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College costs in Texas

All 191 colleges in Texas, 135 four-year and 56 two-year. Median published tuition and fees at the four-year schools is $11,992, rising about 3.0% a year, faster than the national median of 2.6%. 60 of the four-year schools are public. 33 show a tuition freeze or guarantee.

Four-year colleges (135)

SchoolSectorTuition & feesGrowth / yr
Abilene Christian Universityprivate$42,2404.1%
Abilene Christian University-Undergraduate Onlineprivate$14,520n/a
Amberton Universityprivate$9,0352.5%
American InterContinental University-Houstonprivate$14,8420.2%
Angelo State Universitypublic$8,3192.4%
Arizona College of Nursing-Dallasprivate$23,760n/a
Arlington Baptist Universityprivate$18,0128.0%
Austin Collegeprivate$46,0633.2%
Austin Community College Districtpublic$8,5800.0%
Baptist Health System School of Health Professionsprivate$12,944n/a
Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminaryprivate$10,0507.8%
Baptist University of the Americasprivate$7,6800.7%
Baylor Universityprivate$67,7564.9%
Brazosport Collegepublic$3,286-0.1%
Chamberlain University-Texasprivate$20,4401.6%
Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Dallasprivate$20,844n/a
Christ Mission Collegeprivate$8,229n/a
College of Biblical Studies-Houstonprivate$7,4750.8%
College of the Mainlandpublic$2,9730.0%
Collin County Community College Districtpublic$3,5144.6%
Concordia University Texasprivate$36,6903.5%
Criswell Collegeprivate$14,3106.9%
Dallas Baptist Universityprivate$38,1405.5%
Dallas Christian Collegeprivate$20,2603.0%
Dallas Collegepublic$4,0503.3%
Del Mar Collegepublic$4,9402.8%
DeVry University-Texasprivate$15,032-1.4%
East Texas Baptist Universityprivate$30,0502.9%
Galen College of Nursing-San Antonioprivate$16,400n/a
Galen Health Institutes-Austin Campusprivate$16,400n/a
Galen Health Institutes-Houstonprivate$16,400n/a
Galveston Collegepublic$3,2664.2%
Grace School of Theologyprivate$6,7604.0%
Grayson Collegepublic$4,2305.8%
Hardin-Simmons Universityprivate$31,6864.0%
Houston Baptist Universityprivate$38,1003.2%
Howard Payne Universityprivate$33,4023.5%
Huston-Tillotson Universityprivate$14,7030.9%
Jarvis Christian Universityprivate$11,7200.3%
Lamar Universitypublic$8,9041.6%
Laredo Collegepublic$4,5000.0%
LeTourneau Universityprivate$35,5003.1%
Lone Star College Systempublic$5,5446.4%
Lubbock Christian Universityprivate$27,2983.8%
McMurry Universityprivate$31,1622.5%
Messenger Collegeprivate$11,2002.6%
Miami International University of Art & Design-Art Institute Dallasprivate$20,7941.8%
Midland Collegepublic$4,7701.0%
Midwestern State Universitypublic$9,9502.8%
North American Universityprivate$12,8360.8%
Odessa Collegepublic$3,9120.0%
Our Lady of the Lake Universityprivate$31,7282.9%
Parker Universityprivate$26,2441.1%
Paul Quinn Collegeprivate$13,4980.1%
Prairie View A & M Universitypublic$11,2992.0%
RCCGNA Seminaryprivate$6,800n/a
Remington College-Dallas Campusprivate$23,7854.8%
Remington College-Fort Worth Campusprivate$19,3412.2%
Remington College-North Houston Campusprivate$20,0012.8%
Rice Universityprivate$72,1245.0%
Saint Edward's Universityprivate$51,3843.9%
Sam Houston State Universitypublic$9,2282.6%
San Antonio Collegepublic$6,8922.4%
San Jacinto Community Collegepublic$3,4564.1%
Schreiner Universityprivate$37,3964.9%
South Texas Collegepublic$5,2204.2%
South University-Austinprivate$16,4520.1%
Southern Methodist Universityprivate$71,8163.7%
Southwest University at El Pasoprivate$16,0001.3%
Southwestern Adventist Universityprivate$24,5882.6%
Southwestern Assemblies of God Universityprivate$18,610-0.5%
Southwestern Christian Collegeprivate$12,1215.1%
Southwestern Universityprivate$50,8583.9%
St. Mary's Universityprivate$36,2423.7%
Stephen F Austin State Universitypublic$10,6004.4%
Strayer University-Texasprivate$13,9200.8%
Sul Ross State Universitypublic$7,5923.3%
Tarleton State Universitypublic$7,8782.1%
Texas A & M International Universitypublic$7,8452.4%
Texas A & M University-College Stationpublic$12,8413.2%
Texas A & M University-Commercepublic$10,0266.1%
Texas A & M University-Corpus Christipublic$9,7482.9%
Texas A & M University-Kingsvillepublic$9,8923.0%
Texas A&M University-Central Texaspublic$7,3633.1%
Texas A&M University-San Antoniopublic$9,3545.2%
Texas A&M University-Texarkanapublic$7,9302.9%
Texas Christian Universityprivate$66,6104.6%
Texas Collegeprivate$10,1080.1%
Texas Health and Science Universityprivate$19,4892.8%
Texas Lutheran Universityprivate$34,9203.0%
Texas Southern Universitypublic$8,6371.3%
Texas State Universitypublic$11,4502.8%
Texas Tech Universitypublic$11,8524.7%
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Centerpublic$10,8173.1%
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center-El Pasopublic$11,992n/a
Texas Wesleyan Universityprivate$37,9345.6%
Texas Woman's Universitypublic$8,6401.1%
The Art Institute of Austinprivate$20,7941.8%
The Art Institute of Houstonprivate$20,7941.8%
The Art Institute of San Antonioprivate$20,7941.8%
The King's Universityprivate$12,4802.5%
The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminaryprivate$10,446n/a
The University of Texas at Arlingtonpublic$11,7273.1%
The University of Texas at Austinpublic$11,6781.9%
The University of Texas at Dallaspublic$14,5643.3%
The University of Texas at El Pasopublic$9,5443.4%
The University of Texas at San Antoniopublic$9,2792.5%
The University of Texas at Tylerpublic$9,4522.9%
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houstonpublic$14,5168.1%
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antoniopublic$9,5774.2%
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Centerpublic$6,5111.7%
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galvestonpublic$10,6034.9%
The University of Texas Permian Basinpublic$9,2376.5%
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valleypublic$9,4676.9%
Trinity Universityprivate$51,3524.0%
Trinity Valley Community Collegepublic$4,9203.3%
Tyler Junior Collegepublic$4,0560.8%
University of Dallasprivate$50,8804.4%
University of Houstonpublic$12,4463.2%
University of Houston-Clear Lakepublic$8,3224.1%
University of Houston-Downtownpublic$7,5363.4%
University of Houston-Victoriapublic$7,4993.5%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylorprivate$33,2803.7%
University of North Texaspublic$11,1642.0%
University of North Texas at Dallaspublic$9,5902.2%
University of North Texas Health Science Centerpublic$10,921n/a
University of Phoenix-Texasprivate$9,552-1.6%
University of St Thomasprivate$33,6601.5%
University of the Incarnate Wordprivate$35,6603.4%
Wade Collegeprivate$17,6803.4%
Wayland Baptist Universityprivate$23,1866.7%
Weatherford Collegepublic$7,1107.5%
West Coast University-Dallasprivate$16,715-4.6%
West Texas A & M Universitypublic$9,1013.3%
Wiley Collegeprivate$12,5000.9%

