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As everyone knows, Texas is a very big state. Thousands of students
choose to attend college or university in Texas every year. The Lone
Star State ranks near the top of the list in terms of the number of
colleges and universities and the number of students enrolled.
There are many good reasons to choose to go to school in Texas. Students enjoy the mild winters and warm springs as well as the diversity of landscapes and people the state has to offer. In addition to being national leader in business, technology, agriculture, aerospace, and biomedicine, Texas also has the advantage of being one of the safest and most affordable states to live in.
For our first annual edition of The Best Colleges 10 Best Colleges and Universities in Texas we used the same methodology used in our inaugural 2011-2012 edition of The Best Colleges Top 50 Colleges and Universities in America. In our attempt to create a college ranking system that takes into account what really matters to students and their parents we've gone beyond investigating standard indicators of academic quality and student satisfaction used by other major ranking systems to also consider indicators of the economic value of a school and the quality of life offered by the city or town it is located in.
At the top of this year's ranking is Rice University, which has long been recognized as one of the premier universities in Texas and the world, as have the schools in the second and third spots, longtime rivals Texas A&M and the University of Texas at Austin (though we imagine a few people might take issue with A&M being ranked higher than UT-Austin). Rounding out the top five are Texas Tech University and the University of Texas at Dallas--like A&M and UT-Austin, these are large state schools that have strong reputations within the state.
The second half of the list is where things get a little more interesting. All the schools in the bottom half of the list are private and religiously affiliated. Trinity University is a Presbyterian affiliated school that probably deserves more attention from students around the country. And while people outside of Texas have probably heard of the Baptist-affiliated Baylor University and the obviously Methodist-affiliated Southern Methodist University due to their nationally ranked sports programs, probably very few have heard of Abilene Christian University (Church of Christ) or LeTourneau University (nondenominational).
We believe our ranking of the top colleges and universities in Texas provides prospective students an excellent starting point for investigating the best colleges and universities in the Lone Star State. We measured each school across a dozen (12) different data points to come up with an overall score for each school. You can read a more detailed explanation of our Texas ranking methodology and data sources by click here.
There are many good reasons to choose to go to school in Texas. Students enjoy the mild winters and warm springs as well as the diversity of landscapes and people the state has to offer. In addition to being national leader in business, technology, agriculture, aerospace, and biomedicine, Texas also has the advantage of being one of the safest and most affordable states to live in.
For our first annual edition of The Best Colleges 10 Best Colleges and Universities in Texas we used the same methodology used in our inaugural 2011-2012 edition of The Best Colleges Top 50 Colleges and Universities in America. In our attempt to create a college ranking system that takes into account what really matters to students and their parents we've gone beyond investigating standard indicators of academic quality and student satisfaction used by other major ranking systems to also consider indicators of the economic value of a school and the quality of life offered by the city or town it is located in.
At the top of this year's ranking is Rice University, which has long been recognized as one of the premier universities in Texas and the world, as have the schools in the second and third spots, longtime rivals Texas A&M and the University of Texas at Austin (though we imagine a few people might take issue with A&M being ranked higher than UT-Austin). Rounding out the top five are Texas Tech University and the University of Texas at Dallas--like A&M and UT-Austin, these are large state schools that have strong reputations within the state.
The second half of the list is where things get a little more interesting. All the schools in the bottom half of the list are private and religiously affiliated. Trinity University is a Presbyterian affiliated school that probably deserves more attention from students around the country. And while people outside of Texas have probably heard of the Baptist-affiliated Baylor University and the obviously Methodist-affiliated Southern Methodist University due to their nationally ranked sports programs, probably very few have heard of Abilene Christian University (Church of Christ) or LeTourneau University (nondenominational).
We believe our ranking of the top colleges and universities in Texas provides prospective students an excellent starting point for investigating the best colleges and universities in the Lone Star State. We measured each school across a dozen (12) different data points to come up with an overall score for each school. You can read a more detailed explanation of our Texas ranking methodology and data sources by click here.
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