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% |