2600 S. Neal St.
Commerce, TX 75428

Texas A&M University Commerce is a four-year university located in Commerce, Texas, that was founded in 1889. The Texas School joined the Texas A&M University System in 1996 and has campuses elsewhere in Texas: Dallas, Mesquite, Navarro College and Midlothian.

The Texas A&M University Commerce College of Arts and Sciences offers students more than 30 undergraduate programs and twelve graduate programs. Degrees range from animal science and chemistry to music and studio arts. The college of Business and Technology's undergraduate programs include accounting and management information systems, while the college of education and human services at the Texas school offers degrees in counseling and kinesiology.

First time freshmen at Texas A&M University Commerce live in Mayo College as a community and are encouraged to develop leadership abilities and study skills. The program offers students the opportunity to participate in a freshman leadership class or the Texas school's honors program.

Students are eligible to earn a travel and study abroad scholarship as part of Texas A&M University Commerce's international studies program. International opportunities at the Texas school include a British studies program in London, a Caribbean studies program in Jamaica, and a Spanish culture and language program in Valladolid, Spain. Texas A&M University Commerce also offers students the opportunity to participate in a program from the American Institute for Foreign Study. Destinations include Australia, China, France, Hungary, Italy and South Africa.

Quick Facts:

Texas A&M University Commerce is the fifth oldest state university in Texas.

Fifty qualifying students are chosen each year to receive scholarships to Texas A&M University Commerce's Honors College, giving them a tuition-free experience.

More than 8,000 students are enrolled in the Texas school's three colleges: arts and sciences, business and technology, and education and human services.

More than 80 percent of students at Texas A&M University Commerce receive financial aid.

Texas A&M University Commerce is the fourth school in the state in initial teacher production, the second school in superintendent production, and the first school in principal production.

Texas A&M University Commerce recently broke ground on a new $23 million music hall.

Texas A&M University Commerce's planetarium drew more than 50,000 visitors in the first two years of its opening.

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