There are 226 colleges and universities in the State of Texas that are listed under the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. These institutions include thirty-four research universities, twenty-nine master's universities, ninety-two undergraduate schools, and seventy-one special-focus institutions. One hundred twenty-three of Texas' post-secondary institutions are private, of which fifty-four are for-profit. One hundred three of the state's post-secondary institutions are public.

Southwestern University is the state's oldest post-secondary institution, having been founded in 1840 as Rutersville College, while the oldest continually operating post-secondary institution is Baylor University, founded in 1845. Texas A&M University is the state's largest of higher learning in terms of enrollment and largest public university, having 77,491 students while Southwest College for the Deaf is the state's smallest college with an enrollment of 48 in the fall of 2023. Texas is also home to a number of internationally recognized universities, including the University of Texas, Texas A&M University, and Rice University which are ranked among the top two hundred universities in the world.

Texas A&M University and Prairie View A&M University are the state's two public land-grant universities. There are also six Catholic post-secondary institutions, including St. Edward’s University, University of Dallas, and University of the Incarnate Word. There are also four Southern Baptist post-secondary institutions in Texas, including Baylor University and Hardin-Simmons University. The state has sixteen medical schools, thirteen Allopathic programs and three Osteopathic programs. There are ten law schools, which are accredited by the American Bar Association, including Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, Texas Tech University School of Law, and University of Houston Law Center. Two hundred sixteen of Texas post-secondary institutions are officially recognized by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), while most are accredited by multiple higher education accreditation agencies.

State institutions

Texas public postesecondary education is organized into seven separate systems that contains 38 separate and distinct public universities.

Texas A&M University System

Texas State University System

Established in 1911, the Texas State University System is the oldest university system in Texas. The system is unique in that it is the only horizontal state university system in Texas. The system has no flagship university. The system consists of four universities and three two-year colleges.

TSUS universities also hold the following branch campuses all of which only offer upper-division (junior and senior) and postgraduate coursework:

• Sam Houston State University-The Woodlands Center
• Sul Ross State University Rio Grande College
• Texas State University Round Rock Campus

Texas Tech University System

Texas Woman's University

TWU also hold the following branch campuses for undergraduate and postgraduate coursework:

• TWU T. Boone Pickens Institute of Health Sciences - Dallas Center
• TWU Institute of Health Sciences - Houston Center

University of Houston System

The University of Houston System has four separate and distinct institutions; each is a stand-alone university and confers its own degrees. Its flagship institution is the University of Houston. The three others are stand-alone universities; they are not branch campuses of the University of Houston.

Admission into each institution is separate, and each institution has distinct admission criteria and requirements.

University of North Texas System

University of Texas System

Independent public universities

Large- and medium-sized private colleges and universities

Small-sized private colleges and universities

• Amberton University
• Arlington Baptist University
• Lipscomb University Austin Center
• Bakke Graduate University
• Bay Ridge Christian College
• Christ For The Nations Institute
• College of Saint Thomas More
• Concordia University Texas
• Criswell College
• Dallas Christian College
• Dallas International University
• East Texas Baptist University
• Hallmark University
• Hardin-Simmons University
• Howard Payne University
• Huston–Tillotson University
• Interactive College of Technology
• Jarvis Christian University
• LeTourneau University
• Lubbock Christian University
• North American University
• Our Lady of the Lake University
• St. Mary's University, Texas
• Southwestern Adventist University
• Southwestern Assemblies of God University
• Southwestern Christian College
• Texas College
• Texas Wesleyan University
• Trinity University
• University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
• University of St. Thomas
• Wayland Baptist University
• Western Governors University
• Wiley University

Liberal arts

• Austin College
• Concordia University Texas
• Houston Christian University
• McMurry University
• Paul Quinn College
• Schreiner University
• Southwestern University
• Texas Lutheran University
• University of Dallas
• Wiley University

Other non-profit four-year satellite institutions

• Park University
  • Park University, Austin Campus Center
  • Park University, El Paso Campus Center
  • Park University, Fort Bliss Campus Center, at Fort Bliss

Two-year institutions (Community and Junior Colleges)

