighty-nine percent of A&M-Texarkana's faculty hold a doctoral degree in their field of instruction. The teacher to student ratio is 1 to 14, with an enrollment of 1,549 students. The average student age is 33. Each semester, approximately 75 percent of students are female and 70 percent are enrolled part-time. Students in Oklahoma and Arkansas attend at in-state tuition rates, and, historically, 30 percent of the student body is from Arkansas. |