Texas has a number of colleges and universities with different qualities that should be considered. From a safety standpoint, University of Houston – Downtown campus beats out Tarleton State University with a safety score of 95.9 out of 100 to 95.1 out of 100.
The average student loan varies from school to school with Texas Christian University having the highest average outstanding student loan amount of $7714. However, students are able to save some money by searching online for cheap textbooks with our textbook search engine located in the sidebar.
When determining the best overall college or university in Texas, including multiple factors such as quality of education, safety, cost and student reviews – Rice University scores highest with a 99.0 out of 100 score, followed by University of Texas – Austin (95.3) and Texas A&M University (95.0). For more detailed information on particular schools select from the list below:
- Abilene Christian University
- Amberton University
- Angelo State University
- Arlington Baptist College
- Art Institute of Dallas
- Art Institute of Houston
- Austin College
- Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary
- Baylor University
- Brazosport College
- College of St. Thomas More
- Concordia University-Austin
- Criswell College
- Dallas Baptist University
- Dallas Christian College
- DeVry University-Irving
- East Texas Baptist University
- Hardin-Simmons University
- Houston Baptist University
- Howard Payne University
- Huston-Tillotson University
- Jarvis Christian College
- Lamar University
- LeTourneau University
- Lubbock Christian University
- McMurry University
- Midland College
- Midwestern State University
- Northwood University-Texas Campus
- Our Lady of the Lake University
- Parker College of Chiropractic
- Paul Quinn College
- Prairie View A&M University
- Rice University
- Sam Houston State University
- Schreiner University
- South Texas College
- Southern Methodist University
- Southwestern Adventist University
- Southwestern Assemblies of God University
- Southwestern Christian College
- Southwestern University
- St. Edward’s University
- St. Mary’s University of San Antonio
- Stephen F. Austin State University
- Sul Ross State University
- Tarleton State University
- Texas A&M International University
- Texas A&M Univ. System Health Sciences Center-Baylor College of Dentistry
- Texas A&M University-College Station
- Texas A&M University-Commerce
- Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
- Texas A&M University-Galveston
- Texas A&M University-Kingsville
- Texas A&M University-Texarkana
- Texas Chiropractic College
- Texas Christian University
- Texas College
- Texas Lutheran University
- Texas Southern University
- Texas State University-San Marcos
- Texas Tech University
- Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
- Texas Wesleyan University
- Texas Woman’s University
- Trinity University
- University of Dallas
- University of Houston
- University of Houston-Clear Lake
- University of Houston-Downtown
- University of Houston-Victoria
- University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
- University of North Texas
- University of St. Thomas
- University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston
- University of Texas Health Science Center-San Antonio
- University of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston
- University of Texas of the Permian Basin
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center-Dallas
- University of Texas-Arlington
- University of Texas-Austin
- University of Texas-Brownsville
- University of Texas-Dallas
- University of Texas-El Paso
- University of Texas-Pan American
- University of Texas-San Antonio
- University of Texas-Tyler
- University of the Incarnate Word
- Wayland Baptist University
- West Texas A&M University
- Wiley College
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