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Best Colleges in Texas

The strongest colleges and universities in Texas, ranked by graduation rate and selectivity, with verified acceptance rates, net price, and test scores for this admissions cycle.

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The strongest colleges and universities in Texas, ranked by graduation rate and selectivity, with verified acceptance rates, net price, and test scores for this admissions cycle.

Schools on this list 40
Source Federal data, same records as every school page

Admit rate, net price, and SAT in the table are for context. Rank order follows the method above, not those columns.

Rank School Admit Net price SAT
1 Rice University Houston, TX 8.0% $13,370 1510-1570 See record
2 The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 27% $19,857 1250-1510 See record
3 Texas A&M University-College Station College Station, TX 57% $21,315 1150-1400 See record
4 Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 63% $40,892 1340-1490 See record
5 Messenger College Bedford, TX 38% $26,433 - See record
6 Grace School of Theology Conroe, TX - $11,881 - See record
7 Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX 44% $36,660 1140-1350 See record
8 Trinity University San Antonio, TX 26% $23,464 1340-1500 See record
9 Galen College of Nursing-San Antonio San Antonio, TX - $29,104 - See record
10 Baylor University Waco, TX 51% $41,104 1200-1400 See record
11 Baptist University of the Americas San Antonio, TX - $10,964 - See record
12 The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX 65% $18,267 1160-1410 See record
13 Parker University Dallas, TX - $29,135 - See record
14 University of Dallas Irving, TX 53% $22,610 1120-1370 See record
15 Southwestern University Georgetown, TX 43% $29,224 1130-1300 See record
16 Western Technical College El Paso, TX - - - See record
17 Western Technical College El Paso, TX - $28,004 - See record
18 University of St Thomas Houston, TX 90% $19,359 980-1210 See record
19 Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX 73% $19,070 1090-1280 See record
20 Austin College Sherman, TX 48% $21,107 1100-1310 See record
21 Hallmark University San Antonio, TX 51% $12,513 - See record
22 University of Houston Houston, TX 74% $14,276 1160-1340 See record
23 Saint Edward's University Austin, TX 81% $25,578 970-1240 See record
24 Center for Advanced Legal Studies Houston, TX - $13,959 - See record
25 University of North Texas Denton, TX 72% $15,649 980-1230 See record
26 Southwest University at El Paso El Paso, TX - $16,906 - See record
27 Abilene Christian University Abilene, TX 66% $26,182 1070-1270 See record
28 St. Mary's University San Antonio, TX 98% $21,145 900-1310 See record
29 LeTourneau University Longview, TX 38% $28,185 990-1330 See record
30 Dallas Baptist University Dallas, TX 89% $28,516 960-1213 See record
31 Brazosport College Lake Jackson, TX - $4,732 - See record
32 Texas State University San Marcos, TX 89% $16,805 980-1200 See record
33 West Texas A & M University Canyon, TX 99% $19,487 950-1170 See record
34 Sam Houston State University Huntsville, TX 90% $16,404 930-1120 See record
35 Wade College Dallas, TX - $20,778 - See record
36 The University of Texas at Tyler Tyler, TX 94% $13,323 1010-1200 See record
37 The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX 80% $13,951 1010-1240 See record
38 Texas Lutheran University Seguin, TX 96% $24,654 - See record
39 Stephen F Austin State University Nacogdoches, TX 94% $14,260 970-1170 See record
40 The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX 87% $10,836 1000-1220 See record