For 2024-2025 admission, the average acceptance rate of Texas colleges is 67.58%, 544,805 accepted out of 806,204 applicants.
For Texas college admission, the total number of applicants increased by 66,225 (8.95%) compared to last year, from 739,979 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year increased by 1,596, which is more than 1.26% last year.
Texas colleges' acceptance rate increased by 0.35% compared to last year, which means easier to get into Texas colleges. The yield decreased by 1.93%.
Among Texas colleges, Rice University has the lowest acceptance rate of 8.00% with 2,597 accepted students out of 32,473 applicants. The University of Texas at Austin has the most number of applicants of 72,885 and Texas A&M University-College Station has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 12,530.
The following table compares the acceptance rate and admission statistics between four-years colleges in Texas. Those colleges have admission requirements and criteria to admit (not open admission). The green or red arrows with numbers indicate change from the previous year for each column.
| School | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled | Acceptance Rate | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rice University | 32,473 1,414 | 2,597 150 | 1,148 23 | 8.00% 0.12% | 44.20% -1.77% |
| Dallas Christian College | 665 352 | 145 -118 | 60 -29 | 21.80% -62.23% | 41.38% 7.54% |
| Trinity University | 12,506 1,081 | 3,241 24 | 650 -9 | 25.92% -2.24% | 20.06% -0.42% |
| The University of Texas at Austin | 72,885 6,776 | 19,417 164 | 9,210 -175 | 26.64% -2.48% | 47.43% -1.32% |
| Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary | 14 1 | 4 1 | 3 | 28.57% 5.49% | 75.00% -25.00% |
| Messenger College | 24 10 | 9 2 | 6 -1 | 37.50% -12.50% | 66.67% -33.33% |
| LeTourneau University | 3,673 155 | 1,396 -35 | 311 -32 | 38.01% -2.67% | 22.28% -1.69% |
| Huston-Tillotson University | 3,190 | 1,247 | 290 | 39.09% | 23.26% |
| Redeemers University North America | 5 -8 | 2 -10 | 2 2 | 40.00% -52.31% | 100.00% |
| Paul Quinn College | 3,088 -310 | 1,244 95 | 169 2 | 40.28% 6.47% | 13.59% -0.94% |
| Southwestern University | 6,313 -272 | 2,718 145 | 374 -29 | 43.05% 3.98% | 13.76% -1.90% |
| Texas A & M International University | 8,499 190 | 3,771 -48 | 1,363 -19 | 44.37% -1.59% | 36.14% -0.05% |
| Texas Christian University | 22,307 1,790 | 9,925 1,185 | 2,453 -35 | 44.49% 1.89% | 24.72% -3.75% |
| Austin College | 5,282 -192 | 2,517 -37 | 357 61 | 47.65% 0.99% | 14.18% 2.59% |
| Baylor University | 46,946 7,211 | 24,075 3,813 | 3,427 110 | 51.28% 0.29% | 14.23% -2.14% |
| Hallmark University | 224 111 | 115 4 | 113 3 | 51.34% -46.89% | 98.26% -0.84% |
| University of Dallas | 3,664 -515 | 1,958 -307 | 395 47 | 53.44% -0.76% | 20.17% 4.81% |
| Wayland Baptist University | 1,939 -35 | 1,085 18 | 347 58 | 55.96% 1.91% | 31.98% 4.89% |
| McMurry University | 4,837 1 | 2,759 -29 | 331 13 | 57.04% -0.61% | 12.00% 0.59% |
| Texas A&M University-College Station | 54,669 3,837 | 31,397 -752 | 12,530 -1,223 | 57.43% -5.82% | 39.91% -2.87% |
| The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary | 279 6 | 161 17 | 100 -29 | 57.71% 4.96% | 62.11% -27.47% |
| East Texas Baptist University | 1,759 120 | 1,016 31 | 354 -22 | 57.76% -2.34% | 34.84% -3.33% |
