 Although Texas A & M is a secular institution , its student body has a reputation for being religious and conservative . According to a 2005 student survey published in the Princeton Review , Texas A & M ranked 13th highest in the category " students pray on a regular basis " . Breakaway , a weekly , student @-@ organized , on @-@ campus prayer gathering , has attracted over 10 @,@ 000 students in 2012 , and is one of the largest of its kind in the United States . In 2009 , the Princeton Review ranked Texas A & M the eighth most socially conservative campus in the nation . The Princeton Review also ranked the university in 2012 as the " 10th least friendly " college in the United States for LGBT people , and the least friendly among public schools for LGBT people . 
