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Texas Colleges by the Numbers
73 four-year Texas colleges — click any for its profile: acceptance rates, SAT ranges, tuition for all 73, with Texas medians up top.
In Texas, 13 schools don't look at test scores at all, while 5 — including Nelson University — still require them. Texas has 73 four-year colleges with full admissions profiles here — from Texas A&M University-College Station at 59,615 undergraduates down to campuses a fraction of that size. The most selective door in the state is Rice University at 8% admitted; the most open is Abilene Christian University-Undergraduate Online at 100%.
Published in-state tuition runs from $7,149 at the cheapest campus to $67,040 at the most expensive — a $59,891 spread inside Texas alone. Texas's ten-year earnings benchmark of $54,132 sits 1% above the national median for college-goers.
Each Texas school links to its profile — admissions, cost, earnings. To see where you stand in Texas, bring your saved calculator numbers.
Texas medians
| Acceptance rate | Tuition (in-state) | Median earnings (10 yr) | 6-yr graduation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84.4% | $13,498 | $54,132 | 49.1% |
Medians across 101 active bachelor's-degree institutions in Texas; the table below lists the 73 with complete admissions records.
All Texas colleges in our data
| College | City | Acceptance | SAT middle 50% | Tuition (in) | Undergrads | Median earnings (10 yr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abilene Christian University | Abilene | 66% | 1060–1290 | $44,200 | 3,195 | $55,736 |
| Abilene Christian University-Undergraduate Online | Addison | 100% | not considered | $14,520 | 1,219 | $55,736 |
| Angelo State University | San Angelo | 83% | 920–1140 | $8,460 | 5,643 | $50,116 |
| Arizona College of Nursing-Dallas | Dallas | 100% | not considered | $23,987 | 588 | $34,657 |
| Austin College | Sherman | 47.6% | 1170–1340 | $48,680 | 1,165 | $61,296 |
| Baptist Health System School of Health Professions | San Antonio | 100% | not considered | $13,760 | 575 | $74,220 |
| Baylor University | Waco | 51.3% | 1210–1400 | $58,100 | 14,785 | $65,793 |
| Chamberlain University-Texas | Houston | 83.9% | — | $20,380 | 2,270 | $92,405 |
| Concordia University Texas | Austin | 91.3% | 860–1100 | $23,500 | 1,185 | $60,883 |
| Criswell College | Dallas | 100% | not considered | $15,750 | 132 | $43,185 |
| Dallas Baptist University | Dallas | 88.8% | 960–1217 | $40,190 | 2,403 | $56,807 |
| Dallas Christian College | Dallas | 21.8% | 730–1125 | $21,730 | 224 | $43,503 |
| East Texas A&M University | Commerce | 92.2% | 940–1170 | $10,026 | 9,912 | $50,296 |
| East Texas Baptist University | Marshall | 57.8% | not considered | $30,680 | 1,352 | $52,788 |
| Hardin-Simmons University | Abilene | 90% | 968–1190 | $32,960 | 1,283 | $54,771 |
| Houston Christian University | Houston | 84.4% | 970–1200 | $39,430 | 2,886 | $55,933 |
| Howard Payne University | Brownwood | 67.4% | 880–1100 | $34,982 | 713 | $48,376 |
| KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts | Dallas | 68.2% | not considered | $20,521 | 70 | $30,187 |
| Lamar University | Beaumont | 86.4% | 910–1130 | $8,905 | 8,150 | $49,652 |
| LeTourneau University | Longview | 38% | 1140–1370 | $37,160 | 1,468 | $57,103 |
| Lubbock Christian University | Lubbock | 73.1% | 900–1160 | $28,540 | 1,252 | $53,787 |
| McMurry University | Abilene | 57% | 1010–1170 | $32,340 | 1,176 | $48,779 |
| Messenger College | Bedford | 37.5% | not considered | $11,620 | 24 | $29,463 |
| Midwestern State University | Wichita Falls | 93.5% | not considered | $10,580 | 4,087 | $55,747 |
| Nelson University | Waxahachie | 89% | 926–1110 | $25,064 | 1,479 | $46,238 |
| Paul Quinn College | Dallas | 40.3% | not considered | $13,498 | 620 | $29,288 |
| Prairie View A & M University | Prairie View | 79.3% | 850–1030 | $11,299 | 8,877 | $45,411 |
| Rice University | Houston | 8% | 1500–1570 | $64,144 | 4,776 | $89,718 |
| Saint Edward's University | Austin | 81.4% | 1030–1235 | $51,384 | 2,493 | $58,826 |
| Sam Houston State University | Huntsville | 90.3% | 940–1140 | $9,228 | 17,743 | $54,211 |
| Schreiner University | Kerrville | 88.2% | not considered | $39,266 | 1,053 | $52,228 |
