Texas Private Colleges with the Highest Yield

The average yield (also know as enrollment rate) of the 10 Most Favored Texas Private Colleges is 19.61% for the academic year 2024-2025.

Nelson University has the highest (i.e. more admitted students are enrolled into eventually) admission yield of 56.85% and Rice University (44.20%) and East Texas Baptist University (34.84%) are following it in the list of Most Favored Texas Private Colleges.

This ranking is only based on yield and more admission stats such as acceptance rate and SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.

Nelson University has the highest admission yield (enrollment rate) of 56.85% and Rice University has the second highest yield of 44.20%.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $41,045 and graduate tuition & fees is $22,770 for the academic year 2024-2025.

For these well-regarded Most Favored Texas Private Colleges, the average acceptance rate is 53.56% and the average SAT score is 1,222, indicating a moderately selective admissions process.

Comparison between Most Favored Texas Private Colleges

Table. Most Favored Texas Private Colleges Comparison
School NameYieldAcceptance RateSAT ScoreUndergraduate Tuition & FeesTotal PopulationGraduation RateStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
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Nelson University Waxahachie, TXPrivate, 4-year 56.85%
1.64%
89.02%980$25,0641,79442.00%15 to 1
2
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Rice University Houston, TXPrivate, 4-year 44.20%
1.77%
8.00%1,550$61,2478,96195.00%6 to 1
3
1
East Texas Baptist University Marshall, TXPrivate, 4-year 34.84%
3.33%
57.76%-$30,6801,81347.00%14 to 1
4
2
Wayland Baptist University Plainview, TXPrivate, 4-year 31.98%
4.89%
55.96%-$23,7822,80919.00%10 to 1
5
2
University of St Thomas Houston, TXPrivate, 4-year 29.71%
15.54%
89.92%1,090$34,6344,30169.00%16 to 1
6
2
Lubbock Christian University Lubbock, TXPrivate, 4-year 25.90%
3.90%
73.10%1,070$28,5401,59551.00%11 to 1
7
2
Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TXPrivate, 4-year 24.72%
3.75%
44.49%1,250$61,74012,93886.00%14 to 1
8
1
LeTourneau University Longview, TXPrivate, 4-year 22.28%
1.69%
38.01%1,200$37,1603,33059.00%11 to 1
9
5
University of Dallas Irving, TXPrivate, 4-year 20.17%
4.81%
53.44%1,230$53,9302,07873.00%11 to 1
10
1
Trinity University San Antonio, TXPrivate, 4-year 20.06%
0.42%
25.92%1,405$53,6762,68784.00%8 to 1
Average31.07%53.56%1,222$41,0454,23162.50%12 to 1