Texas State University System

• Lamar State College-Orange
• Lamar State College-Port Arthur

Local public community colleges

• Alamo Community College District
  • Northeast Lakeview College
  • Northwest Vista College
  • Palo Alto College
  • San Antonio College
  • St. Philip's College
• Alvin Community College
• Amarillo College
  • Downtown Campus
  • Dumas Campus
  • East Campus
  • Hereford Campus
  • Washington Street Campus
  • West Campus
• Angelina College
• Austin Community College District
  • Cypress Creek Campus
  • Eastview Campus
  • Elgin Campus
  • Hays Campus
  • Highland Campus
  • Northridge Campus
  • Pinnacle Campus
  • Rio Grande Campus
  • Riverside Campus
  • Round Rock Campus
  • South Austin Campus
• Blinn College
  • Brenham Campus
  • Bryan Campus
  • Schulenberg Campus
  • Sealy Campus
• Brazosport College
• Central Texas College
• Cisco College
• Clarendon College
• Coastal Bend College
• College of the Mainland
• Collin College
  • Central Park Campus
  • Preston Ridge Campus
  • Spring Creek Campus
• Dallas College
  • Brookhaven Campus
  • Cedar Valley Campus
  • Eastfield Campus
  • El Centro Campus
  • Mountain View Campus
  • North Lake Campus
  • Richland Campus
• Del Mar College
• El Paso Community College
  • Mission del Paso Campus
  • Northwest Campus
  • Rio Grande Campus
  • Transmountain Campus
  • Valle Verde Campus
• Frank Phillips College
• Galveston College
• Grayson College
• Hill College
• Houston Community College
  • Central College
  • Coleman College of Health Sciences
  • Eastside Campus
  • Felix Fraga Academic Campus
  • Northeast College
  • Northwest College
  • Southeast College
  • Southwest College
• Howard County Junior College District
  • Howard College
  • Southwest Collegiate Institute for the Deaf
• Kilgore College
• Laredo College
• Lee College
• Lone Star College System
  • Lone Star College–CyFair
  • Lone Star College–Kingwood
  • Lone Star College–Montgomery
  • Lone Star College–North Harris
  • Lone Star College–Tomball
  • Lone Star College–University Park
• McLennan Community College
• Midland College
• Navarro College
• North Central Texas College
  • Bowie Campus
  • Corinth Campus
  • Gainesville Campus
• Northeast Texas Community College
• Odessa College
• Panola College
• Paris Junior College
• Ranger College
• San Jacinto College
  • Central Campus
  • North Campus
  • South Campus
• South Plains College
• South Texas College
• Southwest Texas Junior College
  • Crystal City Campus
  • Del Rio Campus
  • Eagle Pass Campus
  • Hondo Campus
  • Medina Valley Campus
  • Pearsall Campus
  • Uvalde Campus
• Tarrant County College District
  • Northeast Campus
  • Northwest Campus
  • South Campus
  • Southeast Campus
  • Trinity River Campus
  • Connect Campus (virtual)
• Temple College
• Texarkana College
• Texas Southmost College
• Trinity Valley Community College
• Tyler Junior College
• Vernon College
• Victoria College
• Weatherford College
• Wharton County Junior College

Private two-year colleges

• Jacksonville College (Southern Baptist)
• Lon Morris College (defunct Methodist; filed for bankruptcy in 2012)

Technical institutions

Texas State Technical College System

• Texas State Technical College-Fort Bend County
• Texas State Technical College-Harlingen
• Texas State Technical College-Marshall
• Texas State Technical College-North Texas
• Texas State Technical College-Waco
• Texas State Technical College-West Texas with campuses in Abilene, Breckenridge, Brownwood, and Sweetwater

The system administers Williamson County Extension Center in Hutto.

Texas State University System

• Lamar Institute of Technology
  • Extension center in Silsbee

For-profit colleges

• American Commercial College
• Center for Advanced Legal Studies (Houston, Texas)
• Central Western University
• Lincoln College of Technology
• MIAT College of Technology
• Virginia College (defunct)
• Wade College
• Westwood College (defunct)

Historically black colleges and universities

There are 9 historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) operating in Texas.

• Huston–Tillotson University
• Jarvis Christian University
• Paul Quinn College
• Prairie View A&M University
• Southwestern Christian College
• St. Philip's College
• Texas College
• Texas Southern University
• Wiley University

Defunct HBCUs:

• Bishop College (closed in 1988; site is the current home of Paul Quinn College)
• Guadalupe College (closed in 1936 after fire destroyed main building)

Legal education

Public

• University of Houston Law Center
• University of Texas School of Law (University of Texas at Austin)
• Texas A&M University School of Law (previously Texas Wesleyan University School of Law)
• Texas Tech University School of Law
• Thurgood Marshall School of Law (Texas Southern University)
• University of North Texas at Dallas College of Law

Private

• Baylor Law School
• Dedman School of Law (Southern Methodist University)
• St. Mary's University School of Law
• South Texas College of Law

Health Science institutions

• Baylor College of Dentistry (founded by Baylor University; became a separate institution in 1971 and affiliated with Texas A&M Health Science Center in 1996)
• Texas A&M University College of Dentistry (founded by Baylor University; became separate institution in 1969)
• College of Health Care Professions (CHCP); Seven Texas campuses and online program serving twenty states
• Covenant School of Nursing (Lubbock, TX)
• Parker College
• Texas A&M University System Health Science Center
  • Texas A&M University College of Dentistry (no longer related to Baylor College of Medicine or Baylor University; state institution since 1971)
  • Texas A&M Health Science Center Coastal Bend Health Education Center
  • Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine
  • Texas A&M Health Science Center Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
  • Institute of Biosciences and Technology
  • Texas A&M Health Science Center Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy
  • Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Rural Public Health
  • Texas A&M Health Science Center South Texas Center
• Texas Chiropractic College
• Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
  • Abilene
  • Amarillo (the Amarillo campus operates a regional pharmacy school in Dallas)
  • El Paso
  • Lubbock
  • Odessa
• University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine
• University of Houston College of Medicine
• University of Houston College of Pharmacy
• University of North Texas Health Science Center
  • Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
  • Physician Assistant Studies Program
  • School of Public Health
  • Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
• University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School
• University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
• University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
• University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
• University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine
• University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
• Sam Houston State University College of Osteopathic Medicine

Theological institutions

• Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary
• B. H. Carroll Theological Institute
• Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary
• Baylor University
• Brite Divinity School
• Criswell College
• Dallas Theological Seminary
• George W. Truett Theological Seminary (part of Baylor University)
• Houston Graduate School of Theology
• The King's University
• Logsdon School of Theology (part of Hardin-Simmons University)
• Oblate School of Theology
• Perkins School of Theology (Part of Southern Methodist University)
• Seminary of the Southwest
• Southern Reformed Seminary
• Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

Defunct Theological instutions

• Austin Graduate School of Theology (Closed 2023)

See also

• Education in Texas
• Higher education in the United States
• List of American institutions of higher education
• List of college athletic programs in Texas
• List of colleges and universities
• List of colleges and universities by country
• List of colleges and universities in Houston
• List of Dallas-Fort Worth area colleges and universities
• List of largest Texas universities by enrollment
• List of recognized higher education accreditation organizations

Notes

References

External links

• Department of Education listing of accredited institutions in Texas