Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi is a rapidly growing urban university located on the South Texas Gulf Coast. The University focuses on the higher educational issues regarding South Texas, the state, and coastal and urban matters. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi also specializes in Allied Health, Applied Technology, Arts and Humanities, Business Administration, Environmental Studies and Teacher Education. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi is constantly evolving in order to enhance the quality of the educational experience. It offers a variety of challenging graduate degree programs and additional programs are always being developed and considered due to the rapidly expanding student body and regional needs. The Graduate programs equip students with essential leadership qualities that will help them in all future endeavors through formal instruction, research and other forms of scholarly activity. The University emphasizes activities that focus on solving problems related to the South Texas urban and coastal region. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi is committed to the pursuit of excellence in instruction, research, other forms of scholarly activity, and public service. Consistent with this commitment, the University seeks to identify, recruit and retain students who have high potential for academic success, especially those from groups who historically have been under-represented in higher education. To these ends, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi recruits and supports students, faculty and staff who share its broad purpose and commitment to excellence.
