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Most selective (lowest admit rate) in Texas
64 colleges in Texas with this figure reported (500+ students).
1Rice University · TX · Private (nonprofit)8% admit2Trinity University · TX · Private (nonprofit)28% admit3The University of Texas at Austin · TX · Public29% admit4Paul Quinn College · TX · Private (nonprofit)34% admit5Southwestern University · TX · Private (nonprofit)39% admit6LeTourneau University · TX · Private (nonprofit)41% admit7Texas Christian University · TX · Private (nonprofit)43% admit8Texas A & M International University · TX · Public46% admit9Austin College · TX · Private (nonprofit)47% admit10Baylor University · TX · Private (nonprofit)51% admit11Wayland Baptist University · TX · Private (nonprofit)54% admit12University of Dallas · TX · Private (nonprofit)54% admit13Southwestern Adventist University · TX · Private (nonprofit)56% admit14McMurry University · TX · Private (nonprofit)58% admit15East Texas Baptist University · TX · Private (nonprofit)60% admit16Southern Methodist University · TX · Private (nonprofit)61% admit17Texas Wesleyan University · TX · Private (nonprofit)62% admit18Texas A&M University-College Station · TX · Public63% admit19Abilene Christian University · TX · Private (nonprofit)64% admit20The University of Texas at Dallas · TX · Public65% admit21Howard Payne University · TX · Private (nonprofit)68% admit22University of Houston · TX · Public70% admit23Texas Tech University · TX · Public71% admit24University of North Texas · TX · Public72% admit25Lubbock Christian University · TX · Private (nonprofit)73% admit26Prairie View A & M University · TX · Public75% admit27University of Houston-Clear Lake · TX · Public75% admit28Texas A&M University-Victoria · TX · Public77% admit29Angelo State University · TX · Public79% admit30Texas A&M University-Texarkana · TX · Public80% admit31The University of Texas at Arlington · TX · Public81% admit32Saint Edward's University · TX · Private (nonprofit)84% admit33Nelson University · TX · Private (nonprofit)84% admit34The University of Texas Permian Basin · TX · Public84% admit35The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley · TX · Public85% admit36Houston Christian University · TX · Private (nonprofit)85% admit37Sam Houston State University · TX · Public85% admit38Lamar University · TX · Public86% admit39Midwestern State University · TX · Public87% admit40Schreiner University · TX · Private (nonprofit)88% admit
Source: U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS (latest survey year). Sorted only by most selective (lowest admit rate) — this is not an overall quality ranking. Open-admission colleges do not report an admit rate and are not listed here.