Value Considerations
Tuition:
Out of State: 23k for first year, 8k for first semester of second year
Living Expense etc.: See link below for a sense of expenses in the region.
https://international.tamu.edu/iss/webfile/finance1.doc.
Since the second semester of the second year is optional, students can save several thousand dollars in tuition.
In addition, the list price of 2005-2006 is quite low for in-state students, about 12k for the first year.
https://mba.tamu.edu/admissions/costs.shtml
Texas A&M ranked #22 in FT05 for value for the money, one of the very best of US MBA programs and better than Georgia Tech, Tulane, Arizona, SMU Cox, Arizona State, Texas-Austin, and Rice.