Texas Colleges With The Highest Graduation Rate

Rice University has the highest graduation rate, which is the percentage of graduate candidates who complete their degree or certificate within 150 percent of normal time (for example, within 6 years for 4-years BS degree). Its graduatation rate was 95% last year.

The University of Texas at Austin with 89% and Texas Christian University with 86% of graduation rates followed it in the ranking of Texas Colleges with the Highest Graduation Rate.

For the ranking, we exclude schools with fewer than 5,000 students.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $44,116 and graduate tuition & fees is $30,717 for the academic year 2024-2025.

For these well-regarded Texas Colleges with the Highest Graduation Rate, the average acceptance rate is 53.51% and the average SAT score is 1,299, indicating a moderately selective admissions process.

Table. Texas Colleges With The Highest Graduation Rate Comparison
	School Name	Graduation Rate	Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	Yield	Acceptance Rate	SAT Score	Total Population	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	Rice University Houston, TXPrivate, 4-year	95.00% -	$61,247	44.20%	8.00%	1,550	8,961	6 to 1
2 -	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TXPublic, 4-year	89.00% 2.00%	$44,908 ($11,688)	47.43%	26.64%	1,390	53,864	18 to 1
3 -	Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TXPrivate, 4-year	86.00% 1.00%	$61,740	24.72%	44.49%	1,250	12,938	14 to 1
4 -	Southern Methodist University Dallas, TXPrivate, 4-year	84.00% 1.00%	$67,040	17.77%	63.35%	1,420	12,116	11 to 1
4 -	Texas A&M University-College Station College Station, TXPublic, 4-year	84.00% 1.00%	$40,124 ($12,995)	39.91%	57.43%	1,270	78,321	20 to 1
6 -	Baylor University Waco, TXPrivate, 4-year	80.00% -	$58,100	14.23%	51.28%	1,300	20,626	15 to 1
7 -	The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TXPublic, 4-year	76.00% 6.00%	$40,144 ($14,644)	20.27%	65.13%	1,280	29,886	23 to 1
8 -	Texas Tech University Lubbock, TXPublic, 4-year	69.00% 2.00%	$24,157 ($11,852)	27.13%	72.65%	1,180	40,757	20 to 1
9 -	University of Houston Houston, TXPublic, 4-year	65.00% 1.00%	$22,547 ($9,717)	26.52%	73.92%	1,250	47,980	22 to 1
10 1	University of North Texas Denton, TXPublic, 4-year	61.00% 2.00%	$21,149 ($11,309)	24.21%	72.23%	1,100	46,864	25 to 1
	Average	78.90%	$44,116 ($12,034)	28.64%	53.51%	1,299	35,231	17 to 1

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