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Tightest Texas Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

The next table lists the tightest (low acceptance rate) Texas colleges and universities to admit. Those schools have been keeping the acceptance rate in low level in recent years. Rice University has the lowest acceptance rate as of 8.68% for academic year 2022-2023 in Texas. For the ranking, we only include 4-years colleges with at least 100 new students (freshmen).
The following table shows the schools that have low acceptance rates with admission statistics and yield, also known as enrollment rate. You may want to check colleges having the highest acceptance rates in Texas.
Tightest Texas Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate (2022-2023)
NameAcceptance Rate# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledYield
1Rice University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHouston, TX
8.68%31,4432,7301,20344.07%
2Trinity University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSan Antonio, TX
30.51%11,4633,49765518.73%
3The University of Texas at Austin
Public, four-yearsAustin, TX
31.35%60,05518,8309,10948.37%
4Southwestern University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsGeorgetown, TX
44.79%5,5572,48943617.52%
5Baylor University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWaco, TX
45.88%40,75318,6993,29617.63%
6Texas A & M International University
Public, four-yearsLaredo, TX
47.88%7,8483,7581,30734.78%
7LeTourneau University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLongview, TX
48.83%3,0001,46531421.43%
8Huston-Tillotson University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAustin, TX
51.94%1,88597918418.79%
9Southern Methodist University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDallas, TX
52.25%16,1508,4391,63919.42%
10Hallmark University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSan Antonio, TX
52.89%32917415387.93%