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Texas has 160 four-year degree-granting institutions active in the federal directory — 73 public, 64 private nonprofit, and 23 private for-profit.

The list below is every active, degree-granting institution IPEDS classifies at the four-year level. It is a directory, not a ranking. Two-year colleges, certificate-only schools, and institutions that have closed or stopped reporting are not here.

Four-year institutions

Institution City Control Notes
Abilene Christian University Abilene Private nonprofit
Abilene Christian University-Undergraduate Online Addison Private nonprofit
Alamo Community College District Central Office San Antonio Public
Alvin Community College Alvin Public
Amberton University Garland Private nonprofit
American College of Acupuncture and Oriental Med Houston Private for-profit
American InterContinental University-Houston Houston Private for-profit
Angelo State University San Angelo Public
AOMA Graduate School of Integrative Medicine Austin Private for-profit
Arizona College of Nursing-Dallas Dallas Private for-profit
Arlington Baptist University Arlington Private nonprofit
Austin College Sherman Private nonprofit
Austin Community College District Austin Public
Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary Austin Private nonprofit
Bakke Graduate University Dallas Private nonprofit
Baptist Health System School of Health Professions San Antonio Private for-profit
Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary Jacksonville Private nonprofit
Baptist University of the Americas San Antonio Private nonprofit
Baylor College of Medicine Houston Private nonprofit Medical school
Baylor University Waco Private nonprofit
Brazosport College Lake Jackson Public
Brite Divinity School Fort Worth Private nonprofit
Center for Advanced Legal Studies Houston Private for-profit
Chamberlain University-Texas Houston Private for-profit
Christ Mission College San Antonio Private nonprofit
College of Biblical Studies-Houston Houston Private nonprofit
College of the Mainland Texas City Public
Collin County Community College District McKinney Public
Concordia University Texas Austin Private nonprofit
Criswell College Dallas Private nonprofit
Dallas Baptist University Dallas Private nonprofit
Dallas Christian College Dallas Private nonprofit
Dallas College Dallas Public
Dallas Theological Seminary Dallas Private nonprofit
Del Mar College Corpus Christi Public
Denver College of Nursing-Houston Houston Private for-profit
DeVry University-Texas Irving Private for-profit
East Texas A&M University Commerce Public
East Texas Baptist University Marshall Private nonprofit
Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest Austin Private nonprofit
Galen College of Nursing-San Antonio San Antonio Private for-profit
Galen Health Institutes-Austin Campus Round Rock Private for-profit
Galen Health Institutes-Dallas Richardson Private for-profit
Galen Health Institutes-Houston Houston Private for-profit
Galveston College Galveston Public
Grace School of Theology Conroe Private nonprofit
Grayson College Denison Public
Hallmark University San Antonio Private nonprofit
Hardin-Simmons University Abilene Private nonprofit
Houston Christian University Houston Private nonprofit
Houston Community College Houston Public
Howard Payne University Brownwood Private nonprofit
Huston-Tillotson University Austin Private nonprofit HBCU
Jarvis Christian University Hawkins Private nonprofit HBCU
Lamar University Beaumont Public
Laredo College Laredo Public
LeTourneau University Longview Private nonprofit
Lone Star College System The Woodlands Public
Lubbock Christian University Lubbock Private nonprofit
McMurry University Abilene Private nonprofit
Messenger College Bedford Private nonprofit
Midland College Midland Public
Midwestern State University Wichita Falls Public
Navarro College Corsicana Public
Nelson University Waxahachie Private nonprofit
North American University Stafford Private nonprofit
Northwest Vista College San Antonio Public
Oblate School of Theology San Antonio Private nonprofit
Odessa College Odessa Public
Our Lady of the Lake University San Antonio Private nonprofit
Palo Alto College San Antonio Public
Parker University Dallas Private nonprofit
Paul Quinn College Dallas Private nonprofit HBCU
Prairie View A & M University Prairie View Public HBCU; Land-grant
Redeemers University North America Greenville Private nonprofit
Remington College-Online Dallas Dallas Private nonprofit
Rice University Houston Private nonprofit
Saint Edward's University Austin Private nonprofit
Sam Houston State University Huntsville Public Medical school
San Antonio College San Antonio Public
San Jacinto Community College Pasadena Public
Schreiner University Kerrville Private nonprofit
South Texas College McAllen Public
South Texas College of Law Houston Houston Private nonprofit
South University-Austin Round Rock Private for-profit
Southern Methodist University Dallas Private nonprofit
Southwest University at El Paso El Paso Private for-profit
Southwestern Adventist University Keene Private nonprofit
Southwestern Christian College Terrell Private nonprofit HBCU
Southwestern University Georgetown Private nonprofit
