Most Favored Texas Colleges

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.

The University of Texas at Austin, has the highest yield rate of 47.43% for academic year 2024-2025 in Texas. Rice University is positioned second with 44.20% yield and The University of Texas Permian Basin follows them with 44%. Next table shows the schools that have high yield rates with admission statistics and acceptance rates. Colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music are excluded from the ranking. You may want to check colleges having the lowest yield rates in Texas.

Most Favored Texas Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate (2025)
	Name	Yield	# of Applicants	# of Admitted	# of Enrolled	Acceptance Rate
1	The University of Texas at Austin Public, four-yearsAustin, TX	47.43%	72,885	19,417	9,210	26.64%
2	Rice University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHouston, TX	44.20%	32,473	2,597	1,148	8.00%
3	The University of Texas Permian Basin Public, four-yearsOdessa, TX	43.97%	1,565	1,485	653	94.89%
4	The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Public, four-yearsEdinburg, TX	40.51%	18,377	17,310	7,013	94.19%
5	Texas A & M University-College Station Public, four-yearsCollege Station, TX	39.91%	54,669	31,397	12,530	57.43%
6	Texas A & M International University Public, four-yearsLaredo, TX	36.14%	8,499	3,771	1,363	44.37%
7	East Texas Baptist University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMarshall, TX	34.84%	1,759	1,016	354	57.76%
8	The University of Texas at El Paso Public, four-yearsEl Paso, TX	33.53%	11,996	11,986	4,019	99.92%
9	West Texas A & M University Public, four-yearsCanyon, TX	32.63%	3,717	3,668	1,197	98.68%
10	Wayland Baptist University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPlainview, TX	31.98%	1,939	1,085	347	55.96%

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