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Best Business Colleges in Texas

By David Krug, Co-Founder, CollegeRanker · Updated 2026-05-31 · 50 schools · Agent Insights
50
Schools Analyzed
$56,002
Avg. Earnings (10yr)
53%
Avg. Graduation Rate
$16,819
Avg. Net Price

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This ranking scores 50 institutions on graduation rates, graduate earnings, debt burdens, and social mobility data from Opportunity Insights. Every data point comes from federal sources. No surveys, no opinions.

Social mobility carries the heaviest weight in our algorithm. We use Raj Chetty's Mobility Report Card — built on 30 million anonymized tax records — to measure whether a college changes a family's economic trajectory across generations. Schools that take low-income students and launch them into higher earnings rank higher than schools that admit wealthy students and take credit for their success.

The transparency penalty matters here. Schools that don't report their data get scored lower than schools that do. If an institution won't show you its numbers, we think you should know that before you write them a tuition check.

Quick Numbers

Schools ranked 50
Avg. earnings at 10yr $56,002
Avg. graduation rate 53%
Avg. net price $16,819
Avg. median debt $18,993

How We Ranked

Business programs in Texas ranked by outcomes and program concentration

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Earnings vs. Cost

Each dot is a ranked school. Up = higher earnings. Right = higher cost. Top-left is the best value.

$15K$68K$120K$0$50KNET PRICETrinity UniversityTexas ChristianRice UniversityThe UniversitySouthern Methodist

Graduation Rates

Longer bars = higher graduation rate.

Trinity University83%Texas Christian Universi…86%Rice University95%The University of Texas …75%Southern Methodist Unive…84%University of North Texas60%The University of Texas …88%The University of Texas …42%Dallas Baptist University59%Texas Tech University68%Baylor University80%The University of Texas …51%The University of Texas …55%University of Dallas70%The University of Texas …52%Texas State University56%University of the Incarn…51%Stephen F Austin State U…53%Texas Wesleyan University32%Sam Houston State Univer…55%

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Full Rankings

#1

Trinity University

San Antonio, TX · 2,505 students · Private nonprofit

26% accepted 83% graduate $71,668 earnings
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#2

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, TX · 11,026 students · Private nonprofit

44% accepted 86% graduate $68,424 earnings
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#3

Rice University

Houston, TX · 4,776 students · Private nonprofit

8% accepted 95% graduate $89,718 earnings
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#4

The University of Texas at Dallas

Richardson, TX · 21,751 students · Public

65% accepted 75% graduate $68,227 earnings
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#5

Southern Methodist University

Dallas, TX · 7,277 students · Private nonprofit

63% accepted 84% graduate $78,354 earnings
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#6

University of North Texas

Denton, TX · 34,341 students · Public

72% accepted 60% graduate $57,010 earnings
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#7

The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, TX · 42,855 students · Public

27% accepted 88% graduate $75,121 earnings
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#8

The University of Texas Permian Basin

Odessa, TX · 3,911 students · Public

95% accepted 42% graduate $56,073 earnings
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#9

Dallas Baptist University

Dallas, TX · 2,403 students · Private nonprofit

89% accepted 59% graduate $56,807 earnings
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#10

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX · 32,394 students · Public

73% accepted 68% graduate $62,454 earnings
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#11

Baylor University

Waco, TX · 14,785 students · Private nonprofit

51% accepted 80% graduate $65,793 earnings
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#12

The University of Texas at Tyler

Tyler, TX · 7,440 students · Public

94% accepted 51% graduate $57,053 earnings
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#13

The University of Texas at Arlington

Arlington, TX · 32,294 students · Public

80% accepted 55% graduate $63,199 earnings
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#14

University of Dallas

Irving, TX · 1,403 students · Private nonprofit

53% accepted 70% graduate $58,285 earnings
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#15

The University of Texas at San Antonio

San Antonio, TX · 30,580 students · Public

87% accepted 52% graduate $57,131 earnings
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#16

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX · 36,177 students · Public

89% accepted 56% graduate $56,906 earnings
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#17

University of the Incarnate Word

San Antonio, TX · 4,440 students · Private nonprofit

98% accepted 51% graduate $56,733 earnings
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#18

Stephen F Austin State University

Nacogdoches, TX · 8,728 students · Public

94% accepted 53% graduate $49,634 earnings
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#19

Texas Wesleyan University

Fort Worth, TX · 1,741 students · Private nonprofit

69% accepted 32% graduate $54,053 earnings
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#20

