Cost of Colleges in Texas

Texas Colleges, Cost and Affordability for 2021

How much does it cost to attend college in Texas? The average annual in-state college tuition in Texas was $11,113 for the 2019-2020 academic year. This is $3,552 lower than the U.S. average and ranks Texas in the middle of the pack as the 38th most expensive and 15th most affordable state or district to attend college. This is a change of $191 from the 2018-2019 average of $10,922 and represents a 1.75% annual increase. The list of Texas colleges below provides school specific cost and value rating.

Our guide surveyed tuition data from the 170 colleges and universities in Texas, the most popular being Texas A & M University College Station with 59,220 full time students and an in-state tuition list price of $8,532. Southern Methodist University is the most expensive in Texas with an in-state tuition of $50,200.

Click on any school for current tuition, future cost estimates, school specific savings plans and estimated student loan payments. Texas colleges can also be filtered by public, private, community colleges and four year schools. Additionally, cost based sorting is available for the lowest and highest tuition options. Jump directly to our ranking of best values in Texas or cheap Texas colleges guide.

<Academic Rating is a CollegeCalc proprietary national percentile ranking of a college's overall difficulty and educational effectiveness. An average score is 50. Dollar value is a measure of a school's academic rating compared with the average net price paid. Colleges which are ranked "n/a" didn't report sufficient data to formulate a score. Learn more about our ratings.

All price data are reprinted from the U.S. Department of Education's 2018-2019 IPEDS Survey and reflect reported costs for the 2018-2019 academic year.

