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77.61% Applicants Accepted to Texas Colleges

What is the Average Acceptance Rate in Texas?

The average acceptance rate of Texas colleges is 77.61%. Total 461,503 students have accepted out of 680,712. By gender, the acceptance rate of female students is 76.93% and male students' rate is 75.99%
The next schools are the top 5 Texas colleges that have the lowest acceptance rate. Rice University has the lowest acceptance rate of 8.68% among Texas colleges. Trinity University and The University of Texas at Austin also have low acceptance rate of 30.51% and 31.35% respectively. The top schools are selected with an minimum number of new students (first-time students) of 100. You can view more schools at Texas colleges with lowest acceptance rate.
The following table summarizes the average acceptance rate in Texas by school type and level.
Texas Colleges The Average Acceptance Rate
TotalPublicPrivate (not-for-profit)Private (for-profit)
4 years colleges76.61%83.73%69.57%92.86%
Acceptance Rate by Gender at Texas colleges
ApplicantsAcceptedAcceptance Rate
Total680,712461,50375.87%
Female395,496278,38676.93%
Male284,032182,64975.99%
The following table shows the Texas Colleges with The Average Acceptance Rate. You can see more schools and narrow down the results in search result page.
AllPublicPrivate4-Years CollegeCommunity CollegesTrade Schools
Texas Colleges with The Average Acceptance Rate
School NameLocationAcceptance RateApplicantsAccepted
Abilene Christian University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Abilene, TX65.79%11,2267,386
Angelo State University
Public, four-years
San Angelo, TX79.14%4,2093,331
Austin College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Sherman, TX54.37%5,1922,823
Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Jacksonville, TX70.00%2014
Baylor University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Waco, TX45.88%40,75318,699
Vet Tech Institute of Houston
Private (for-profit), 2-4 years
Houston, TX68.57%7048
Concordia University Texas
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Austin, TX85.74%1,8861,617
Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi
Public, four-years
Corpus Christi, TX87.97%8,4217,408
Dallas Baptist University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Dallas, TX91.37%8,5197,784
Dallas Christian College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Dallas, TX50.00%354177
University of Dallas
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Irving, TX58.70%4,3072,528
East Texas Baptist University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Marshall, TX67.70%1,449981
Texas A&M University-Texarkana
Public, four-years
Texarkana, TX91.48%2,0181,846
Texas A & M University-Commerce
Public, four-years
Commerce, TX86.45%6,6045,709
Hallmark University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
San Antonio, TX52.89%329174
Hardin-Simmons University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Abilene, TX88.25%2,3142,042
Houston Baptist University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Houston, TX84.48%10,2588,666
University of Houston-Clear Lake
Public, four-years
Houston, TX69.37%1,9851,377
University of Houston-Downtown
Public, four-years
Houston, TX88.42%6,1315,421
University of Houston-Victoria
Public, four-years
Victoria, TX82.13%1,9701,618
University of Houston
Public, four-years
Houston, TX66.24%29,78319,728
Howard Payne University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Brownwood, TX62.29%1,233768
Huston-Tillotson University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Austin, TX51.94%1,885979
University of the Incarnate Word
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
San Antonio, TX94.20%9,6259,067
KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts
Private (for-profit), 2-4 years
Dallas, TX86.21%2925
Lamar University
Public, four-years
Beaumont, TX83.73%6,2145,203
Texas A & M International University
Public, four-years
Laredo, TX47.88%7,8483,758
LeTourneau University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Longview, TX48.83%3,0001,465
Lubbock Christian University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Lubbock, TX81.59%1,070873
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Belton, TX95.67%13,00112,438
McMurry University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Abilene, TX56.50%2,3451,325
Midwestern State University
Public, four-years
Wichita Falls, TX92.43%5,5075,090
University of North Texas
Public, four-years
Denton, TX79.13%32,01625,335
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Public, four-years
Edinburg, TX87.70%13,74412,053
Paul Quinn College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Dallas, TX57.28%2,0481,173
Prairie View A & M University
Public, four-years
Prairie View, TX76.07%5,6914,329