| The King's University | 94 69 | 57 32 | 11 -11 | 60.64% -39.36% | 19.30% -68.70% |
| Southern Methodist University | 15,245 153 | 9,657 417 | 1,716 124 | 63.35% 2.13% | 17.77% 0.54% |
| Texas A&M University-Texarkana | 3,431 1,629 | 2,180 735 | 368 109 | 63.54% -16.65% | 16.88% -1.04% |
| The University of Texas at Dallas | 31,789 2,423 | 20,704 1,480 | 4,196 36 | 65.13% -0.33% | 20.27% -1.37% |
| Abilene Christian University | 11,332 822 | 7,482 768 | 906 44 | 66.03% 2.15% | 12.11% -0.73% |
| Howard Payne University | 1,189 -80 | 801 -58 | 216 7 | 67.37% -0.32% | 26.97% 2.64% |
| KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts | 44 -35 | 30 -19 | 17 -16 | 68.18% 6.15% | 56.67% -10.68% |
| School of Automotive Machinists & Technology | 35 -23 | 24 -10 | 14 -1 | 68.57% 9.95% | 58.33% 14.21% |
| Texas Wesleyan University | 5,036 311 | 3,483 535 | 479 -14 | 69.16% 6.77% | 13.75% -2.97% |
| University of North Texas | 38,477 1,670 | 27,793 1,122 | 6,730 -196 | 72.23% -0.23% | 24.21% -1.76% |
| Texas Tech University | 34,356 336 | 24,958 842 | 6,772 -445 | 72.65% 1.76% | 27.13% -2.80% |
| Lubbock Christian University | 1,669 -95 | 1,220 -71 | 316 32 | 73.10% -0.09% | 25.90% 3.90% |
| University of Houston | 31,716 1,389 | 23,446 2,359 | 6,218 566 | 73.92% 4.39% | 26.52% -0.28% |
| The Culinary School of Fort Worth | 89 2 | 69 14 | 69 47 | 77.53% 14.31% | 100.00% 60.00% |
| Southwestern Adventist University | 758 -710 | 594 -221 | 123 -36 | 78.36% 22.84% | 20.71% 1.20% |
| Prairie View A & M University | 12,936 4,159 | 10,259 3,650 | 1,885 -227 | 79.31% 4.01% | 18.37% -13.59% |
| The University of Texas at Arlington | 24,623 1,497 | 19,675 876 | 5,202 -31 | 79.90% -1.39% | 26.44% -1.40% |
| Vet Tech Institute of Houston | 63 11 | 51 8 | 34 11 | 80.95% -1.74% | 66.67% 13.18% |
| Saint Edward's University | 5,830 219 | 4,747 51 | 453 -206 | 81.42% -2.27% | 9.54% -4.49% |
| Angelo State University | 6,415 1,755 | 5,325 1,633 | 1,494 52 | 83.01% 3.78% | 28.06% -11.00% |
| Chamberlain University-Texas | 31 -15 | 26 -18 | 18 -15 | 83.87% -11.78% | 69.23% -5.77% |
| Houston Christian University | 8,455 -566 | 7,139 -542 | 751 22 | 84.44% -0.71% | 10.52% 1.03% |
| University of North Texas at Dallas | 5,029 1,090 | 4,247 550 | 468 -1 | 84.45% -9.41% | 11.02% -1.67% |
| Lamar University | 8,990 1,744 | 7,768 1,556 | 1,703 148 | 86.41% 0.68% | 21.92% -3.11% |
| Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service | 81 | 70 | 70 | 86.42% | 100.00% |
| The University of Texas at San Antonio | 25,422 2,925 | 22,063 2,163 | 5,980 103 | 86.79% -1.67% | 27.10% -2.43% |
| Schreiner University | 2,475 347 | 2,183 311 | 326 44 | 88.20% 0.23% | 14.93% -0.13% |
| Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi | 12,049 1,374 | 10,673 1,122 | 2,237 173 | 88.58% -0.89% | 20.96% -0.65% |
| Dallas Baptist University | 6,163 -1,855 | 5,475 -1,828 | 614 35 | 88.84% -2.24% | 11.21% 3.28% |
| Nelson University | 656 41 | 584 66 | 332 46 | 89.02% 4.79% | 56.85% 1.64% |
| Texas State University | 34,146 -3,037 | 30,498 -2,775 | 8,195 265 | 89.32% -0.16% | 26.87% 3.04% |
| Tarleton State University | 13,705 4,959 | 12,273 4,034 | 2,986 284 | 89.55% -4.65% | 24.33% -8.47% |
| University of St Thomas | 2,878 1,287 | 2,588 1,103 | 769 97 | 89.92% -3.42% | 29.71% -15.54% |
