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West Texas A&M University
West Texas A&M University (WTAMU)
West Texas A&M University, established in 1910 and a Member of the
Texas A&M University System, is the northernmost senior institution of
higher education in the state. Located 12 miles south of Amarillo,
population 160,000, in the rural community of Canyon, population 13,000,
WTAMU serves a five-state region and is the most accessible university for
many residents of Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico and Oklahoma as well as
Texas. The University offers 61 undergraduate and 42 graduate degree
programs to approximately 6,700 students within a four-college, one-school
structure: College of Agriculture, Nursing and Natural Science; College of
Education and Social Sciences; Sybil B. Harrington College of Fine Arts
and Humanities; T. Boone Pickens College of Business; and the Graduate
School. WTAMU offers online degrees for the MBA and the MEd in
Instructional Education. Online undergraduate programs include Emergency
Management Administration and other courses. In addition to the landscaped 135-acre residential campus, the
University operates a number of special facilities including the
Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, the WTAMU Horse Center, Nance Ranch
and the Alternative Energy Institute.
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