St Philip's College San Antonio Public HBCU
St. Mary's University San Antonio Private nonprofit
Stephen F Austin State University Nacogdoches Public
Strayer University-Texas Farmers Branch Private for-profit
Sul Ross State University Alpine Public
Tarleton State University Stephenville Public
Texas A & M International University Laredo Public
Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi Corpus Christi Public
Texas A & M University-System Office College Station Public
Texas A&M University-Central Texas Killeen Public
Texas A&M University-College Station College Station Public Land-grant; Medical school
Texas A&M University-Kingsville Kingsville Public
Texas A&M University-San Antonio San Antonio Public
Texas A&M University-Texarkana Texarkana Public
Texas Chiropractic College Foundation Inc Pasadena Private nonprofit
Texas Christian University Fort Worth Private nonprofit Medical school
Texas College Tyler Private nonprofit HBCU
Texas Health and Science University Austin Private for-profit
Texas Lutheran University Seguin Private nonprofit
Texas Southern University Houston Public HBCU
Texas State University San Marcos Public
Texas Tech University Lubbock Public Medical school
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Lubbock Public Medical school
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center-El Paso El Paso Public Medical school
Texas Tech University System Administration Lubbock Public
Texas Wesleyan University Fort Worth Private nonprofit
Texas Woman's University Denton Public
The Chicago School at Dallas Plano Private nonprofit
The College of Health Care Professions-Northwest Houston Private for-profit
The King's University Southlake Private nonprofit
The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Fort Worth Private nonprofit
The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington Public
The University of Texas at Austin Austin Public Medical school
The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson Public
The University of Texas at El Paso El Paso Public
The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio Public
The University of Texas at Tyler Tyler Public Medical school
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Houston Public Medical school
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio Public Medical school
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston Public
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Galveston Public Medical school
The University of Texas Permian Basin Odessa Public
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg Public Medical school
The University of Texas System Office Austin Public
Trinity University San Antonio Private nonprofit
Trinity Valley Community College Athens Public
Tyler Junior College Tyler Public
University of Dallas Irving Private nonprofit
University of Houston Houston Public Medical school
University of Houston-Clear Lake Houston Public
University of Houston-Downtown Houston Public
University of Houston-System Administration Houston Public
University of Houston-Victoria Victoria Public
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Belton Private nonprofit
University of North Texas Denton Public
University of North Texas at Dallas Dallas Public
University of North Texas Health Science Center Fort Worth Public Medical school
University of North Texas System Dallas Public
University of Phoenix-Texas Dallas Private for-profit
University of St Thomas Houston Private nonprofit
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas Public Medical school
University of the Incarnate Word San Antonio Private nonprofit Medical school
Wade College Dallas Private for-profit
Wayland Baptist University Plainview Private nonprofit
Weatherford College Weatherford Public
West Coast University-Texas Richardson Private for-profit
West Texas A & M University Canyon Public
Western Technical College El Paso Private for-profit
Western Technical College El Paso Private for-profit
Wiley University Marshall Private nonprofit HBCU

Public university systems

System membership as recorded in the IPEDS directory. Counts are of four-year public members in this table only, so a system that also runs two-year campuses will show more members in its own materials.

System Four-year public members here
Alamo Colleges 5
Texas A&M University System 12
Texas State University System 4
Texas Tech University System 6
The University of Texas System 15
University of Houston System 5
University of North Texas System 4

Sources

  • NCES IPEDS, Institutional Characteristics directory (HD2024) — the federal directory of postsecondary institutions participating in Title IV programs. Every institution, city, control, and system value above is read directly from that file. Retrieved 2026-08-11 from nces.ed.gov/ipeds.
  • Filters applied: currently active (CYACTIVE), degree-granting (DEGGRANT), and institutional level (ICLEVEL). Flags in the Notes column are the IPEDS HBCU, TRIBAL, LANDGRNT, and MEDICAL fields.

Institution names are IPEDS legal names and sometimes differ from the name a school markets under. Check the institution's own site before relying on any detail here.

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