University Founded in 1876, Texas A&M University is currently the fourth largest campus in the United States with a total enrollment of more than 45,000 students. The University has approximately 2,500 faculty and more than 8,000 students pursuing graduate and professional education in more than 120 degree programs. Texas A&M is one of only three Texas universities to be a member of the prestigious American Association of Universities. Texas A&M is the only university in the U.S. ranked in the top 10 in student enrollment, enrollment of National Merit Scholars, and size of financial endowment. Texas A&M faculty members are involved in more than 3,300 projects supported by research grants. The National Science Foundation recently ranked Texas A&M 15th among all colleges and universities in money spent on research, $397 million in 2001. A recent independent study conducted at the University of Florida found that Texas A&M ranked 15th in overall research quality among U.S. institutions of higher education. Texas A&M enrolls more than 3,800 graduate students from diverse racial and cultural backgrounds and is consistently ranked in the top 20 for number of doctoral degrees awarded to ethnic minority students. Each year, more than 50% of all entering freshman at Texas A&M graduated in the top 10% of their high school class. The average SAT score for the 2001 academic year was 1177. Texas A&M University is home to the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum and the affiliated George Bush School of Government and Public Service.