Two-year colleges (56)

Community and technical colleges, projected over two years rather than four.

SchoolSectorTuition & feesGrowth / yr
Altierus Career College-Bissonnetprivate$15,230n/a
Alvin Community Collegepublic$3,0582.0%
Amarillo Collegepublic$3,1681.0%
Angelina Collegepublic$4,7404.0%
Blinn College Districtpublic$6,3507.7%
Central Texas Collegepublic$3,9003.8%
Cisco Collegepublic$5,7603.4%
Clarendon Collegepublic$4,4405.5%
Coastal Bend Collegepublic$4,7930.7%
Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Serviceprivate$15,3133.8%
Culinary Institute Incprivate$17,2791.1%
Dallas Institute of Funeral Serviceprivate$13,4942.8%
El Paso Community Collegepublic$3,2745.1%
Frank Phillips Collegepublic$4,6123.1%
Hill Collegepublic$3,4621.9%
Houston Community Collegepublic$4,3442.9%
Houston International College Cardiotech Ultrasound Schoolprivate$11,7081.5%
Howard Collegepublic$4,6263.1%
Interactive College of Technologyprivate$10,970n/a
Interactive College of Technologyprivate$10,970n/a
Interactive College of Technologyprivate$10,970n/a
Jacksonville College-Main Campusprivate$8,2201.4%
KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Artsprivate$18,0471.1%
Kilgore Collegepublic$4,0563.2%
Lamar Institute of Technologypublic$2,844-4.3%
Lamar State College-Orangepublic$2,832-3.2%
Lamar State College-Port Arthurpublic$1,770n/a
Lee Collegepublic$3,8825.3%
Lincoln College of Technology-Grand Prairieprivate$21,731n/a
McLennan Community Collegepublic$4,2003.1%
Navarro Collegepublic$4,7183.7%
North Central Texas Collegepublic$4,6807.5%
Northeast Lakeview Collegepublic$6,8922.4%
Northeast Texas Community Collegepublic$4,2822.8%
Northwest Vista Collegepublic$6,8922.4%
Palo Alto Collegepublic$6,8922.4%
Panola Collegepublic$3,9603.8%
Paris Junior Collegepublic$4,0806.6%
Peloton Collegeprivate$13,225n/a
Ranger Collegepublic$6,3256.5%
Remington College-Houston Southeast Campusprivate$13,484-1.5%
South Plains Collegepublic$4,4533.9%
Southwest College for the Deafpublic$4,6265.2%
Southwest Texas Junior Collegepublic$4,3263.1%
St Philip's Collegepublic$6,8922.4%
Tarrant County College Districtpublic$3,4025.7%
Temple Collegepublic$4,8001.1%
Texarkana Collegepublic$3,9163.2%
Texas Southmost Collegepublic$3,748-3.7%
Texas State Technical Collegepublic$7,1926.4%
The College of Health Care Professions-Southwest Houstonprivate$13,895n/a
Vernon Collegepublic$5,0402.0%
Vet Tech Institute of Houstonprivate$16,0241.4%
Victoria Collegepublic$4,2720.6%
Western Texas Collegepublic$4,8307.1%
Wharton County Junior Collegepublic$4,3202.5%

Published rates before aid, from federal IPEDS data through 2023. Projections are estimates, not quotes. See the methodology, or browse another state.