Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi, Texas · Public · 8,034 undergraduates · tamucc.edu
Test policy (fall 2027)
Test optional
Sending scores is your choice
Admit rate
92%
of 11,445 applicants
SAT (middle 50%)
980 to 1190
of enrolled freshmen
Annual cost (2027-28)
$30,340Est.Estimate
$45,320 out of state
Your chances and merit aid at Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi
See where you stand for admission, how much merit aid you could get, and what you'd pay after it.
We started you at a typical enrolled freshman here. Move the sliders to match you.
Your admission chances
92% of applicants admitted
Target
Your SAT is inside the range where the middle half of enrolled freshmen scored, and your GPA is in the middle half of freshmen's.
Estimated merit aid
a year
Your cost after merit aid
$45,320
a year in 2027-28, from a $45,320 sticker price (out of state)
What to do with your 1090
Send your score
About 45% of freshmen here didn't send a score. We estimate their typical SAT at about 970, and yours is above it.
Reach, target and likely are a rough guide from your test score and how selective the college is. Admissions also weigh your courses, grades, essays and activities. Merit aid figures are estimates, before any need-based aid.
Admissions
Test policy for fall 2027
Test optional
You choose whether to send an SAT or ACT score. If you send one, it's considered.
- Superscores: it combines your best section scores from different test dates.
- Send official score reports when you apply.
- Reviews applications as they arrive, so applying early helps.
Source: First-Time Freshmen - Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi · Checked October 17, 2026
Who gets in
92%
of applicants were admitted: 10,479 of 11,445 for fall 2025.
Test scores of enrolled freshmen (fall 2025)
The shaded part shows the middle half of enrolled freshmen who sent scores: a quarter scored below it and a quarter above. 49% of them sent SAT scores and 8% sent ACT scores.
SAT total 980 to 1190
Reading and Writing 510 to 610
Math 480 to 590
ACT composite 18 to 25
How enrolled freshmen scored on the SAT
- 1400 to 16001%
- 1200 to 139924%
- 1000 to 119947%
- 800 to 99927%
- 600 to 7992%
- 400 to 5990%
Source: Common Data Set 2025-26
High school GPA of enrolled freshmen
Average GPA: 3.42
- 4.03%
- 3.75 to 3.9925%
- 3.50 to 3.7423%
- 3.25 to 3.4919%
- 3.00 to 3.2414%
- 2.50 to 2.9913%
- Below 2.503%
Cost and financial aid
The sticker price is what a year costs before any aid. Most students pay less after grants and scholarships.
Sticker price for 2027-28Estimate
$30,340
a year, in state
$45,320
a year, out of state (tuition $25,300)
- Tuition (in state)$10,320
What families actually pay
What a year cost on average after grants and scholarships, for freshmen who got federal aid in 2023-24 (in-state students), by family income.
- $0 to $30,000$11,006
- $30,001 to $48,000$10,553
- $48,001 to $75,000$11,179
- $75,001 to $110,000$15,781
- Over $110,000$21,638
Financial aid
53%
of a student's financial need is covered, on average
$10,401
average need-based grant to freshmen, money you don't repay
- FAFSA
- Required for need-based aid. It's the free federal aid form.
- CSS Profile
- Required. It's a second, more detailed aid form some colleges use for their own grants.
- Aid priority date: 1/15
- Send your aid forms by this date to be first in line for the college's grant money.
- Aid deadline: 6/30
- The last day to send aid forms.
Source: Common Data Set 2025-26
After college
Graduate within 6 years
38%
Come back for a second year
58%
Typical earnings
$55,480
a year, 10 years after starting here
- Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi$84,836
- All colleges$90,887
Median yearly earnings of graduates five years after finishing a bachelor's in this major. 24 majors here have earnings data.
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