Rice University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Houston, TX8.68%31,4432,730
Saint Edward's University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Austin, TX85.10%6,0155,119
University of St Thomas
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Houston, TX96.71%1,1231,086
Sam Houston State University
Public, four-years
Huntsville, TX84.63%16,31613,809
Schreiner University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Kerrville, TX85.20%2,2021,876
St. Mary's University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
San Antonio, TX86.22%5,3694,629
Southern Methodist University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Dallas, TX52.25%16,1508,439
Southwestern Assemblies of God University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Waxahachie, TX85.65%627537
Southwestern University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Georgetown, TX44.79%5,5572,489
Stephen F Austin State University
Public, four-years
Nacogdoches, TX89.51%9,9448,901
Texas State University
Public, four-years
San Marcos, TX87.70%28,90825,353
Southwestern Adventist University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Keene, TX53.62%1,438771
Sul Ross State University
Public, four-years
Alpine, TX97.07%717696
Tarleton State University
Public, four-years
Stephenville, TX87.06%5,7885,039
Texas A & M University-Kingsville
Public, four-years
Kingsville, TX96.55%5,7685,569
Texas A & M University-College Station
Public, four-years
College Station, TX62.65%43,42227,203
The University of Texas at Arlington
Public, four-years
Arlington, TX80.80%21,96317,747
The University of Texas at Austin
Public, four-years
Austin, TX31.35%60,05518,830
The University of Texas at Dallas
Public, four-years
Richardson, TX84.74%21,50018,220
The University of Texas at El Paso
Public, four-years
El Paso, TX99.92%10,49310,485
The University of Texas at Tyler
Public, four-years
Tyler, TX93.87%3,4933,279
Texas Christian University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Fort Worth, TX56.10%16,1979,087
Texas Lutheran University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Seguin, TX91.83%1,8351,685
The University of Texas Permian Basin
Public, four-years
Odessa, TX94.71%1,4751,397
The University of Texas at San Antonio
Public, four-years
San Antonio, TX86.90%23,29520,243
Texas Southern University
Public, four-years
Houston, TX96.80%8,5828,307
Texas Tech University
Public, four-years
Lubbock, TX67.34%35,40023,837
Texas Wesleyan University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Fort Worth, TX60.93%4,6222,816
Texas Woman's University
Public, four-years
Denton, TX93.63%7,2866,822
Trinity University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
San Antonio, TX30.51%11,4633,497
Wayland Baptist University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Plainview, TX69.72%1,311914
West Texas A & M University
Public, four-years
Canyon, TX91.63%4,6954,302
School of Automotive Machinists & Technology
Private (for-profit), 2-4 years
Houston, TX77.05%6147
Messenger College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Bedford, TX50.00%84
Chicago School of Professional Psychology-College of Nursing
Private (not-for-profit), 2-4 years
Richardson, TX27.17%9225
The King's University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Southlake, TX93.75%1615
Concorde Career College-Grand Prairie
Private (for-profit), 2-4 years
Grand Prairie, TX100.00%338338
Houston International College Cardiotech Ultrasound School
Private (for-profit), 2-4 years
Houston, TX100.00%33
Texas A&M University-San Antonio
Public, four-years
San Antonio, TX96.09%9,1108,754
Concorde Career College-Dallas
Private (for-profit), 2-4 years
Dallas, TX94.55%257243
Concorde Career College-San Antonio
Private (for-profit), 2-4 years
San Antonio, TX100.00%161161
Chamberlain University-Texas
Private (for-profit), four-years
Houston, TX85.71%2824
Criswell College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Dallas, TX100.00%3131
DeVry University-Texas
Private (for-profit), four-years
Irving, TX-%1-
Texas A&M University-Central Texas
Public, four-years
Killeen, TX95.71%7067
University of North Texas at Dallas
Public, four-years
Dallas, TX93.61%2,4742,316
The Vocational Nursing Institute Inc
Private (not-for-profit), less than 2-years
Houston, TX100.00%11
The Culinary School of Fort Worth
Private (for-profit), less than 2-years
Fort Worth, TX100.00%3535
Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Dallas
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Richardson, TX-%3-
Arizona College of Nursing-Dallas
Private (for-profit), four-years
Dallas, TX100.00%5252
The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Fort Worth, TX73.20%153112
Abilene Christian University-Undergraduate Online
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Addison, TX99.15%117116
RCCGNA Seminary
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Greenville, TX95.90%195187