re: Was A&M always this rich?

It’s not rocket science the state population has expanded tremendously and so is the Texas A&M system to meet the demand, the same thing as happened to Texas Tech and their system, as well as as U of H and Texas U

In 1990 14,000 people were receiving degrees from all A&M universities

The university system has expanded so much across multiple campuses in the last 36 years that that number is now 49,500 people receiving degrees
(A fraction of the degrees handed out by UT system schools)


Let’s compare this to Missouri

In 1990 roughly 10,000 for the Missouri university system

In 2025 roughly 20,000

Now let’s look at the other large university system in the state of Texas

In 1990 the entire Texas University System graduated 29,600


In 2025 they handed out 68,000 degrees



So we just recently passed the number of degrees that Texas University was handing out way back in 1990

And we are not close to what they represent now

And before people start saying a-ha, they are the degree mill that they accuse others of being, the state of Texas has a tremendous population and a tremendous demand for higher education, and these university systems are expected to expand and add capacity to keep up with that demand

That’s not even close man. Teachers, cops, nurses, firefighters, EMT’s, etc.. rarely make 100k per year..

Show me the statistic from a reputable source, discussing location, hospital, wtc..

And I’ll believe you.

In fact, it’s been proven older nurses with more experience make more than fresh out of school nurses.

Especially if you’re at a MD ANDERSON, or a DiMaggio Hospital in Miami.

It was the Fran hiring.

Well, I know nurses and I’ve got a kid in a nursing program

You misread my comment as well, nurses are in super high demand, and I said older nurses not nurses with experience, I said older nurses in nursing homes and state run or county run facilities drag the average down.

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Back in the big12 Texas fans used to chant “poor Aggies” so I was convinced they were just a hardscrabble program that tried to do more with less

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No our statement of poor Aggies was because their entire existence is Sisyphus taking the boulder up the hill only to have it come rolling down every time for eternity.

Has nothing at all to do with $$

They've always had money and a lot of potential. I'm still convinced that they will eventually put it all together and go on a run and compete at the highest level.
They do seem to constantly shoot themselves in the foot, however. The poor aggies chant was a taunt more than anything. Just like the "keep RC" chants at the end of his tenure.

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That stat is BS.

Average and median are different. Yes. The Aggies may have a kid or kids that get PE degrees and make 350k a year.. but what does that say about be kids that are making jack shite to get that average salary.

For example.. Bamas biggest degree program is nursing. We all know nurses don’t make much money, but God bless them for what they do.

That also skews the average. It’s all relative. Compare average salary’s from the same degrees, from the same time period.

Give context and give details.

Two bama graduates with the same degree with one living in Birmingham or Memphis, would make less than one living in Sarasota or Palm Beach. Cost of living is more and so they get paid more.

Also, geography plays a lot in the salary that one person might make. For example, an Aggie graduate may make more money in Houston than they would in Miami. But a Florida graduate Mike make more money in Tampa than they would in Baton Rouge.

Example is if someone graduated from Alabama or Auburn in Construction science or civil Engineering and worked for Brassfield and Gorie they would make more than an Aggie because the owners of those companies are also Alabama and Auburn graduates. It would be the same scenario for someone that worked at Buckys in the corporate office or Dell computers for Texas. It’s not just simply if you go to that school or the school you make more money than this or that school. There are a lot of factors that go into how much someone makes who they have a relationship with what company they are working for and where are they located.

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Damn, I need boots for that amount of rationalization.

If trophies were money…. They’d still be poor as frick.