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School	Tuition	Rating	Value
Abilene Christian University Abilene, Texas	$36,250	58	49
Alvin Community College Alvin, Texas	$2,208	NA	NA
Amarillo College Amarillo, Texas	$1,128	NA	NA
American InterContinental University Houston Houston, Texas	$14,250	NA	NA
Angelina College Lufkin, Texas	$3,300	NA	NA
Angelo State University San Angelo, Texas	$4,332	30	18
Arlington Baptist College Arlington, Texas	$12,750	NA	NA
Austin College Sherman, Texas	$40,970	69	89
Austin Community College District Austin, Texas	$2,010	NA	NA
Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary Jacksonville, Texas	$6,600	NA	NA
Baptist University of the Americas San Antonio, Texas	$5,760	NA	NA
Baylor University Waco, Texas	$42,842	76	61
Blinn College Brenham, Texas	$2,688	NA	NA
Brazosport College Lake Jackson, Texas	$2,622	NA	NA
Brookhaven College Farmers Branch, Texas	$3,330	NA	NA
Brown Mackie College San Antonio San Antonio, Texas	$12,132	NA	NA
Career Point College San Antonio, Texas	$18,650	NA	NA
Cedar Valley College Lancaster, Texas	$3,330	NA	NA
Central Texas College Killeen, Texas	$3,390	NA	NA
Chamberlain College of Nursing Texas Houston, Texas	$18,495	NA	NA
Cisco College Cisco, Texas	$4,800	NA	NA
Clarendon College Clarendon, Texas	$1,530	NA	NA
Coastal Bend College Beeville, Texas	$3,960	NA	NA
College of Biblical Studies Houston Houston, Texas	$6,576	NA	NA
College of the Mainland Texas City, Texas	$2,550	NA	NA
Collin County Community College District McKinney, Texas	$2,940	NA	NA
Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service Houston, Texas	$13,263	NA	NA
Concordia University Texas Austin, Texas	$31,960	32	7
Court Reporting Institute Wheeler Institute of Texas Dallas, Texas	$9,600	NA	NA
Culinary Institute Inc Houston, Texas	$12,600	NA	NA
Dallas Baptist University Dallas, Texas	$29,220	59	37
Dallas Christian College Dallas, Texas	$18,176	34	1
Dallas Institute of Funeral Service Dallas, Texas	$11,700	NA	NA
Del Mar College Corpus Christi, Texas	$1,885	NA	NA
DeVry University Texas Irving, Texas	$15,835	NA	NA
East Texas Baptist University Marshall, Texas	$26,100	35	10
Eastfield College Mesquite, Texas	$3,330	NA	NA
El Centro College Dallas, Texas	$3,330	NA	NA
El Paso Community College El Paso, Texas	$2,520	NA	NA
Frank Phillips College Borger, Texas	$2,220	NA	NA
Galveston College Galveston, Texas	$1,800	NA	NA
Grayson County College Denison, Texas	$2,640	NA	NA
Hardin Simmons University Abilene, Texas	$28,390	47	46
Hill College Hillsboro, Texas	$2,088	NA	NA
Houston Baptist University Houston, Texas	$31,400	49	59
Houston Community College Houston, Texas	$2,904	NA	NA
Howard College Big Spring, Texas	$3,720	NA	NA
Howard Payne University Brownwood, Texas	$25,998	47	31
Huston Tillotson University Austin, Texas	$12,262	17	NA
Jacksonville College Main Campus Jacksonville, Texas	$6,300	NA	NA
Jarvis Christian College Hawkins, Texas	$10,400	NA	NA
KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts Dallas, Texas	$16,876	NA	NA
Kilgore College Kilgore, Texas	$3,120	NA	NA
Lamar Institute of Technology Beaumont, Texas	$2,280	NA	NA
Lamar State College Orange Orange, Texas	$2,280	NA	NA
Lamar State College Port Arthur Port Arthur, Texas	$2,850	NA	NA
Lamar University Beaumont, Texas	$6,032	31	16
Laredo Community College Laredo, Texas	$2,400	NA	NA
Lee College Baytown, Texas	$3,012	NA	NA
LeTourneau University Longview, Texas	$30,520	63	68
Lon Morris College Jacksonville, Texas	$13,000	NA	NA
Lone Star College System The Woodlands, Texas	$3,696	NA	NA
Lubbock Christian University Lubbock, Texas	$23,130	46	20
McLennan Community College Waco, Texas	$3,774	NA	NA
McMurry University Abilene, Texas	$27,834	40	29
Midland College Midland, Texas	$3,540	NA	NA
Midwestern State University Wichita Falls, Texas	$5,567	38	53
Mountain View College Dallas, Texas	$3,330	NA	NA
National American University Austin Austin, Texas	$15,000	NA	NA
Navarro College Corsicana, Texas	$1,620	NA	NA
North American College Houston, Texas	$9,450	NA	NA
North Central Texas College Gainesville, Texas	$2,760	NA	NA
North Lake College Irving, Texas	$3,330	NA	NA
Northeast Texas Community College Mount Pleasant, Texas	$3,150	NA	NA
Northwest Vista College San Antonio, Texas	$6,450	NA	NA
Northwood University Texas Cedar Hill, Texas	$10,200	NA	NA
Odessa College Odessa, Texas	$2,832	NA	NA
Our Lady of the Lake University San Antonio San Antonio, Texas	$28,330	40	45
Palo Alto College San Antonio, Texas	$6,450	NA	NA
Panola College Carthage, Texas	$792	NA	NA
Paris Junior College Paris, Texas	$1,680	NA	NA
Paul Quinn College Dallas, Texas	$6,125	8	NA
Prairie View A & M University Prairie View, Texas	$7,043	20	6
Ranger College Ranger, Texas	$3,300	NA	NA
Remington College Dallas Campus Garland, Texas	$15,633	NA	NA
Remington College Fort Worth Campus Fort Worth, Texas	$15,112	NA	NA
Remington College Houston Campus Houston, Texas	$16,380	NA	NA
Remington College Houston Southeast Campus Webster, Texas	$14,811	NA	NA
