For the 2025 Texas college admission cycle, a total of 57,996 enrolled students submitted SAT scores and 15,449 students submitted ACT scores to Texas colleges.
The average SAT score for Texas colleges is 1,106 and the average ACT composite score is 23. Compared to the previous year, the Texas's average SAT score decreased by 2 points from 1,108 to 1,106, representing a 0.2% change.
The average acceptance rate for Texas colleges with available SAT data is 66.42% with a yield rate of 24.28%. This represents a 0.8 percentage point decrease in selectivity compared to the previous admission cycle.
Among Texas colleges, Rice University has the highest SAT score of 1,550.
The following table compares the SAT scores 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 | SAT Score | ACT Score | Acceptance Rate | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rice University | 1,550 | 35 | 8.00% 0.12% | 44.20% -1.77% |
| Southern Methodist University | 1,420 10 | 32 | 63.35% 2.13% | 17.77% 0.54% |
| Trinity University | 1,405 15 | 32 | 25.92% -2.24% | 20.06% -0.42% |
| The University of Texas at Austin | 1,390 20 | 31 | 26.64% -2.48% | 47.43% -1.32% |
| Baylor University | 1,300 10 | 30 1 | 51.28% 0.29% | 14.23% -2.14% |
| The University of Texas at Dallas | 1,280 -10 | 28 -1 | 65.13% -0.33% | 20.27% -1.37% |
| Texas A&M University-College Station | 1,270 10 | 28 | 57.43% -5.82% | 39.91% -2.87% |
| University of Houston | 1,250 20 | 26 1 | 73.92% 4.39% | 26.52% -0.28% |
| Texas Christian University | 1,250 -20 | 29 | 44.49% 1.89% | 24.72% -3.75% |
| University of Dallas | 1,230 -25 | 25 -4 | 53.44% -0.76% | 20.17% 4.81% |
| Southwestern University | 1,210 -40 | 29 1 | 43.05% 3.98% | 13.76% -1.90% |
| Austin College | 1,200 -30 | 26 -3 | 47.65% 0.99% | 14.18% 2.59% |
| LeTourneau University | 1,200 -70 | 25 -1 | 38.01% -2.67% | 22.28% -1.69% |
| Abilene Christian University | 1,180 10 | 25 | 66.03% 2.15% | 12.11% -0.73% |
| Texas Tech University | 1,180 10 | 25 | 72.65% 1.76% | 27.13% -2.80% |
| The University of Texas at Arlington | 1,120 10 | 23 | 79.90% -1.39% | 26.44% -1.40% |
| Saint Edward's University | 1,110 -30 | 26 4 | 81.42% -2.27% | 9.54% -4.49% |
| Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service | 1,110 | - | 86.42% | 100.00% |
| Dallas Baptist University | 1,105 16 | 23 | 88.84% -2.24% | 11.21% 3.28% |
| Hardin-Simmons University | 1,100 25 | 22 2 | 90.00% -6.53% | 12.23% -2.81% |
| University of North Texas | 1,100 | 23 | 72.23% -0.23% | 24.21% -1.76% |
| St. Mary's University | 1,100 100 | 20 3 | 97.76% 8.81% | 12.62% 1.17% |
| Texas State University | 1,100 16 | 22 -1 | 89.32% -0.16% | 26.87% 3.04% |
| The University of Texas at Tyler | 1,100 -10 | 23 1 | 94.02% 2.48% | 27.01% 0.81% |
| The University of Texas at San Antonio | 1,100 | 23 1 | 86.79% -1.67% | 27.10% -2.43% |
| Houston Christian University | 1,090 10 | 20 -3 | 84.44% -0.71% | 10.52% 1.03% |
| University of St Thomas | 1,090 -110 | 21 -4 | 89.92% -3.42% | 29.71% -15.54% |
| Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi | 1,080 | 22 | 88.58% -0.89% | 20.96% -0.65% |
| University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 1,080 -10 | 23 1 | 95.76% 0.64% | 5.52% -2.08% |
| Lubbock Christian University | 1,070 10 | 23 1 | 73.10% -0.09% | 25.90% 3.90% |
| Tarleton State University | 1,070 10 | 21 | 89.55% -4.65% | 24.33% -8.47% |
| Texas Wesleyan University | 1,070 | - | 69.16% 6.77% | 13.75% -2.97% |
| East Texas A&M University | 1,060 | 22 1 | 92.24% -0.35% | 12.26% -3.12% |
| Stephen F Austin State University | 1,060 -10 | 21 | 93.99% 5.74% | 17.11% -1.54% |
| University of Houston-Clear Lake | 1,055 -55 | 22 2 | 90.52% 15.22% | 22.22% -2.61% |
| Lamar University | 1,050 20 | 22 | 86.41% 0.68% | 21.92% -3.11% |
| Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 1,050 20 | - | 90.92% -1.37% | 15.99% -0.48% |
| West Texas A & M University | 1,050 -10 | 20 -1 | 98.68% 1.33% | 32.63% 5.45% |
| McMurry University | 1,040 -40 | 20 | 57.04% -0.61% | 12.00% 0.59% |
| Sam Houston State University | 1,040 -10 | 20 -1 | 90.26% 4.87% | 21.09% -2.89% |
| Southwestern Adventist University | 1,035 | 19 | 78.36% 22.84% | 20.71% 1.20% |
| Angelo State University | 1,030 10 | 21 | 83.01% 3.78% | 28.06% -11.00% |
| University of Houston-Downtown | 1,030 -10 | 19 -1 | 89.96% -0.68% | 20.04% -3.62% |
| The University of Texas Permian Basin | 1,020 -20 | 22 5 | 94.89% 10.43% | 43.97% -2.48% |
| Howard Payne University | 1,000 40 | 21 -1 | 67.37% -0.32% | 26.97% 2.64% |
| Sul Ross State University | 1,000 -15 | 21 6 | 98.71% 3.09% | 18.27% -3.46% |
| Texas A & M International University | 990 -30 | 19 2 | 44.37% -1.59% | 36.14% -0.05% |
| The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 990 -30 | 18 -1 | 94.19% 9.37% | 40.51% -8.54% |
| Nelson University | 980 -30 | - | 89.02% 4.79% | 56.85% 1.64% |
| Prairie View A & M University | 970 30 | 19 1 | 79.31% 4.01% | 18.37% -13.59% |
| The University of Texas at El Paso | 960 -20 | 19 -1 | 99.92% 0.02% | 33.53% -1.77% |
| Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 950 | 18 | 92.80% 0.80% | 14.38% 0.05% |
| University of North Texas at Dallas | 940 30 | - | 84.45% -9.41% | 11.02% -1.67% |
| Dallas Christian College | 925 -75 | 17 -3 | 21.80% -62.23% | 41.38% 7.54% |
| Huston-Tillotson University | 900 | 22 | 39.09% | 23.26% |
| Texas Southern University | 900 | 17 | 96.91% 3.56% | 17.89% -4.67% |