Texas Southern University has the lowest 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 26% last year.

University of Houston-Downtown with 30% and Texas A&M University-San Antonio with 31% of graduation rates followed it in the ranking of Texas Colleges with Lowest Graduation Rate.

Colleges having lowest graduation rate.

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

Key Admission and Academic Facts of Texas Colleges With Lowest Graduation Rate

Texas Southern University has the lowest graduation rate of 26% and University of Houston-Downtown has the second lowest graduation rate of 30%.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $20,557 and graduate tuition & fees is $14,881 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 88.18% and the average SAT score is 997 at the schools.

The average graduation rate is 36.20% and the students to faculty ratio is 18 to 1 over the 10 colleges.

The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 10 Texas Colleges With Lowest Graduation Rate.

Table. Texas Colleges With Lowest Graduation Rate Comparison
School NameGraduation RateUndergraduate Tuition & FeesYieldAcceptance RateSAT ScoreTotal PopulationStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
-		Texas Southern University Houston, TXPublic, 4-year 26.00%
2.56%		$21,773
($9,173)		28.55%96.80%9108,63218 to 1
2
-		University of Houston-Downtown Houston, TXPublic, 4-year 30.00%
0.25%		$17,788
($7,708)		25.33%88.42%1,04014,20818 to 1
3Texas A&M University-San Antonio San Antonio, TXPublic, 4-year 31.00%$23,124
($9,548)		11.74%96.09%9507,30918 to 1
4
1		Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, TXPublic, 4-year 35.00%
0.92%		$21,033
($9,748)		25.82%87.97%1,09010,77818 to 1
5
1		Lamar University Beaumont, TXPublic, 4-year 37.00%
1.67%		$18,482
($8,690)		28.48%83.73%94016,80320 to 1
6
-		The University of Texas Permian Basin Odessa, TXPublic, 4-year 39.00%
2.65%		$23,212
($10,904)		48.17%94.71%1,0105,84818 to 1
7
3		Angelo State University San Angelo, TXPublic, 4-year 40.00%
4.60%		$18,399
($8,319)		37.11%79.14%1,03010,59918 to 1
8
5		Midwestern State University Wichita Falls, TXPublic, 4-year 41.00%
5.59%		$12,260
($10,310)		15.42%92.43%-5,78416 to 1
8
3		Prairie View A & M University Prairie View, TXPublic, 4-year 41.00%
0.60%		$26,874
($11,299)		36.01%76.07%9509,05616 to 1
10
3		Texas A & M University-Commerce Commerce, TXPublic, 4-year 42.00%
0.15%		$22,626
($10,026)		17.04%86.45%1,05011,30620 to 1
Average36.20%$20,557
($9,573)		27.37%88.18%99710,03218 to 1