| University of Houston-Downtown | 6,551 -402 | 5,893 -409 | 1,181 -310 | 89.96% -0.68% | 20.04% -3.62% |
| Hardin-Simmons University | 3,479 1,027 | 3,131 764 | 383 27 | 90.00% -6.53% | 12.23% -2.81% |
| Sam Houston State University | 17,179 -403 | 15,506 492 | 3,270 -331 | 90.26% 4.87% | 21.09% -2.89% |
| Concorde Career College-Dallas | 356 70 | 322 45 | 174 16 | 90.45% -6.40% | 54.04% -3.00% |
| University of Houston-Clear Lake | 2,352 4 | 2,129 361 | 473 34 | 90.52% 15.22% | 22.22% -2.61% |
| Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 8,846 931 | 8,043 738 | 1,286 83 | 90.92% -1.37% | 15.99% -0.48% |
| Concordia University Texas | 2,401 231 | 2,191 215 | 176 -62 | 91.25% 0.19% | 8.03% -4.01% |
| East Texas A&M University | 10,625 2,394 | 9,801 2,180 | 1,202 30 | 92.24% -0.35% | 12.26% -3.12% |
| Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 9,482 1,709 | 8,799 1,648 | 1,265 240 | 92.80% 0.80% | 14.38% 0.05% |
| Midwestern State University | 7,803 1,979 | 7,297 2,208 | 944 138 | 93.52% 6.14% | 12.94% -2.90% |
| Stephen F Austin State University | 13,596 1,005 | 12,779 1,667 | 2,186 114 | 93.99% 5.74% | 17.11% -1.54% |
| The University of Texas at Tyler | 5,603 82 | 5,268 214 | 1,423 99 | 94.02% 2.48% | 27.01% 0.81% |
| The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 18,377 4,835 | 17,310 5,824 | 7,013 1,379 | 94.19% 9.37% | 40.51% -8.54% |
| The University of Texas Permian Basin | 1,565 -153 | 1,485 34 | 653 -21 | 94.89% 10.43% | 43.97% -2.48% |
| Concorde Career College-San Antonio | 311 189 | 296 175 | 149 72 | 95.18% -4.00% | 50.34% -13.30% |
| Texas Lutheran University | 2,306 752 | 2,207 734 | 370 82 | 95.71% 0.92% | 16.76% -2.79% |
| University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 13,004 1,597 | 12,452 1,602 | 687 -138 | 95.76% 0.64% | 5.52% -2.08% |
| Texas A&M University-Victoria | 1,880 -1 | 1,803 360 | 221 48 | 95.90% 19.19% | 12.26% 0.27% |
| Texas Woman's University | 8,353 769 | 8,029 825 | 1,596 123 | 96.12% 1.13% | 19.88% -0.57% |
| Texas Southern University | 9,391 1,524 | 9,101 1,757 | 1,628 -29 | 96.91% 3.56% | 17.89% -4.67% |
| St. Mary's University | 4,724 -479 | 4,618 -10 | 583 53 | 97.76% 8.81% | 12.62% 1.17% |
| University of the Incarnate Word | 11,316 154 | 11,105 684 | 1,016 -51 | 98.14% 4.78% | 9.15% -1.09% |
| West Texas A & M University | 3,717 -1,067 | 3,668 -989 | 1,197 -69 | 98.68% 1.33% | 32.63% 5.45% |
| Sul Ross State University | 1,159 86 | 1,144 118 | 209 -14 | 98.71% 3.09% | 18.27% -3.46% |
| The University of Texas at El Paso | 11,996 825 | 11,986 826 | 4,019 79 | 99.92% 0.02% | 33.53% -1.77% |
| Arizona College of Nursing-Dallas | 74 2 | 74 2 | 33 6 | 100.00% | 44.59% 7.09% |
| Baptist Health System School of Health Professions | 9 8 | 9 9 | 9 9 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Criswell College | 33 9 | 33 11 | 29 11 | 100.00% 8.33% | 87.88% 6.06% |
| Concorde Career College-Grand Prairie | 340 -37 | 340 -37 | 256 -1 | 100.00% | 75.29% 7.12% |
| Texas A&M University-Central Texas | 62 29 | 62 29 | 41 15 | 100.00% | 66.13% -12.66% |
| Christ Mission College | 3 | 3 | 3 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Abilene Christian University-Undergraduate Online | 182 32 | 182 32 | 146 38 | 100.00% | 80.22% 8.22% |
| Graduate America | 1 -2 | 1 -2 | 1 -2 | 100.00% | 100.00% |