When you ran the NPC for Texas A&M, the calculator did not account for the fact that an OOS NMF is guaranteed non-resident tuition waiver plus 10.5k per year (see link, 3rd paragraph below the NMF table). Thus, the COA is only around 22k. You can get this number by looking up the COA for a Texas resident (which an OOS NMF effectively is) studying engineering (which costs slightly more than other majors) and subtracting 10.5k from the result. In addition to the waiver, starting Fall 2025, an NMF (actually NMSF suffices) is not required to go through an entry-to-a-major (ETAM) process that sometimes scares students/families away (see link). So there is a lot to like about Texas A&M.
As for Georgia Tech’s NPC, be careful with what it says on the result page: “Based on the information you have provided, the following calculations represent the average net price of attendance that students similar to you paid in the given year 2023–2024.” So it’s not really the net price for you, but the average over a group of people similar to you. I saw this alarming statement when I ran it for my child a few months ago. I was also surprised the NPC asked so few questions unlike those of most other schools. I asked my child to ask their friend who is attending Georgia Tech engineering as OOS whether the school gave any financial aid, and the answer was ‘no, not a penny.’ I’m not sure if Georgia Tech does in general, but you want to be careful with what their NPC result actually says.