Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in Texas

Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in Texas, ranked by first-year retention rate. Share of students returning after their first year. Four-year campus colleges with at least 500 undergraduates. Four-year colleges with at least 500 undergraduates. Online-only schools are excluded. This page lists all 76 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1West Coast University-TexasRichardson, Texas100.0%——$53k$103k31%2,67313 mi 2Strayer University-TexasFarmers Branch, Texas100.0%———$40k25%2,293244 mi 3Rice UniversityHouston, Texas97.4%8%1553$13k$90k95%4,77620 mi 4The University of Texas at AustinAustin, Texas96.7%27%1395$20k$75k89%42,855126 mi 5Texas A&M University-College StationCollege Station, Texas94.3%57%1280$21k$72k84%59,61597 mi 6Texas Christian UniversityFort Worth, Texas92.9%44%1298$37k$68k86%11,026246 mi 7Trinity UniversitySan Antonio, Texas92.9%26%1416$23k$72k84%2,505120 mi 8Baylor UniversityWaco, Texas91.0%51%1329$41k$66k80%14,785175 mi 9Southern Methodist UniversityDallas, Texas90.5%63%1428$41k$78k84%7,277237 mi 10The University of Texas at DallasRichardson, Texas90.0%65%1286$18k$68k76%21,751245 mi 11University of HoustonHouston, Texas87.0%74%1250$14k$62k65%38,38017 mi 12Texas Tech UniversityLubbock, Texas85.0%73%1190$19k$62k69%32,394456 mi 13The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyEdinburg, Texas81.1%94%985$5k$50k51%28,66645 mi 14LeTourneau UniversityLongview, Texas80.8%38%1208$28k$57k59%1,468179 mi 15Southwestern UniversityGeorgetown, Texas80.6%43%1241$29k$57k73%1,440145 mi 16Abilene Christian UniversityAbilene, Texas80.5%66%1194$26k$56k59%3,195316 mi 17Texas State UniversitySan Marcos, Texas80.1%89%1103$17k$57k55%36,177112 mi 18The University of Texas at San AntonioSan Antonio, Texas79.8%87%1105$11k$57k53%30,580132 mi 19Saint Edward's UniversityAustin, Texas79.7%81%1138$26k$59k63%2,493123 mi 20Austin CollegeSherman, Texas79.4%48%1212$21k$61k67%1,165284 mi 21The University of Texas at El PasoEl Paso, Texas78.9%100%962$9k$51k50%21,005361 mi 22Texas A & M International UniversityLaredo, Texas77.8%44%993$4k$48k46%6,667102 mi 23University of St ThomasHouston, Texas77.7%90%1090$19k$59k69%3,22020 mi 24University of DallasIrving, Texas77.2%53%1227$23k$58k73%1,403241 mi 25The University of Texas at TylerTyler, Texas76.8%94%1114$13k$57k54%7,440177 mi 26University of North TexasDenton, Texas76.6%72%1109$16k$57k61%34,341269 mi 27Prairie View A & M UniversityPrairie View, Texas75.6%79%980$14k$45k43%8,87761 mi 28Nelson UniversityWaxahachie, Texas75.2%89%980$22k$46k42%1,479212 mi 29University of Houston-Clear LakeHouston, Texas74.4%91%1060$16k$59k52%6,0785 mi 30Hallmark UniversitySan Antonio, Texas74.1%51%—$13k$40k66%769129 mi 31Sam Houston State UniversityHuntsville, Texas73.3%90%1041$16k$54k55%17,74373 mi 32St. Mary's UniversitySan Antonio, Texas73.0%98%1089$21k$57k59%1,951123 mi 33The University of Texas at ArlingtonArlington, Texas72.9%80%1124$14k$63k54%32,294239 mi 34Southwestern Adventist UniversityKeene, Texas72.7%78%1031$23k$53k52%570227 mi 35Stephen F Austin State UniversityNacogdoches, Texas71.7%94%1066$14k$50k53%8,728122 mi 36University of the Incarnate WordSan