Rice University has the highest graduation rate, which is the percentage of graduate candidates who complete their degree or certificate within 150 percent of normal time (for example, within 6 years for 4-years BS degree). Its graduatation rate was 93% last year.
The University of Texas at Austin with 87% and Texas A & M University-College Station with 83% of graduation rates followed it in the ranking of Texas Colleges with Highest Graduation Rate.
For the ranking, we exclude schools with fewer than 5,000 students.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $44,670 and graduate tuition & fees is $30,615 for the academic year 2023-2024.
The average acceptance rate is 52.48% and the average SAT score is 1,301 at the schools.
School Name | Graduation Rate | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Yield | Acceptance Rate | SAT Score | Total Population | Students to Faculty Ratio | |
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1 - | Rice University Houston, TXPrivate, 4-year | 93.00% 0.66% | $58,128 | 45.97% | 7.88% | 1,550 | 8,672 | 6 to 1 |
2 - | The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TXPublic, 4-year | 87.00% 0.75% | $42,778 ($11,678) | 48.75% | 29.12% | 1,370 | 52,384 | 18 to 1 |
3 - | Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TXPublic, 4-year | 83.00% 0.36% | $40,328 ($12,841) | 42.78% | 63.25% | 1,260 | 74,014 | 18 to 1 |
3 1 | Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TXPrivate, 4-year | 83.00% 0.16% | $57,220 | 28.47% | 42.60% | 1,270 | 12,273 | 14 to 1 |
5 - | Southern Methodist University Dallas, TXPrivate, 4-year | 82.00% 0.41% | $64,460 | 17.23% | 61.22% | 1,410 | 12,053 | 11 to 1 |
6 - | Baylor University Waco, TXPrivate, 4-year | 81.00% 0.62% | $54,844 | 16.37% | 50.99% | 1,290 | 20,709 | 15 to 1 |
7 - | The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TXPublic, 4-year | 69.00% 2.69% | $40,064 ($14,564) | 21.64% | 65.46% | 1,290 | 31,570 | 27 to 1 |
8 1 | University of Houston Houston, TXPublic, 4-year | 63.00% 0.96% | $22,191 ($9,711) | 26.80% | 69.53% | 1,230 | 46,700 | 21 to 1 |
8 - | Texas Tech University Lubbock, TXPublic, 4-year | 63.00% 0.34% | $24,451 ($11,852) | 29.93% | 70.89% | 1,170 | 40,378 | 21 to 1 |
10 - | Abilene Christian University Abilene, TXPrivate, 4-year | 60.00% 0.23% | $42,240 | 12.84% | 63.88% | 1,170 | 5,079 | 13 to 1 |
Average | 76.40% | $44,670 ($12,129) | 29.08% | 52.48% | 1,301 | 30,383 | 16 to 1 |