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rience. Texas A&M Kingsville's bilingual education program, offering degrees at the master's and doctoral levels, was the first of its kind in the country and continues to be one of the strongest. Undergraduates in nearly all disciplines have an opportunity to participate in research projects.
in 1929 to Texas College of Arts and Industries signaled the broadening of its mission. A 1967 name change to Texas A&I University marked another transition. The university became a member of the Texas A&M University System in 1989 and changed its name to Texas A&M University-Kingsville in1993. The University has been continuously accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) since 1928. Texas A&M University-Kingsville has a highly diverse student body with about 8,000 students pursuing degrees from eight academic colleges.
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Texas A&M-Kingsville has 56 undergraduate degree programs, 61 master's programs and six doctoral degree programs in the Colleges of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Human Sciences, Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, Education and Human Performance, Engineering, and Graduate Studies. The university features the region's only programs in engineering, social sciences and agriculture. With state-of-the-art facilities and equipment, the university's 545-acres teaching farm gives agriculture students hands-on farming and ranching expe-
Coastal Bend College Phone: (866) 262-1615; Web: www.coastalbend.edu Coast Bend College students in Kingsville can complete academic courses that make up a university-transfer core curriculum, and workforce education certificates and degree programs in accounting, child development, computer information technology, cosmetology, general office management, law enforcement, office automation technology, and vocational nursing. Continuing education classes and workshops are also offered. If you choose to enroll at Coastal Bend College, you’ll find modern computerized facilities that are second to none. Classes are small in size, and you’ll
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