Texas A&M: Wall Street Journal Ranks Texas A&M No. 19 Among Public Colleges

Texas A&M University is ranked No. 19 among public universities and No. 79 overall among nearly 800 colleges in the 2022 Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings.

The rankings are based on 15 indicators that measure an institution’s performance across four areas: resources, engagement, outcomes and environment.

Harvard University is the No. 1 ranked school, and private universities dominate the list: the top 20 rankings are all held by private schools. The University of Michigan is ranked the No. 1 public university.

Texas A&M has rankings in recent similar listings.

Texas A&M is tied for No. 26 among public universities and tied for No. 68 overall in S. News & World Report’s 2022 college rankings of more than 1,400 schools. U.S. News also ranks Texas A&M tied at No. 15 in the country for best undergraduate engineering program and tied at No. 23 for best undergraduate business programs.
Texas A&M is ranked No. 17 among the nation’s best public universities and No. 10 among best schools in the South in Forbes magazine’s listing of the top U.S. colleges and universities. With more than $1 billion in annual research expenditures – the largest in the state – Texas A&M is also listed among the top 40 leading research universities on the Forbes list.
It is ranked No. 21 overall and No. 11 among public universities in Washington Monthly magazine’s annual ranking of the top U.S. colleges. In addition, Texas A&M is the state’s only school to be ranked among the top 30 national universities and is also ranked No. 2 in the magazine’s listing of the “Best Bang for the Buck” schools in the South.