How Many Public Colleges Are in Texas?
There are 106 Public colleges in Texas. By school level, there are 64 four-year and 42 community colleges (2-4 years schools) that are Public.
Academic & Tuition Statistics for Public
The average acceptance rate of the Public is 84.19% and the admission yield is 25%. The average SAT score is 1,073 and the average ACT score is 22.
A total of 1,476,835 students are attending one of the schools. With 74,798 faculty, the average students to faculty ratio is 19 to 1.
The 2025 average tuition & fees at Public is $6,888 for state residents and $13,847 for out-of-state students for undergraduate programs. The average graduate program tuition & fees is $8,472 for state residents and $17,957 for out-of-state students.
57.69% of undergraduate students received grants and/or scholarships and the average aid amount is $6,007 at Public.
The following table shows the Public. You can see more schools and narrow down the results in search result page.
| School Name | Location | Tuition & Fees | Enrollment | Acceptance Rate | Graduation Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alvin Community College Public, 2-4 years | Alvin, TX | $4,402 ($3,130) | 5,872 | - | 24% |
| Amarillo College Public, 2-4 years | Amarillo, TX | $4,704 ($3,168) | 9,262 | - | 32% |
| Angelina College Public, 2-4 years | Lufkin, TX | $6,490 ($5,080) | 3,890 | - | 29% |
| Angelo State University Public, four-years | San Angelo, TX | $18,300 ($8,460) | 11,542 | 83.01% | 44% |
| Austin Community College District Public, four-years | Austin, TX | $10,590 ($8,580) | 39,727 | - | 20% |
| Coastal Bend College Public, 2-4 years | Beeville, TX | $5,226 ($4,776) | 4,259 | - | 25% |
| Blinn College District Public, 2-4 years | Brenham, TX | $11,370 ($6,690) | 18,095 | - | 11% |
| Brazosport College Public, four-years | Lake Jackson, TX | $4,711 ($3,286) | 3,812 | - | 56% |
| Central Texas College Public, 2-4 years | Killeen, TX | $7,500 ($4,890) | 8,373 | - | 11% |
| Cisco College Public, 2-4 years | Cisco, TX | $7,140 ($6,060) | 3,160 | - | 30% |
| Clarendon College Public, 2-4 years | Clarendon, TX | $5,400 ($4,440) | 1,564 | - | 41% |
| North Central Texas College Public, 2-4 years | Gainesville, TX | $5,739 ($5,088) | 8,106 | - | 35% |
| Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi Public, four-years | Corpus Christi, TX | $20,794 ($9,748) | 11,266 | 88.58% | 40% |
| Del Mar College Public, four-years | Corpus Christi, TX | $6,050 ($5,000) | 10,256 | - | 11% |
| Texas A&M University-Texarkana Public, four-years | Texarkana, TX | $24,680 ($8,349) | 2,412 | 63.54% | 30% |
| Texas A & M University-Commerce Public, four-years | Commerce, TX | $22,326 ($10,026) | 13,252 | 92.24% | 43% |
| Dallas College Public, four-years | Dallas, TX | $6,900 ($4,662) | 69,749 | - | 32% |
| El Paso Community College Public, 2-4 years | El Paso, TX | $5,314 ($3,274) | 25,567 | - | 24% |
| Frank Phillips College Public, 2-4 years | Borger, TX | $4,882 ($4,612) | 1,801 | - | 45% |
| Galveston College Public, four-years | Galveston, TX | $6,176 ($3,446) | 2,405 | - | 33% |
| Grayson College Public, four-years | Denison, TX | $6,300 ($4,500) | 4,324 | - | 40% |
| Trinity Valley Community College Public, four-years | Athens, TX | $5,970 ($4,920) | 5,961 | - | 27% |
| Hill College Public, 2-4 years | Hillsboro, TX | $2,862 ($2,862) | 4,158 | - | 32% |
| University of Houston-Clear Lake Public, four-years | Houston, TX | $22,290 ($8,346) | 8,137 | 90.52% | 52% |
| Houston Community College Public, four-years | Houston, TX | $5,460 ($4,344) | 53,253 | - | 17% |
| University of Houston-Downtown Public, four-years | Houston, TX | $17,434 ($7,582) | 13,730 | 89.96% | 33% |
| University of Houston-Victoria Public, four-years | Victoria, TX | $16,941 ($7,149) | 3,586 | 95.90% | 26% |
| University of Houston Public, four-years | Houston, TX | $22,547 ($9,717) | 47,980 | 73.92% | 65% |
