Top Universities in Texas

Best Universities in Texas

There are six state university systems and four independent public universities in the state of Texas. A state university system refers to a single legal entity and administration consisting of several institutions, each with its own identity as a university. Four of the university systems are the University of Houston, the University of North Texas, Texas State, and Texas Tech.

Texas has three nationally recognized top-tier public research universities:

The University of Texas at Austin Texas A&M University University of Houston

Texas A&M University

Located in College Station, Texas, Texas A&M University is a public research university. It is the seventh-largest university in the United States with over 49,000 students enrolled in ten academic colleges and eighteen research institutes. Texas A&M has approximately 800 officially recognized student organizations. The university offers a number of degree courses. It offers a full-time program of Volunteer Corps of Cadets that provides more commissioned officers to the United States Armed Forces than any other school.

The University of Texas at Austin

Founded in 1883, the University of Texas at Austin is a public research university located in Austin, Texas. It is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System with the fifth-largest single-campus enrollment in the nation as of 2010; there are over 50,000 undergraduate and graduate students and 16,500 faculty and staff.

The university has seven museums and seventeen libraries, including the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum and the Blanton Museum of Art. Various auxiliary research facilities, such as the J. J. Pickle Research Campus and the McDonald Observatory are also operated in the University of Texas.

Midwestern State University, Stephen F. Austin State University, Texas Southern University and Texas Woman’s University are the independent public universities in Texas.

Texas has many private institutions ranging from liberal arts colleges to a nationally recognized top-tier research university. Rice University in Houston is one of the leading research universities in the United States, and is ranked the nation’s seventeenth-best overall university by U.S. News & World Report.

There are two presidential libraries in the Universities of Texas:

• George Bush Presidential Library at Texas A&M University.
• Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum at The University of Texas at Austin.

There is a plan to create a third library: the George W. Bush Presidential Library at Southern Methodist University.

Texas University at San Antonio

The courses offered in the UTSA include 62 undergraduate , 43 post graduate programes and 19 doctoral programs. Planning for eight additional doctoral programs and seven post graduate programs are still under consideration. Needless to say, UTSA is soon to be branded as one of the best doctoral and research intensive institutions. The two most important centers apart from the other regular educational centers are the the Center for Distance Learning and the Learning and Teaching Center. When the former is meant for the students, who have an urge for higher education but cannot afford to do so, the latter is meant to make efficient teachers out of students.

Texas Woman’s University

It is the urge and the will to involve women in the educational policy of Texas, that the Texas government has taken a commendable step in creating the Texas Woman’s University. With the ideals of No Child left Behind Act in Texas, the Texas Woman’s University offers an array of courses that have proved to be helpful in all the spheres of life. Whether it is home or some professional field, women are trained to be a vigilant and outward.

List of Top and Best Colleges and Universities in Texas

Name	Address
Abilene Christian University: Campus Store	1600 Campus Court, Abilene, TX, United States
Alvin Community College	3110 Mustang Rd Alvin TX 77511 USA
Amarillo College	2211 South Washington Street, Amarillo, TX, United States
Amberton University	1700 Eastgate Dr Garland TX 75041 USA
American Commercial College	402 Butternut St Abilene TX 79602 USA
American Commercial College	5119 Twin Towers Blvd Odessa TX 79762 USA
American Commercial College	3177 Executive Dr San Angelo TX 76904 USA
AIU Houston	9999 Richmond Ave Houston TX 77042 USA
Anamarc College	3210 Dyer St El Paso TX 79930 USA
Angelina College: Jasper Teaching Center	450 Bulldog Avenue, Jasper, TX, United States
Angelo State University	1620 University Ave San Angelo TX 76904 USA
Anthem College	4250 N Belt Line Rd Irving TX 75038 USA
Argosy University Dallas	5001 Lyndon B Johnson Fwy Dallas TX 75244 USA
Arlington Career Institute	901 E Avenue K Grand Prairie TX 75050 USA
Austin College	900 N Grand Ave Sherman TX 75090 USA
Austin Community College: Highland Business Center	1212 Rio Grande Street, Austin, TX, United States
Baylor University Executive MBA Program – Austin	3107 Oak Creek Dr #240 Austin TX 78727 USA
Blinn College-Brenham Campus	Brenham, TX, United States
Blinn College – Bryan Campus	2423 Blinn Blvd Bryan TX 77805 USA
Brazosport College	500 College Blvd Lake Jackson TX 77566 USA
Brown Mackie College	4715 Fredericksburg Road #520, San Antonio, TX, United States
Capitol City Careers	5424 West US Highway 290 Service Road #200, Austin, TX, United States
Career Point College	355-1 Spencer Lane, San Antonio, TX, United States
Career Quest	5430 Fredericksburg Rd # 310 San Antonio TX 78229 USA
CCI Career Training Center	770 Road to 6 Flags E #140 Arlington TX 76011 USA
Cedar Valley College	3030 N Dallas Ave Lancaster TX 75134 USA
North Central Texas College Bookstore – Corinth	1500 N Corinth St Corinth TX 76208 USA
North Central Texas College	1525 W California St Gainesville TX 76240 USA