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Most Favored Texas Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the most favored (higher yield) schools in Texas. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is the percent of students who choose to enroll after having been offered admission. Higher yield means that more admitted students are finally enrolled into the school.
Tarleton State University, has the highest yield rate of 48.58% for academic year 2022-2023 in Texas. The University of Texas at Austin is positioned second with 48.37% yield and The University of Texas Permian Basin follows them with 48%. Next table shows the schools that have high yield rates with admission statistics and acceptance rates. We exclude colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music from the ranking. You may want to check colleges having the lowest yield rates in Texas.
Most Favored Texas Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate (2023)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1Tarleton State University
Public, four-yearsStephenville, TX
48.58% 5,788 5,039 2,448 87.06%
2The University of Texas at Austin
Public, four-yearsAustin, TX
48.37% 60,055 18,830 9,109 31.35%
3The University of Texas Permian Basin
Public, four-yearsOdessa, TX
48.17% 1,475 1,397 673 94.71%
4The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Public, four-yearsEdinburg, TX
47.87% 13,744 12,053 5,770 87.70%
5University of St Thomas
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHouston, TX
47.42% 1,123 1,086 515 96.71%
6Texas A & M University-College Station
Public, four-yearsCollege Station, TX
45.91% 43,422 27,203 12,490 62.65%
7Rice University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHouston, TX
44.07% 31,443 2,730 1,203 8.68%
8East Texas Baptist University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMarshall, TX
39.86% 1,449 981 391 67.70%
9Angelo State University
Public, four-yearsSan Angelo, TX
37.11% 4,209 3,331 1,236 79.14%
10Prairie View A & M University
Public, four-yearsPrairie View, TX
36.01% 5,691 4,329 1,559 76.07%