University of Texas at Dallas vs Texas A&M: Which is better?

University of Texas at Dallas vs Texas A&M University- College Station

Overview Comparison
University of Texas DallasTexas A&M University
Collegedunia Score5.1 Out of 105.7 Out of 10
ranking (overall)# 73 Financial Times 2021
# 251 Times Higher Education 2021
# 269 US News 2021
# 73 Center for World University Rankings 2021
# 126 Times Higher Education 2021
# 130 US News 2021
Subject Strength# 176 for International Business by Times Higher Education 2021
# 176 for Economics by Times Higher Education 2021
# 176 for Engineering by Times Higher Education 2021
# 58 for Engineering by Times Higher Education 2021
# 58 for Technology by Times Higher Education 2021
# 96 for International Business by Times Higher Education 2021
ProgramsUG Programs -33
PG Programs -39
UG Programs -94
PG Programs -84
Doctorate Programs -7
Acceptance Rate76.0 %67.0 %
Exam ScoreTOEFL-80.5
IELTS-6
SAT-1325
ACT-29
PTE-53
TOEFL-100
IELTS-7.5
SAT-1250
ACT-28
GMAT-745
Cost to StudyAverage Tuition Fees   39776
[For UG Program]
Average Tuition Fees  36144
[For PG Program]
Hostel + Meal - 26076 Per Year
Average Tuition Fees   45645
[For UG Program]
Average Tuition Fees  20026
[For PG Program]
Hostel + Meal - 16184 Per Year
placement (average package)

MBA: $11,606
MS: $85,000
Top recruiters: Ebay, IBM, Amazon, Google, Cisco, Samsung, and Microsoft
Maximum salaries offered to students entering financial services


Graduate Employability Ranking 2020: 121 – 130; Annual ROI is 10.4%; Top paying degrees and their annual salary are Doctorate: 192,000 USD; Ph.D.: 115,000 USD; MBA: 110,000 USD; Other Masters: 101,000 USD; MS: 100,000 USD


application requirements

LORs along with applications are not mandatorily required. Choice of writing an essay on one of the two topics. GPA requirement- 2.5 (77-79%). 

Essay; 3 letters of recommendation; Statement of Purpose; CV

Campuses and B-SchoolsNAMays Business School
CollegeDunia Reviews8.5/10 Read 14 reviews8.2/10 Read 11 reviews
General Facts Comparison
General FactsUniversity of Texas DallasTexas A&M University
Type of UniversityUniversity
University
Established1969
1876
Student:Faculty Ratio2:1
18:1
Male:Female56.7% Male, 43.3% Female47% Male, 53% Female
Location Facts

Located in a prime location, one of the largest metropolitan and second-largest state, it is connected with two airports.
Richardson is called the telecom center, is home to various tech companies. As per Fortune 500 reported 10 of these companies as most profitable


Texas A&M’s College Station campus is one of the largest in USA; located in Brazos Valley, also known as Aggieland; a railroad track operated by Union Pacific divides the campus into two parts: east and west side; Other campuses of university are located in Qatar, Galveston and McAllen


Library

Total items: 3,097,715. Physical items: 1,354,580 and Electronic items: 1,743,135. microform: 660,402.e-journals and newspapers: 165,725. 


Ranked 1st among SEC universities and 8th among US public universities by Association of Research Libraries (ARL) in 2017-18; 11,000 databases, 114,000 e-journals, 1.8 million ebooks, 5.8 million volumes and 7 million web views; 5 libraries: Cushing Memorial, Evans Library, Medical Sciences, Policy Science and Economics , Business


Campus Life

There are 300 students organization, sororities, fraternities, sports clubs, recreational clubs, and others. There are various student voluntarism opportunities are available. Various donation drives, such as book drive, hygiene drive, food drive, pet food drive, blood drive, etc are also included as a part of volunteerism.  


University has over 1000 student clubs and organizations including Corps of Cadets, Fraternity & Sorority Life, Student Government, and Music Activities; has a Police and Health Service department for safety and well-being of students; Starbucks, Chick-Fil-A food court, Einstein Bros Bagels are located inside the campus


Hostel#On campus - $11112
#Off campus (not with family) - $10784
#Off campus (with family) - $4180
#On campus - $8404
#Off campus (not with family) - $7780
Famous Alumni

James F. Reilly (NASA Astronaut), Michael Burgess (US Republic Representative), Eric Hansen (Canadian Chess Player), Aziz Sancar (Nobel laureate in Chemistry), Denis Scheck (Literary Critic), Naveen Jindal (Jindal Steel and Power Ltd), etc. 


Rick Perry (US Secretary of Energy); Robert Gates (US Secretary of Defence); Holly Ridings (first woman chief flight director at NASA); John Kimbrough (actor); Gene Stallings (3 Super Bowl title-winning coach); Robert Earl Keen (guitarist); George P. Mitchell (chairman and CEO of Saudi Aramco); Charles E. Toberman (popularly known as Father of Hollywood); 


City Life

The university is located in Richardson, Texas. Some of the major attractions are Chinatown, North Texas Automotive Museum, Eisman Center for the Performing Arts. The cost of living at Richardson is low, and is connected through Forth Worth- Dallas International Airport. The unemployment rate for Richardson is 11.10% (June’ 2020).


Texas has a deepwater port on Texas Gulf Coast and is known as petroleum refining & petrochemical manufacturing center; Unemployment rate was 2.1% in May 2019; considered as the largest producer of oil, cattle, sheep, minerals, cotton, and wool in the USA


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