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Best MBA Programs in Texas

By David Krug, Co-Founder, CollegeRanker · Updated 2026-05-31 · 32 schools · Agent Insights
32
Schools Analyzed
$60,161
Avg. Earnings (10yr)
59%
Avg. Graduation Rate
$19,912
Avg. Net Price

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This ranking scores 32 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 32
Avg. earnings at 10yr $60,161
Avg. graduation rate 59%
Avg. net price $19,912
Avg. median debt $20,542

How We Ranked

MBA programs in Texas ranked by graduate outcomes and value

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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.

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Graduation Rates

Longer bars = higher graduation rate.

Rice University95%The University of Texas …88%Texas Christian Universi…86%The University of Texas …75%University of North Texas60%The University of Texas …42%The University of Texas …51%Texas Woman's University47%Texas A&M University-Col…84%The University of Texas …55%Texas Tech University68%Texas State University56%Southern Methodist Unive…84%The University of Texas …52%Sam Houston State Univer…55%East Texas A&M University44%University of Dallas70%Angelo State University42%Baylor University80%Dallas Baptist University59%

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Full Rankings

#1

Rice University

Houston, TX · 4,776 students · Private nonprofit

8% accepted 95% graduate $89,718 earnings
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#2

The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, TX · 42,855 students · Public

27% accepted 88% graduate $75,121 earnings
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#3

Texas Christian University

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

44% accepted 86% graduate $68,424 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

University of North Texas

Denton, TX · 34,341 students · Public

72% accepted 60% graduate $57,010 earnings
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#6

The University of Texas Permian Basin

Odessa, TX · 3,911 students · Public

95% accepted 42% graduate $56,073 earnings
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#7

The University of Texas at Tyler

Tyler, TX · 7,440 students · Public

94% accepted 51% graduate $57,053 earnings
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#8

Texas Woman's University

Denton, TX · 8,767 students · Public

96% accepted 47% graduate $56,544 earnings
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#9

Texas A&M University-College Station

College Station, TX · 59,615 students · Public

57% accepted 84% graduate $72,097 earnings
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#10

The University of Texas at Arlington

Arlington, TX · 32,294 students · Public

80% accepted 55% graduate $63,199 earnings
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#11

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX · 32,394 students · Public

73% accepted 68% graduate $62,454 earnings
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#12

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX · 36,177 students · Public

89% accepted 56% graduate $56,906 earnings
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#13

Southern Methodist University

Dallas, TX · 7,277 students · Private nonprofit

63% accepted 84% graduate $78,354 earnings
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#14

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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#15

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, TX · 17,743 students · Public

90% accepted 55% graduate $54,211 earnings
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#16

East Texas A&M University

Commerce, TX · 9,912 students · Public

92% accepted 44% graduate $50,296 earnings
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#17

University of Dallas

Irving, TX · 1,403 students · Private nonprofit

53% accepted 70% graduate $58,285 earnings
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#18

Angelo State University

San Angelo, TX · 5,643 students · Public

83% accepted 42% graduate $50,116 earnings
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#19

Baylor University

Waco, TX · 14,785 students · Private nonprofit

51% accepted 80% graduate $65,793 earnings
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#20

Dallas Baptist University

Dallas, TX · 2,403 students · Private nonprofit

89% accepted 59% graduate $56,807 earnings
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#21

Concordia University Texas

Austin, TX · 1,185 students · Private nonprofit

91% accepted 42% graduate $60,883 earnings
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#22

Tarleton State University

Stephenville, TX · 12,673 students · Public

90% accepted 50% graduate $53,040 earnings
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#23

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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#24

Midwestern State University

Wichita Falls, TX · 4,087 students · Public

94% accepted 42% graduate $55,747 earnings
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#25

University of Houston

Houston, TX · 38,380 students · Public

74% accepted 65% graduate $62,377 earnings
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#26

University of the Incarnate Word

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

98% accepted 51% graduate $56,733 earnings
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#27

Hardin-Simmons University

Abilene, TX · 1,283 students · Private nonprofit

90% accepted 48% graduate $54,771 earnings
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#28

University of Houston-Clear Lake

Houston, TX · 6,078 students · Public

91% accepted 51% graduate $59,004 earnings
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#29

Abilene Christian University

Abilene, TX · 3,195 students · Private nonprofit

66% accepted 60% graduate $55,736 earnings
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#30

Schreiner University

Kerrville, TX · 1,053 students · Private nonprofit

88% accepted 43% graduate $52,228 earnings
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#31

East Texas Baptist University

Marshall, TX · 1,352 students · Private nonprofit

58% accepted 48% graduate $52,788 earnings
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#32

LeTourneau University

Longview, TX · 1,468 students · Private nonprofit

38% accepted 60% graduate $57,103 earnings
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Sources & Citations

[1]

Chetty, R., Friedman, J., Saez, E., Turner, N., & Yagan, D. (2017). Mobility Report Cards: The Role of Colleges in Intergenerational Mobility. NBER Working Paper No. 23618.

[2]

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

[3]

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

[4]

U.S. News & World Report. Best Business Schools MBA Rankings. Used for MBA program validation.

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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.