The average acceptance rate of the 60 Texas colleges that have competitive admission is 76.13% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is lower by 1.25%. The acceptance rate at 26 Texas colleges increased and the rate of 34 colleges decreased.
Rice University has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 8.00%. Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary (23.08%) and Trinity University (28.00%) are following it in the list of Tightest Texas 4-Years Colleges to get in.
This ranking is only based on acceptance rates and more admission stats such as SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.
Rice University stays at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary ranked 2nd, up 27 places from 29th last year.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $35,961 and graduate tuition & fees is $24,848 for the academic year 2023-2024.
We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.| School Name | Acceptance Rate | Yield | SAT Score | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Total Population | Graduation Rate | Students to Faculty Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 - | Rice University Houston, TXPrivate, 4-year | 8.00% 0.68% | 46.00% | 1,550 | $58,128 | 8,672 | 93.00% | 6 to 1 |
| 2 27 | Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary Jacksonville, TXPrivate, 4-year | 23.08% 46.92% | 100.00% | - | $10,050 | 104 | - | 4 to 1 |
| 3 1 | Trinity University San Antonio, TXPrivate, 4-year | 28.00% 2.51% | 20.01% | 1,390 | $51,352 | 2,692 | 75.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 4 1 | The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TXPublic, 4-year | 29.00% 2.35% | 49.00% | 1,370 | $42,778 ($11,678) | 52,384 | 87.00% | 18 to 1 |
| 5 12 | Paul Quinn College Dallas, TXPrivate, 4-year | 33.99% 23.29% | 14.98% | - | $13,498 | 938 | 28.00% | 20 to 1 |
| 6 2 | Southwestern University Georgetown, TXPrivate, 4-year | 39.00% 5.79% | 16.00% | 1,250 | $50,858 | 1,483 | 71.00% | 11 to 1 |
| 7 | The Chicago School at Dallas Richardson, TXPrivate, 4-year | 40.00% | 25.00% | - | $20,844 | 145 | - | 4 to 1 |
| 8 1 | LeTourneau University Longview, TXPrivate, 4-year | 40.99% 7.84% | 23.99% | 1,270 | $35,500 | 3,536 | 66.00% | 13 to 1 |
| 9 6 | Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TXPrivate, 4-year | 43.00% 13.10% | 28.00% | 1,270 | $57,220 | 12,273 | 83.00% | 14 to 1 |
| 10 4 | Texas A & M International University Laredo, TXPublic, 4-year | 46.00% 1.88% | 36.00% | 1,020 | $19,382 ($7,845) | 8,505 | 49.00% | 19 to 1 |
| Average | 33.11% | 35.90% | 1,303 | $35,961 ($9,762) | 9,073 | 69.00% | 12 to 1 |