Remington College North Houston Campus Houston, Texas	$15,664	NA	NA
Rice University Houston, Texas	$48,330	98	99
Richland College Dallas, Texas	$3,330	NA	NA
Saint Edward's University Austin, Texas	$46,690	59	61
Sam Houston State University Huntsville, Texas	$5,856	38	26
San Antonio College San Antonio, Texas	$6,450	NA	NA
San Jacinto Community College Pasadena, Texas	$3,240	NA	NA
Schreiner University Kerrville, Texas	$29,500	33	6
South Plains College Levelland, Texas	$2,160	NA	NA
South Texas College McAllen, Texas	$2,610	NA	NA
Southern Methodist University Dallas, Texas	$50,200	86	82
Southwest Career College El Paso, Texas	$14,000	NA	NA
Southwest Collegiate Institute for the Deaf Big Spring, Texas	$3,720	NA	NA
Southwest Texas Junior College Uvalde, Texas	$3,024	NA	NA
Southwestern Adventist University Keene, Texas	$21,528	40	15
Southwestern Assemblies of God University Waxahachie, Texas	$18,874	22	NA
Southwestern Christian College Terrell, Texas	$7,070	NA	NA
Southwestern University Georgetown, Texas	$43,560	70	81
St Philip's College San Antonio, Texas	$6,450	NA	NA
St. Mary's University San Antonio, Texas	$31,170	56	72
Stephen F Austin State University Nacogdoches, Texas	$6,096	37	30
Sul Ross State University Alpine, Texas	$6,140	NA	NA
Tarleton State University Stephenville, Texas	$4,526	40	20
Tarrant County College District Fort Worth, Texas	$3,402	NA	NA
Temple College Temple, Texas	$1,848	NA	NA
Texarkana College Texarkana, Texas	$1,440	NA	NA
Texas A & M International University Laredo, Texas	$3,818	37	74
Texas A & M University College Station College Station, Texas	$8,532	78	87
Texas A & M University Commerce Commerce, Texas	$4,790	39	35
Texas A & M University Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, Texas	$4,719	39	21
Texas A & M University Galveston Galveston, Texas	$4,516	NA	NA
Texas A & M University Kingsville Kingsville, Texas	$4,801	37	30
Texas A & M University Texarkana Texarkana, Texas	$5,724	44	43
Texas Christian University Fort Worth, Texas	$49,160	82	76
Texas College Tyler, Texas	$8,200	NA	NA
Texas Lutheran University Seguin, Texas	$30,550	47	52
Texas Southern University Houston, Texas	$7,437	17	1
Texas State Technical College Harlingen Harlingen, Texas	$2,160	NA	NA
Texas State Technical College Waco Waco, Texas	$2,238	NA	NA
Texas State Technical College Marshall Marshall, Texas	$3,357	NA	NA
Texas State Technical College West Texas Sweetwater, Texas	$3,492	NA	NA
Texas State University San Marcos, Texas	$8,052	47	39
Texas Tech University Lubbock, Texas	$6,744	57	50
Texas Wesleyan University Fort Worth, Texas	$27,644	48	32
Texas Woman's University Denton, Texas	$5,430	38	47
The College of Saint Thomas More Fort Worth, Texas	$12,000	NA	NA
The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, Texas	$8,624	44	44
The University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas	$10,824	80	90
The University of Texas at Brownsville Brownsville, Texas	$1,800	NA	NA
The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, Texas	$13,442	66	94
The University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, Texas	$7,193	NA	NA
The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, Texas	$5,510	37	27
The University of Texas at Tyler Tyler, Texas	$6,540	50	91
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio, Texas	$4,536	NA	NA
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin Odessa, Texas	$4,867	39	50
The University of Texas Pan American Edinburg, Texas	$6,664	36	65
Trinity University San Antonio, Texas	$44,064	85	92
Trinity Valley Community College Athens, Texas	$1,170	NA	NA
Tyler Junior College Tyler, Texas	$2,760	NA	NA
University of Dallas Irving, Texas	$39,680	72	87
University of Houston Houston, Texas	$8,219	57	72
University of Houston Downtown Houston, Texas	$5,592	29	43
University of Houston Victoria Victoria, Texas	$4,896	46	75
University of Mary Hardin Baylor Belton, Texas	$27,450	41	9
University of North Texas Denton, Texas	$8,295	47	59
University of Phoenix Austin Campus Austin, Texas	$10,417	NA	NA
University of Phoenix Dallas Campus Dallas, Texas	$10,544	NA	NA
University of Phoenix Houston Campus Houston, Texas	$10,560	NA	NA
University of Phoenix San Antonio Campus San Antonio, Texas	$10,488	NA	NA
University of St Thomas Houston, Texas	$30,800	59	87
University of the Incarnate Word San Antonio, Texas	$29,900	42	20
Vernon College Vernon, Texas	$2,280	NA	NA
Vet Tech Institute of Houston Houston, Texas	$13,920	NA	NA
Victoria College Victoria, Texas	$1,200	NA	NA
Virginia College Austin Austin, Texas	$14,382	NA	NA
Wade College Dallas, Texas	$14,440	NA	NA
Wayland Baptist University Plainview, Texas	$21,360	45	9
Weatherford College Weatherford, Texas	$4,330	NA	NA
West Texas A & M University Canyon, Texas	$5,554	37	36
Western Texas College Snyder, Texas	$3,150	NA	NA
Wharton County Junior College Wharton, Texas	$768	NA	NA
Wiley College Marshall, Texas	$10,118	NA	NA

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