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, TX · 17,743 students · Public

90% accepted 55% graduate $54,211 earnings
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#21

Austin College

Sherman, TX · 1,165 students · Private nonprofit

48% accepted 68% graduate $61,296 earnings
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#22

East Texas A&M University

Commerce, TX · 9,912 students · Public

92% accepted 44% graduate $50,296 earnings
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#23

Lamar University

Beaumont, TX · 8,150 students · Public

86% accepted 37% graduate $49,652 earnings
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#24

Southwestern University

Georgetown, TX · 1,440 students · Private nonprofit

43% accepted 71% graduate $56,878 earnings
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#25

Wayland Baptist University

Plainview, TX · 2,041 students · Private nonprofit

56% accepted 19% graduate $51,838 earnings
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#26

Angelo State University

San Angelo, TX · 5,643 students · Public

83% accepted 42% graduate $50,116 earnings
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#27

University of Houston

Houston, TX · 38,380 students · Public

74% accepted 65% graduate $62,377 earnings
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#28

Concordia University Texas

Austin, TX · 1,185 students · Private nonprofit

91% accepted 42% graduate $60,883 earnings
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#29

Texas A&M University-College Station

College Station, TX · 59,615 students · Public

57% accepted 84% graduate $72,097 earnings
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#30

Texas Woman's University

Denton, TX · 8,767 students · Public

96% accepted 47% graduate $56,544 earnings
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#31

Tarleton State University

Stephenville, TX · 12,673 students · Public

90% accepted 50% graduate $53,040 earnings
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#32

Sul Ross State University

Alpine, TX · 1,396 students · Public

99% accepted 29% graduate $41,871 earnings
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#33

Schreiner University

Kerrville, TX · 1,053 students · Private nonprofit

88% accepted 43% graduate $52,228 earnings
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#34

Odessa College

Odessa, TX · 4,654 students · Public

32% graduate $42,026 earnings
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#35

Hardin-Simmons University

Abilene, TX · 1,283 students · Private nonprofit

90% accepted 48% graduate $54,771 earnings
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#36

University of Houston-Downtown

Houston, TX · 12,555 students · Public

90% accepted 33% graduate $53,551 earnings
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#37

The University of Texas at El Paso

El Paso, TX · 21,005 students · Public

100% accepted 48% graduate $50,923 earnings
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#38

University of Houston-Clear Lake

Houston, TX · 6,078 students · Public

91% accepted 51% graduate $59,004 earnings
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#39

Midwestern State University

Wichita Falls, TX · 4,087 students · Public

94% accepted 42% graduate $55,747 earnings
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#40

Brazosport College

Lake Jackson, TX · 2,622 students · Public

47% graduate $45,910 earnings
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#41

East Texas Baptist University

Marshall, TX · 1,352 students · Private nonprofit

58% accepted 48% graduate $52,788 earnings
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#42

Western Texas College

Snyder, TX · 599 students · Public

56% graduate $42,508 earnings
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#43

Abilene Christian University

Abilene, TX · 3,195 students · Private nonprofit

66% accepted 60% graduate $55,736 earnings
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#44

Wharton County Junior College

Wharton, TX · 4,585 students · Public

24% graduate $44,960 earnings
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#45

University of Houston-Victoria

Victoria, TX · 2,513 students · Public

96% accepted 26% graduate $54,467 earnings
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#46

Amarillo College

Amarillo, TX · 7,399 students · Public

31% graduate $41,302 earnings
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#47

Northeast Texas Community College

Mount Pleasant, TX · 1,973 students · Public

46% graduate $37,870 earnings
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#48

Temple College

Temple, TX · 3,178 students · Public

29% graduate $38,678 earnings
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#49

Texas A & M International University

Laredo, TX · 6,667 students · Public

44% accepted 48% graduate $48,386 earnings
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#50

Texas A&M University-Texarkana

Texarkana, TX · 1,982 students · Public

64% accepted 30% graduate $45,515 earnings
Texas's full profile

Sources & Citations

[1]

U.S. Department of Education. College Scorecard Data. Federal Student Aid, National Center for Education Statistics.

[2]

National Center for Education Statistics. Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS).

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David Krug

Co-Founder, CollegeRanker

David Krug is the co-founder of CollegeRanker and a data systems architect focused on making institutional research accessible to families. He builds the data pipelines and ranking algorithms that power CollegeRanker, drawing from federal datasets and Raj Chetty's Opportunity Insights research to measure what traditional rankings ignore: whether a college actually changes a family's economic trajectory.