Colleges in Texas


Texas has 94 private and 58 public 4-year colleges that enroll 109,625 first-year students yearly. The average tuition of public colleges is $20,012 for in-state students and $29,351 for out-of-state and international students.

Private colleges in Texas charge around $27,857 per year in tuition regardless of residency.

In the 2020-2021 academic year, Texas provided $237.6 million in financial aid to 46,196 students who enrolled in 4-year colleges for the first time as undergraduates. In addition, the colleges themselves awarded $618.8 million in grants and scholarships to 65,695 students.

Texas receives 9.6% of the total pell grant the federal government allocates. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 61,984 4-year college first-year undergraduates were awarded a total amount of $324.3 million in pell grant ($5,018 per student on average), and 54,518 students received a total amount of $294.8 million in the form of student loans from the federal government ($5,859 per student on average).

Net price Acceptance Rate Graduation Rate
Gemini School of Visual Arts & Communication 4 year $37,266 100.0% 25.0%
Chamberlain University-Texas 4 year $27,707 100.0% 86.2%
Rice University 4 year $19,215 94.2% 10.9%
The University of Texas at Austin 4 year $16,892 87.6% 32.0%
School of Automotive Machinists & Technology 2 year $28,669 82.7% 73.3%
Texas A & M University-College Station 4 year $19,906 82.5% 63.3%
Texas Christian University 4 year $40,220 82.0% 48.0%
Southern Methodist University 4 year $41,444 81.0% 52.7%
Baylor University 4 year $40,133 79.3% 68.5%
Trinity University 4 year $31,141 79.2% 33.6%
Southwestern University 4 year $29,830 73.2% 49.4%
Concorde Career College-Dallas 2 year $22,748 73.1% 94.5%
Concorde Career College-San Antonio 2 year $26,300 72.8% 98.1%
Austin College 4 year $24,085 70.9% 49.3%
University of Dallas 4 year $27,450 69.3% 53.8%
The University of Texas at Dallas 4 year $11,185 69.2% 79.4%
KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts 2 year $21,738 68.0% 70.9%
Saint Edward's University 4 year $30,072 67.1% 91.3%
Concorde Career College-Grand Prairie 2 year $28,518 66.1% 96.1%
Abilene Christian University 4 year $28,725 66.0% 63.4%
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