Baylor University is the largest private Texas college with 20,709 students. The percentage of online students is 14.10% at the school.

Texas Christian University with 12,273 students and Southern Methodist University with 12,053 students are following it in the largetst Texas college ranking.

For the largest college ranking, we exclude colleges with more than 50% of online students. Instead, you can check them at the largest Texas online colleges.

Key Admission and Academic Facts of Largest Texas Private Colleges With Most Students

Baylor University is the largest school with 20,709 students and Texas Christian University has the second largest population with 12,273 students. We note again that colleges with more than 50% of online students are excluded for the ranking.

Baylor University stay at first place of the largest college ranking since last year. Texas Christian University ranked 2nd, up 1 place from 3rd last year.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $45,574 and graduate tuition & fees is $29,194 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 69.11% and the average SAT score is 1,223 at the schools.

The average graduation rate is 67.10% and the students to faculty ratio is 14 to 1 over the 10 colleges.

The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 10 Largest Texas Private Colleges With Most Students.

Table. Largest Texas Private Colleges With Most Students Comparison
School NameTotal PopulationUndergraduate EnrollmentGraduation EnrollmentMen EnrollmentWomen EnrollmentOnline EnrollmentStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
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Baylor University Waco, TXPrivate, 4-year 20,709
83
15,2135,4968,04512,6642,92015 to 1
2
1
Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TXPrivate, 4-year 12,273
335
10,5231,7504,7327,54124514 to 1
3
1
Southern Methodist University Dallas, TXPrivate, 4-year 12,053
332
7,0564,9976,0406,01389211 to 1
4
-
Rice University Houston, TXPrivate, 4-year 8,672
387
4,4944,1784,9353,7374986 to 1
5
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University of the Incarnate Word San Antonio, TXPrivate, 4-year 7,305
203
4,7242,5812,7304,5751,32913 to 1
6
-
Abilene Christian University Abilene, TXPrivate, 4-year 5,079
167
3,2111,8681,7483,3311,51313 to 1
7
-
Dallas Baptist University Dallas, TXPrivate, 4-year 4,348
8
2,9711,3771,8302,51870817 to 1
8
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Houston Baptist University Houston, TXPrivate, 4-year 4,257
137
2,8231,4341,3922,8651,23715 to 1
9
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University of St Thomas Houston, TXPrivate, 4-year 3,588
289
2,6469421,5092,07956814 to 1
10
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University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Belton, TXPrivate, 4-year 3,575
157
3,0725031,2282,34712917 to 1
Average8,1865,6732,5133,4194,7671,00414 to 1