Largest Texas Colleges and Universities

Largest Texas Colleges with Most Enrollment

Texas A & M University-College Station has the most students of 78,321 for the academic year 2024-2025 in Texas. The University of Texas at Austin is ranked second with 53,864 students and University of Houston follows them with 47,980 students.

Colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music are excluded from the ranking. The following table compares the schools that have most students by gender.

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Largest Texas Colleges with Most Enrollment
	Name	Total # of Students	Female	Male
1	Texas A & M University-College Station Public, four-yearsCollege Station, TX	78,321	36,958	41,363
2	The University of Texas at Austin Public, four-yearsAustin, TX	53,864	30,250	23,614
3	University of Houston Public, four-yearsHouston, TX	47,980	25,038	22,942
4	University of North Texas Public, four-yearsDenton, TX	46,864	25,349	21,515
5	The University of Texas at Arlington Public, four-yearsArlington, TX	44,956	27,047	17,909
6	Texas Tech University Public, four-yearsLubbock, TX	40,757	20,896	19,861
7	Texas State University Public, four-yearsSan Marcos, TX	40,674	24,410	16,264
8	The University of Texas at San Antonio Public, four-yearsSan Antonio, TX	35,770	18,478	17,292
9	The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Public, four-yearsEdinburg, TX	33,881	19,731	14,150
10	The University of Texas at Dallas Public, four-yearsRichardson, TX	29,886	13,006	16,880
11	The University of Texas at El Paso Public, four-yearsEl Paso, TX	25,039	13,809	11,230
12	Sam Houston State University Public, four-yearsHuntsville, TX	21,039	13,336	7,703
13	Baylor University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWaco, TX	20,626	12,523	8,103
14	Lamar University Public, four-yearsBeaumont, TX	17,772	11,582	6,190
15	Tarleton State University Public, four-yearsStephenville, TX	17,433	10,764	6,669
16	Texas Woman's University Public, four-yearsDenton, TX	15,361	13,657	1,704
17	University of Houston-Downtown Public, four-yearsHouston, TX	13,730	8,530	5,200
18	Texas A & M University-Commerce Public, four-yearsCommerce, TX	13,252	8,063	5,189
19	Texas Christian University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsFort Worth, TX	12,938	7,920	5,018
20	Southern Methodist University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDallas, TX	12,116	6,068	6,048

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