The average acceptance rate of the 25 private Texas colleges that have competitive admission is 67.00% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is lower by 1.85%. The acceptance rate at 8 private Texas colleges increased and the rate of 17 colleges decreased.
Rice University has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 8.00%. Trinity University (28.00%) and Southwestern University (39.00%) are following it in the list of Tightest Texas Private 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. Trinity University also maintained its second place in the ranking.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $45,808 and graduate tuition & fees is $28,833 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 - | Trinity University San Antonio, TXPrivate, 4-year | 28.00% 2.51% | 20.01% | 1,390 | $51,352 | 2,692 | 75.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 3 - | Southwestern University Georgetown, TXPrivate, 4-year | 39.00% 5.79% | 16.00% | 1,250 | $50,858 | 1,483 | 71.00% | 11 to 1 |
| 4 1 | LeTourneau University Longview, TXPrivate, 4-year | 40.99% 7.84% | 23.99% | 1,270 | $35,500 | 3,536 | 66.00% | 13 to 1 |
| 5 3 | 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 |
| 6 1 | Austin College Sherman, TXPrivate, 4-year | 47.00% 7.37% | 12.01% | 1,230 | $46,063 | 1,182 | 73.00% | 11 to 1 |
| 7 3 | Baylor University Waco, TXPrivate, 4-year | 51.00% 5.12% | 16.00% | 1,290 | $54,844 | 20,709 | 81.00% | 15 to 1 |
| 8 6 | Wayland Baptist University Plainview, TXPrivate, 4-year | 54.00% 15.72% | 25.98% | - | $23,186 | 2,978 | 18.00% | 8 to 1 |
| 9 - | University of Dallas Irving, TXPrivate, 4-year | 54.01% 4.69% | 15.02% | 1,255 | $50,880 | 2,328 | 71.00% | 12 to 1 |
| 10 3 | East Texas Baptist University Marshall, TXPrivate, 4-year | 59.98% 7.72% | 38.05% | - | $30,050 | 1,771 | 41.00% | 14 to 1 |
| Average | 42.50% | 24.11% | 1,313 | $45,808 | 5,762 | 67.20% | 11 to 1 |