Hardest Colleges to Get Into in Texas
Texas has 53 colleges in the CollegeCalcAI database, and this page ranks every one of them by acceptance rate. The most selective are Rice University (8%), Trinity University (TX) (26%), and University of Texas at Austin (27%). 1 school admits a quarter of applicants or fewer, the median Texas college admits 79%, and 28 are public against 25 private. At the other end, University of Texas at El Paso admits 100%. Open any school for its full admissions profile, or check your own odds free.
Schools
53
Median acceptance
79%
Most selective
Rice University
8% acceptance
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53 schools
- Rice University8%acceptanceMost selectiveTX · SAT 1560
- Trinity University (TX)26%acceptanceSelectiveTX · SAT 1230
- University of Texas at Austin27%acceptanceSelectiveTX · SAT 1460
- Huston-Tillotson University39%acceptanceSelectiveTX · SAT 1000
- Paul Quinn College40%acceptanceSelectiveTX · SAT 930
- Texas Christian University44%acceptanceSelectiveTX · SAT 1370
- Texas A&M International44%acceptanceSelectiveTX · SAT 1120
- Austin College48%acceptanceSelectiveTX · SAT 1230
- Jarvis Christian University50%acceptanceSelectiveTX · SAT 1000
- Texas College50%acceptanceSelectiveTX · SAT 1000
- Wiley University50%acceptanceSelectiveTX · SAT 1000
- Baylor University51%acceptanceModerately selectiveTX · SAT 1370
- Wayland Baptist University56%acceptanceModerately selectiveTX · SAT 1120
- Texas A&M University57%acceptanceModerately selectiveTX · SAT 1380
- Southern Methodist University63%acceptanceModerately selectiveTX · SAT 1440
- Nelson University65%acceptanceModerately selectiveTX · SAT 1120
- North American University65%acceptanceModerately selectiveTX · SAT 1120
- Northland College65%acceptanceModerately selectiveTX · SAT 1120
- Our Lady of the Lake University65%acceptanceModerately selectiveTX · SAT 1120
- Abilene Christian University66%acceptanceModerately selectiveTX · SAT 1210
- Texas Wesleyan University69%acceptanceModerately selectiveTX · SAT 1120
- University of North Texas72%acceptanceModerately selectiveTX · SAT 1230
- Texas Tech University73%acceptanceModerately selectiveTX · SAT 1260
- Lubbock Christian University73%acceptanceModerately selectiveTX · SAT 1150
- University of Houston74%acceptanceModerately selectiveTX · SAT 1310
- TAMU Texarkana78%acceptanceAccessibleTX · SAT 1100
- Prairie View A&M University79%acceptanceAccessibleTX · SAT 1030
- University of Texas at Arlington80%acceptanceAccessibleTX · SAT 1200
- St. Edward's University81%acceptanceAccessibleTX · SAT 1150
- Angelo State University83%acceptanceAccessibleTX · SAT 1100
- Houston Christian University84%acceptanceAccessibleTX · SAT 1100
- Lamar University86%acceptanceAccessibleTX · SAT 1090
- University of Texas at San Antonio87%acceptanceAccessibleTX · SAT 1200
- Texas A&M-Corpus Christi89%acceptanceAccessibleTX · SAT 1120
- Texas State University89%acceptanceAccessibleTX · SAT 1200
- Dallas Baptist University89%acceptanceAccessibleTX · SAT 1150
- Sam Houston State University90%acceptanceAccessibleTX · SAT 1160
- Tarleton State University90%acceptanceAccessibleTX · SAT 1100
- Texas A&M Kingsville91%acceptanceAccessibleTX · SAT 1120
- Concordia University Texas91%acceptanceAccessibleTX · SAT 1170
- East Texas A&M University92%acceptanceAccessibleTX · SAT 1090
- TAMU San Antonio93%acceptanceAccessibleTX · SAT 1100
- Stephen F. Austin State University94%acceptanceAccessibleTX · SAT 1120
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley94%acceptanceAccessibleTX · SAT 1090
- Midwestern State University94%acceptanceAccessibleTX · SAT 1100
- UT Tyler94%acceptanceAccessibleTX · SAT 1120
- UT Permian Basin95%acceptanceAccessibleTX · SAT 1120
- Texas Woman's University96%acceptanceAccessibleTX · SAT 1120
- Texas Southern University97%acceptanceAccessibleTX · SAT 1010
- University of the Incarnate Word98%acceptanceAccessibleTX · SAT 1100
- St. Mary's University (TX)98%acceptanceAccessibleTX · SAT 1150
- West Texas A&M99%acceptanceAccessibleTX · SAT 1120
- University of Texas at El Paso100%acceptanceAccessibleTX · SAT 1090
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Acceptance rates and admitted test ranges reflect publicly reported data (U.S. Department of Education / NCES IPEDS / Common Data Sets) and are rounded. Estimates from CollegeCalcAI are a planning tool computed by a fixed, transparent model, not a guarantee of any admission decision.