The Murray Act was implemented by President Lincoln. Through large-scale land donations by the government, universities were stimulated to integrate academic courses such as agriculture, industry, art, and science, and organize them into comprehensive universities. In 1963, Texas A&M College was officially transformed into a university, and the school’s courses were no longer limited to agriculture or engineering departments.

Texas A&M University has approximately 44,000 students, 11% of whom are Hispanic and African American. The school offers a total of more than 160 different courses. Except for the general education courses taken by freshmen and sophomores, all the courses of the school belong to the following 10 colleges: College of Agriculture and Life Sciences , School of Architecture , School of Business , School of Education , School of Engineering , School of Geography , School of Liberal Arts