Texas A&M University has recently been recognized as having some of the best programs in the world, according to the latest QS World University Rankings. The rankings, which included 1,500 institutions worldwide, were compiled by QS, a higher education insights provider based in London.
QS utilized various factors in determining their rankings, including analyzing 17.5 million academic papers and gathering opinions from over 240,000 academic faculty and employers. The group evaluated universities based on nine different areas, including academic and employer reputation, faculty-student ratio, citations per faculty, international student and faculty ratio, international research network, employment outcomes, and sustainability.
Some of the highlights of Texas A&M’s rankings include being in the Top 10 for Petroleum engineering at No. 5 and Veterinary science at No. 7. Additionally, the university ranked in the Top 20 for Agriculture and forestry at No. 17 and Civil and structural engineering at No. 26. In the Top 30 rankings, Texas A&M was recognized for Earth and marine sciences