| Howard College Public, 2-4 years | Big Spring, TX | $6,716 ($5,266) | 4,101 | - | 35% |
| Kilgore College Public, 2-4 years | Kilgore, TX | $5,256 ($4,056) | 7,198 | - | 39% |
| Lamar University Public, four-years | Beaumont, TX | $18,745 ($8,905) | 17,772 | 86.41% | 37% |
| Lamar State College-Orange Public, 2-4 years | Orange, TX | $13,824 ($2,832) | 3,629 | - | 37% |
| Lamar State College-Port Arthur Public, 2-4 years | Port Arthur, TX | $8,070 ($1,770) | 4,680 | - | 45% |
| Laredo College Public, four-years | Laredo, TX | $5,748 ($4,500) | 11,029 | - | 30% |
| Texas A & M International University Public, four-years | Laredo, TX | $19,454 ($7,894) | 8,991 | 44.37% | 46% |
| Lee College Public, 2-4 years | Baytown, TX | $5,045 ($4,665) | 8,323 | - | 53% |
| College of the Mainland Public, four-years | Texas City, TX | $4,140 ($3,450) | 5,127 | - | 31% |
| McLennan Community College Public, 2-4 years | Waco, TX | $5,910 ($4,200) | 7,850 | - | 39% |
| Midland College Public, four-years | Midland, TX | $6,180 ($4,920) | 5,690 | - | 23% |
| Midwestern State University Public, four-years | Wichita Falls, TX | $11,770 ($9,950) | 5,324 | 93.52% | 43% |
| Navarro College Public, four-years | Corsicana, TX | $6,578 ($4,718) | 6,557 | - | 23% |
| Lone Star College System Public, four-years | The Woodlands, TX | $7,512 ($5,976) | 73,077 | - | 21% |
| University of North Texas Public, four-years | Denton, TX | $21,149 ($11,309) | 46,864 | 72.23% | 61% |
| Northeast Texas Community College Public, 2-4 years | Mount Pleasant, TX | $5,620 ($4,468) | 3,208 | - | 56% |
| Odessa College Public, four-years | Odessa, TX | $4,926 ($4,032) | 9,981 | - | 37% |
| The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Public, four-years | Edinburg, TX | $19,645 ($9,799) | 33,881 | 94.19% | 51% |
| Texas Southmost College Public, 2-4 years | Brownsville, TX | $4,948 ($3,748) | 8,828 | - | 30% |
| Panola College Public, 2-4 years | Carthage, TX | $5,232 ($4,080) | 2,691 | - | 43% |
| Paris Junior College Public, 2-4 years | Paris, TX | $5,700 ($4,200) | 4,533 | - | 38% |
| Prairie View A & M University Public, four-years | Prairie View, TX | $26,874 ($11,299) | 9,922 | 79.31% | 43% |
| Ranger College Public, 2-4 years | Ranger, TX | $9,066 ($6,966) | 2,522 | - | 19% |
| St Philip's College Public, 2-4 years | San Antonio, TX | $9,952 ($5,542) | 17,299 | - | 28% |
| Sam Houston State University Public, four-years | Huntsville, TX | $19,068 ($9,228) | 21,039 | 90.26% | 55% |
| San Antonio College Public, four-years | San Antonio, TX | $9,952 ($5,542) | 19,901 | - | 26% |
| San Jacinto Community College Public, four-years | Pasadena, TX | $6,690 ($4,320) | 31,812 | - | 30% |
| South Plains College Public, 2-4 years | Levelland, TX | $5,157 ($4,773) | 9,098 | - | 29% |
| Southwest Texas Junior College Public, 2-4 years | Uvalde, TX | $6,294 ($4,326) | 6,525 | - | 31% |
| Stephen F Austin State University Public, four-years | Nacogdoches, TX | $20,968 ($11,128) | 10,472 | 93.99% | 53% |
| Texas State University Public, four-years | San Marcos, TX | $22,930 ($11,450) | 40,674 | 89.32% | 55% |
| Sul Ross State University Public, four-years | Alpine, TX | $17,672 ($7,592) | 2,384 | 98.71% | 30% |
| Tarleton State University Public, four-years | Stephenville, TX | $18,142 ($8,302) | 17,433 | 89.55% | 48% |
| Tarrant County College District Public, 2-4 years | Fort Worth, TX | $8,370 ($3,537) | 43,928 | - | 34% |
| Temple College Public, 2-4 years | Temple, TX | $7,524 ($5,040) | 5,274 | - | 32% |
| University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Public, four-years | Dallas, TX | $6,984 | 2,549 | - | - |
| The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Public, four-years | San Antonio, TX | $27,776 ($10,991) | 3,786 | - | - |
| The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Public, four-years | Galveston, TX | $28,011 ($12,402) | 3,241 | - | - |
