Open Admissions Colleges in Texas

The 2023 Directory of Texas Open Admissions Colleges and Costs

Texas Open Admissions Colleges, Cost and Affordability for 2022

Open admissions means that any prospective student who has completed high school or attained a GED certificate may enroll in classes. A qualifying GPA or standardized test scores (SAT or ACT) scores are not necessary for to attend these schools with open admissions policies.

How much does it cost to attend open admissions college in Texas?   The average annual in-state college tuition in Texas was $11,718 for the 2021-2022 academic year. This is a change of $473 from the 2019-2020 average of $11,245 and represents a 4.21% annual increase. The list of Texas open admissions colleges below provides school specific cost and value rating.

Our guide surveyed tuition data from the 93 open admissions colleges and universities in Texas, the most popular being Lone Star College with 19,610 full time students and an in-state tuition list price of $4,800. Southwestern Adventist University is the most expensive open admissions school in Texas with an in-state tuition of $22,848.

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 2020-2021 IPEDS Survey and reflect reported costs for the 2021-2022 academic year.

Explore Texas Colleges

School Tuition Rating Value
Alvin Community College

Alvin, Texas

$2,256 NA NA
Amarillo College

Amarillo, Texas

$1,128 NA NA
Angelina College

Lufkin, Texas

$3,300 NA NA
Arlington Baptist College

Arlington, Texas

$13,524 NA NA
Austin Community College District

Austin, Texas

$2,010 NA NA
Baptist University of the Americas

San Antonio, Texas

$6,048 NA NA
Blinn College

Brenham, Texas

$3,510 NA NA
Brazosport College

Lake Jackson, Texas

$2,600 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

$3,570 NA NA
Cisco College

Cisco, Texas

$5,010 NA NA
Clarendon College

Clarendon, Texas

$1,740 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

$3,030 NA NA
Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service

Houston, Texas

$13,263 NA NA