This Houston university was ranked among the best in the nation.
HOUSTON — Texas is well represented on Forbes’ latest list of the top 500 colleges in America.
A total of 23 Texas colleges and universities made the list, and the top-ranked school in the state calls Houston home. Rice University ranks 12th in the nation, according to the Forbes list.
Forbes said the list was determined by a few factors, including how many students got high-paying jobs out college, how much student debt students graduated with, and how often students graduated on time.
Below is the full list of schools and their overall rankings:
- Rice University – 12th overall
- University of Texas, Austin – 46th overall
- Texas A&M University, College Station – 61st overall
- Trinity University (TX) – 82nd overall
- Southern Methodist University – 103rd overall
- University of Houston – 107th overall
- Texas Christian University – 120th overall
- University of Texas, Dallas – 141st overall
- Texas Tech University – 161st overall
- Baylor University – 188th overall
- University of North Texas – 238th overall
- University of Texas, Arlington – 246th overall
- St. Edwards University – 293rd overall
- University of Texas at San Antonio – 300th overall
- Southwestern University – 304th overall
- University of Houston, Clear Lake – 342nd overall
- University of St. Thomas (TX) – 354th overall
- University of Texas, El Paso – 359th overall
- Texas State University – 408th overall
- Austin College – 419th overall
- University of Dallas – 422nd overall
- Abilene Christian University – 437th overall
- University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley – 449th overall
Click here to find the full rankings.
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