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Colleges in Texas by Acceptance Rate

65 Texas colleges ranked from most to least selective, using the latest federal IPEDS admissions data.

# College State Rate Trend Applicants
1 Rice University Texas 7.9% 31,059
2 Trinity University Texas 28.2% 11,425
3 The University of Texas at Austin Texas 29.1% 66,109
4 Paul Quinn College Texas 33.8% 3,398
5 Southwestern University Texas 39.1% 6,585
6 LeTourneau University Texas 40.7% 3,518
7 Texas Christian University Texas 42.6% 20,517
8 Texas A & M International University Texas 46% 8,309
9 Austin College Texas 46.7% 5,474
10 Baylor University Texas 51% 39,735
11 Huston-Tillotson University Texas 51.9% 1,885
12 Wayland Baptist University Texas 54.1% 1,974
13 University of Dallas Texas 54.2% 4,179
14 Southwestern Adventist University Texas 55.5% 1,468
15 McMurry University Texas 57.7% 4,836
16 East Texas Baptist University Texas 60.1% 1,639
17 Southern Methodist University Texas 61.2% 15,092
18 Texas Wesleyan University Texas 62.4% 4,725
19 Texas A & M University-College Station Texas 63.2% 50,832
20 Abilene Christian University Texas 63.9% 10,510
21 The University of Texas at Dallas Texas 65.5% 29,366
22 Howard Payne University Texas 67.7% 1,269
23 University of Houston Texas 69.5% 30,327
24 Texas Tech University Texas 70.9% 34,020
25 University of North Texas Texas 72.5% 36,807
26 Lubbock Christian University Texas 73.2% 1,764
27 Prairie View A & M University Texas 75.3% 8,777
28 University of Houston-Clear Lake Texas 75.3% 2,348
29 University of Houston-Victoria Texas 76.7% 1,881
30 Angelo State University Texas 79.2% 4,660
31 Texas A&M University-Texarkana Texas 80.2% 1,802
32 The University of Texas at Arlington Texas 81.3% 23,126
33 Saint Edward's University Texas 83.7% 5,611
34 Southwestern Assemblies of God University Texas 84.2% 615
35 The University of Texas Permian Basin Texas 84.5% 1,718
36 The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Texas 84.8% 13,542
37 Houston Baptist University Texas 85.1% 9,021
38 Sam Houston State University Texas 85.4% 17,582
39 Lamar University Texas 85.7% 7,246
40 Midwestern State University Texas 87.4% 5,824
41 Schreiner University Texas 88% 2,128
42 Stephen F Austin State University Texas 88.3% 12,591
43 The University of Texas at San Antonio Texas 88.5% 22,497
44 St. Mary's University Texas 88.9% 5,203
45 Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi Texas 89.5% 10,675
46 Texas State University Texas 89.5% 37,183
47 University of Houston-Downtown Texas 90.6% 6,953
48 Concordia University Texas Texas 91.1% 2,170
49 Dallas Baptist University Texas 91.1% 8,018
50 The University of Texas at Tyler Texas 91.5% 5,521
51 Texas A&M University-San Antonio Texas 92% 7,773
52 Texas A & M University-Kingsville Texas 92.3% 7,915
53 Texas A & M University-Commerce Texas 92.6% 8,231
54 University of St Thomas Texas 93.3% 1,591
55 Texas Southern University Texas 93.4% 7,867
56 University of the Incarnate Word Texas 93.4% 11,162
57 University of North Texas at Dallas Texas 93.9% 3,939
58 Tarleton State University Texas 94.2% 8,746
59 Texas Lutheran University Texas 94.8% 1,554
60 Texas Woman's University Texas 95% 7,584
61 University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Texas 95.1% 11,407
62 Sul Ross State University Texas 95.6% 1,073
63 Hardin-Simmons University Texas 96.5% 2,452
64 West Texas A & M University Texas 97.3% 4,784
65 The University of Texas at El Paso Texas 99.9% 11,171