2600 N. Robison Rd.
Texarkana, TX 75505

Texarkana is a public school located in Texarkana, Texas for junior, senior, and graduate students, and was established in 1971 by the Texas legislature. The upper level Texas School became a member of the Texas A&M University system in 1996 and is now governed by the Texas A&M University Board of Regents.

The Texarkana College of Arts & Sciences and Education is the largest college at the Texas school and includes nine undergraduate and nine graduate degrees. Texarkana has plans to add a bachelor's degree in political science. The business college at the Texas school offers students several undergraduate programs, including degrees in accounting, human resource management, management information systems and marketing.

The Texarkana College of Health and Behavioral Sciences offers programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels, plus prepares students to receive credentialing as licensed professional counselors or psychological associates. Texarkana also has a department of computer and information sciences, which awards a bachelor's degree to students.

In addition to its academic offerings, Texarkana provides its students with various official organizations. Options at the Texas school include accounting, computer, and history clubs, as well as the sociology society. In the near future, Texarkana plans to expand student enrollment to 2,800, increase overall state funding, and obtain and maintain national accreditation in business, education, engineering, nursing and counseling.

Quick Facts:

There are 56 full-time faculty members at Texarkana and more than 85 percent of full-time faculty members hold a doctoral degree in their respective fields of study.

More than 1,500 students are enrolled at the Texas school. The student-to-faculty ratio at the Texas school is 14-to-1.

The average student age at Texarkana is 33, while 30 percent of the student body is from Arkansas.

Texarkana offers its students 20 undergraduate programs and 11 graduate programs.

The Texas school operates on a semester schedule that includes a fall and spring semester along with two summer sessions.

Students from Oklahoma and Arkansas who attend Texarkana pay in-state tuition rates.

Each semester at the Texas school, 70 percent of students are enrolled part-time and 75 percent of students are female.

Texarkana is currently building a new campus five miles from the existing campus. The first facility under construction is the 42,000 square-foot, three-level science and technology building.

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