| Texarkana College Public, 2-4 years | Texarkana, TX | $5,332 ($3,916) | 4,290 | - | 47% |
| Texas A & M University-Kingsville Public, four-years | Kingsville, TX | $25,746 ($9,892) | 6,864 | 90.92% | 42% |
| Texas A & M University-College Station Public, four-years | College Station, TX | $40,124 ($12,995) | 78,321 | 57.43% | 84% |
| The University of Texas at Arlington Public, four-years | Arlington, TX | $29,582 ($11,950) | 44,956 | 79.90% | 54% |
| The University of Texas at Austin Public, four-years | Austin, TX | $44,908 ($11,688) | 53,864 | 26.64% | 89% |
| The University of Texas at Dallas Public, four-years | Richardson, TX | $40,144 ($14,644) | 29,886 | 65.13% | 76% |
| The University of Texas at El Paso Public, four-years | El Paso, TX | $25,502 ($9,544) | 25,039 | 99.92% | 50% |
| The University of Texas at Tyler Public, four-years | Tyler, TX | $24,512 ($9,512) | 10,362 | 94.02% | 54% |
| University of North Texas Health Science Center Public, four-years | Fort Worth, TX | $24,415 ($10,224) | 2,332 | - | - |
| The University of Texas Permian Basin Public, four-years | Odessa, TX | $21,900 ($9,607) | 5,585 | 94.89% | 40% |
| The University of Texas at San Antonio Public, four-years | San Antonio, TX | $22,249 ($9,326) | 35,770 | 86.79% | 53% |
| Texas Southern University Public, four-years | Houston, TX | $21,473 ($8,637) | 8,704 | 96.91% | 22% |
| Texas Tech University Public, four-years | Lubbock, TX | $24,157 ($11,852) | 40,757 | 72.65% | 69% |
| Texas Woman's University Public, four-years | Denton, TX | $18,480 ($8,640) | 15,361 | 96.12% | 49% |
| The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Public, four-years | Houston, TX | $43,132 ($15,748) | 4,938 | - | - |
| Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Public, four-years | Lubbock, TX | $22,514 ($10,214) | 5,098 | - | - |
| Tyler Junior College Public, four-years | Tyler, TX | $4,536 ($3,936) | 11,885 | - | 27% |
| Vernon College Public, 2-4 years | Vernon, TX | $6,120 ($4,680) | 2,299 | - | 21% |
| Victoria College Public, 2-4 years | Victoria, TX | $5,328 ($4,440) | 3,276 | - | 29% |
| Weatherford College Public, four-years | Weatherford, TX | $10,860 ($8,100) | 6,520 | - | 35% |
| West Texas A & M University Public, four-years | Canyon, TX | $10,996 ($9,101) | 9,045 | 98.68% | 55% |
| Western Texas College Public, 2-4 years | Snyder, TX | $6,150 ($4,890) | 1,385 | - | 53% |
| Wharton County Junior College Public, 2-4 years | Wharton, TX | $5,904 ($4,656) | 5,504 | - | 27% |
| Palo Alto College Public, 2-4 years | San Antonio, TX | $9,952 ($5,542) | 12,395 | - | 33% |
| Collin County Community College District Public, four-years | McKinney, TX | $6,064 ($3,814) | 39,548 | - | 20% |
| Southwest College for the Deaf Public, 2-4 years | Big Spring, TX | $14,746 ($5,266) | 47 | - | 40% |
| South Texas College Public, four-years | McAllen, TX | $7,620 ($5,220) | 27,431 | - | 27% |
| The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Public, four-years | Houston, TX | $23,731 ($6,511) | 359 | - | - |
| Northwest Vista College Public, 2-4 years | San Antonio, TX | $9,952 ($5,542) | 20,060 | - | 32% |
| Lamar Institute of Technology Public, 2-4 years | Beaumont, TX | $12,924 ($2,844) | 5,680 | - | 31% |
| Texas A&M University-San Antonio Public, four-years | San Antonio, TX | $23,255 ($9,654) | 7,956 | 92.80% | 40% |
| Texas A&M University-Central Texas Public, four-years | Killeen, TX | $17,155 ($7,363) | 2,403 | 100.00% | - |
| University of North Texas at Dallas Public, four-years | Dallas, TX | $21,894 ($9,595) | 3,794 | 84.45% | 42% |
| Texas State Technical College Public, 2-4 years | Waco, TX | $11,812 ($7,212) | 12,077 | - | 46% |
| Northeast Lakeview College Public, 2-4 years | Universal City, TX | $9,952 ($5,542) | 9,355 | - | 32% |
| Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center-El Paso Public, four-years | El Paso, TX | $27,170 ($14,050) | 997 | - | - |