Texas Colleges where Students Complete in Time

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 52.50% and the average SAT score is 1,301 at the schools.

Table. Texas Colleges With Highest Graduation Rate Comparison
School NameGraduation RateUndergraduate Tuition & FeesYieldAcceptance RateSAT ScoreTotal PopulationStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
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Rice University Houston, TXPrivate, 4-year 93.00%
0.66%
$58,12846.00%8.00%1,5508,6726 to 1
2
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The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TXPublic, 4-year 87.00%
0.75%
$42,778
($11,678)
49.00%29.00%1,37052,38418 to 1
3
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Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TXPublic, 4-year 83.00%
0.36%
$40,328
($12,841)
43.00%63.00%1,26074,01418 to 1
3
1
Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TXPrivate, 4-year 83.00%
0.16%
$57,22028.00%43.00%1,27012,27314 to 1
5
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Southern Methodist University Dallas, TXPrivate, 4-year 82.00%
0.41%
$64,46017.00%61.00%1,41012,05311 to 1
6
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Baylor University Waco, TXPrivate, 4-year 81.00%
0.62%
$54,84416.00%51.00%1,29020,70915 to 1
7
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The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TXPublic, 4-year 69.00%
2.69%
$40,064
($14,564)
22.00%65.00%1,29031,57027 to 1
8
1
University of Houston Houston, TXPublic, 4-year 63.00%
0.96%
$22,191
($9,711)
27.00%70.00%1,23046,70021 to 1
8
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Texas Tech University Lubbock, TXPublic, 4-year 63.00%
0.34%
$24,451
($11,852)
30.00%71.00%1,17040,37821 to 1
10
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Abilene Christian University Abilene, TXPrivate, 4-year 60.00%
0.23%
$42,24012.99%64.00%1,1705,07913 to 1
Average76.40%$44,670
($12,129)
29.10%52.50%1,30130,38316 to 1