| Southern Methodist University | Dallas | 63.3% | 1320–1480 | $67,040 | 7,277 | $78,354 |
| Southwestern Adventist University | Keene | 78.4% | 910–1200 | $25,380 | 570 | $52,946 |
| Southwestern University | Georgetown | 43% | 1170–1340 | $53,813 | 1,440 | $56,878 |
| St. Mary's University | San Antonio | 97.8% | 980–1150 | $37,434 | 1,951 | $56,955 |
| Stephen F Austin State University | Nacogdoches | 94% | 980–1160 | $11,128 | 8,728 | $49,634 |
| Sul Ross State University | Alpine | 98.7% | 933–1098 | $7,592 | 1,396 | $41,871 |
| Tarleton State University | Stephenville | 89.5% | 960–1150 | $8,302 | 12,673 | $53,040 |
| Texas A & M International University | Laredo | 44.4% | 920–1130 | $7,894 | 6,667 | $48,386 |
| Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi | Corpus Christi | 88.6% | 970–1180 | $9,748 | 8,034 | $51,865 |
| Texas A&M University-College Station | College Station | 57.4% | 1140–1380 | $13,154 | 59,615 | $72,097 |
| Texas A&M University-Kingsville | Kingsville | 90.9% | 980–1160 | $9,892 | 4,748 | $51,450 |
| Texas A&M University-San Antonio | San Antonio | 92.8% | 850–1070 | $9,654 | 6,599 | $54,338 |
| Texas A&M University-Texarkana | Texarkana | 63.5% | 870–1080 | $8,349 | 1,982 | $45,515 |
| Texas A&M University-Victoria | Victoria | 95.9% | 993–1180 | $7,149 | 2,513 | $54,467 |
| Texas Christian University | Fort Worth | 44.5% | 1150–1375 | $61,740 | 11,026 | $68,424 |
| Texas Lutheran University | Seguin | 95.7% | 1030–1230 | $36,230 | 1,304 | $53,863 |
| Texas Southern University | Houston | 96.9% | 800–1000 | $9,173 | 6,844 | $38,924 |
| Texas State University | San Marcos | 89.3% | 980–1190 | $11,450 | 36,177 | $56,906 |
| Texas Tech University | Lubbock | 72.7% | 1090–1270 | $11,852 | 32,394 | $62,454 |
| Texas Wesleyan University | Fort Worth | 69.2% | 970–1150 | $39,582 | 1,741 | $54,053 |
| Texas Woman's University | Denton | 96.1% | not considered | $8,640 | 8,767 | $56,544 |
| The King's University | Southlake | 60.6% | — | $12,480 | 251 | $41,471 |
| The University of Texas at Arlington | Arlington | 79.9% | 990–1230 | $11,950 | 32,294 | $63,199 |
| The University of Texas at Austin | Austin | 26.6% | 1230–1490 | $11,688 | 42,855 | $75,121 |
| The University of Texas at Dallas | Richardson | 65.1% | 1170–1410 | $14,644 | 21,751 | $68,227 |
| The University of Texas at El Paso | El Paso | 99.9% | 870–1090 | $9,744 | 21,005 | $50,923 |
| The University of Texas at San Antonio | San Antonio | 86.8% | 1000–1200 | $9,011 | 30,580 | $57,131 |
| The University of Texas at Tyler | Tyler | 94% | 1010–1220 | $9,736 | 7,440 | $57,053 |
| The University of Texas Permian Basin | Odessa | 94.9% | 910–1110 | $9,236 | 3,911 | $56,073 |
| The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | Edinburg | 94.2% | 910–1110 | $9,987 | 28,666 | $49,620 |
| Trinity University | San Antonio | 25.9% | 1320–1465 | $53,676 | 2,505 | $71,668 |
| University of Dallas | Irving | 53.4% | 1170–1370 | $53,930 | 1,403 | $58,285 |
| University of Houston | Houston | 73.9% | 1150–1330 | $9,717 | 38,380 | $62,377 |
| University of Houston-Clear Lake | Houston | 90.5% | 990–1170 | $7,770 | 6,078 | $59,004 |
| University of Houston-Downtown | Houston | 90% | 960–1110 | $7,708 | 12,555 | $53,551 |
| University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | Belton | 95.8% | 970–1200 | $32,020 | 2,759 | $56,132 |
| University of North Texas | Denton | 72.2% | 980–1230 | $11,309 | 34,341 | $57,010 |
| University of St Thomas | Houston | 89.9% | 1075–1340 | $34,634 | 3,220 | $59,224 |
| University of the Incarnate Word | San Antonio | 98.1% | 900–1140 | $37,090 | 4,440 | $56,733 |
| Vet Tech Institute of Houston | Houston | 81% | not considered | $16,324 | 200 | $35,765 |
| Wayland Baptist University | Plainview | 56% | not considered | $23,782 | 2,041 | $51,838 |
| West Texas A & M University | Canyon | 98.7% | 960–1160 | $9,101 | 6,917 | $50,741 |
Scores shown are among students who submitted them; "not considered" schools ignore tests entirely. Wondering where your own numbers fit? TheGPA calculator andSAT score calculator give you the other half of this table.
Data: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard (Jun 2026), IPEDS ADM2023/HD2024. Retrieved 2026-09-01.