Antonio, Texas71.3%98%—$23k$57k51%4,440119 mi 37East Texas Baptist UniversityMarshall, Texas70.8%58%—$24k$53k47%1,352180 mi 38Lubbock Christian UniversityLubbock, Texas70.3%73%1100$24k$54k51%1,252458 mi 39Tarleton State UniversityStephenville, Texas69.8%90%1075$21k$53k48%12,673253 mi 40West Texas A & M UniversityCanyon, Texas69.6%99%1050$19k$51k55%6,917531 mi 41Texas Woman's UniversityDenton, Texas69.5%96%—$12k$57k49%8,767270 mi 42Houston Christian UniversityHouston, Texas69.3%84%1084$21k$56k49%2,88627 mi 43Arizona College of Nursing-DallasDallas, Texas68.8%100%—$38k$35k—588241 mi 44Angelo State UniversitySan Angelo, Texas68.6%83%1054$15k$50k44%5,643295 mi 45University of Houston-DowntownHouston, Texas67.1%90%1029$11k$54k33%12,55518 mi 46Schreiner UniversityKerrville, Texas66.8%88%—$22k$52k43%1,053174 mi 47Texas Southern UniversityHouston, Texas66.2%97%914$17k$39k22%6,84418 mi 48Texas A&M University-San AntonioSan Antonio, Texas65.7%93%955$11k$54k40%6,599114 mi 49University of North Texas at DallasDallas, Texas65.4%84%940$6k—42%2,878226 mi 50Texas A&M University-VictoriaVictoria, Texas65.1%96%—$8k$54k26%2,51321 mi 51Hardin-Simmons UniversityAbilene, Texas64.9%90%1108$20k$55k46%1,283317 mi 52Texas A&M University-KingsvilleKingsville, Texas64.6%91%1050$12k$51k42%4,7488 mi 53Dallas Baptist UniversityDallas, Texas64.4%89%1120$29k$57k57%2,403233 mi 54Midwestern State UniversityWichita Falls, Texas63.9%94%—$12k$56k43%4,087350 mi 55Texas A&M University-TexarkanaTexarkana, Texas63.7%64%—$13k$46k30%1,982243 mi 56McMurry UniversityAbilene, Texas63.5%57%1043$20k$49k44%1,176315 mi 57Our Lady of the Lake UniversitySan Antonio, Texas62.8%——$16k$49k46%1,066121 mi 58University of Mary Hardin-BaylorBelton, Texas62.4%96%1099$26k$56k49%2,759169 mi 59Lamar UniversityBeaumont, Texas61.9%86%1061$9k$50k37%8,15014 mi 60Texas Lutheran UniversitySeguin, Texas61.8%96%—$25k$54k54%1,30499 mi 61The University of Texas Permian BasinOdessa, Texas60.9%95%1033$13k$56k40%3,911400 mi 62Chamberlain University-TexasHouston, Texas60.9%84%—$32k$92k25%2,27031 mi 63Texas Wesleyan UniversityFort Worth, Texas60.8%69%1070$24k$54k32%1,741245 mi 64Texas A & M University-Corpus ChristiCorpus Christi, Texas58.4%89%1086$15k$52k40%8,0341 mi 65Concordia University TexasAustin, Texas58.3%91%—$23k$61k45%1,185137 mi 66Huston-Tillotson UniversityAustin, Texas58.2%39%1014$20k$43k34%1,005124 mi 67East Texas A&M UniversityCommerce, Texas57.2%92%1076$12k$50k43%9,912246 mi 68Howard Payne UniversityBrownwood, Texas51.7%67%1026$24k$48k28%713249 mi 69Parker UniversityDallas, Texas50.0%——$29k$42k74%607242 mi 70Wiley UniversityMarshall, Texas49.6%——$7k$33k24%712179 mi 71Paul Quinn CollegeDallas, Texas49.0%40%—$13k$29k27%620226 mi 72Jarvis Christian UniversityHawkins, Texas47.6%——$10k$33k15%577195 mi 73North American UniversityStafford, Texas46.0%——$19k—32%60932 mi 74Sul Ross State UniversityAlpine, Texas44.9%99%1024$13k$42k30%1,396408 mi 75Wayland Baptist UniversityPlainview, Texas44.5%56%—$21k$52k19%2,041481 mi 76Texas CollegeTyler, Texas34.0%——$11k$34k14%614182 mi

US Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS. Missing or suppressed values are excluded. A ranking is a comparison of the named measure, not an overall quality score.