The 2023 Directory of Texas Public Colleges and Costs
How much does it cost to attend public college in Texas? The average annual in-state four year, public college tuition in Texas was $6,452 for the 2021-2022 academic year. This is a change of $426 from the 2019-2020 average of $6,026 and represents a 7.07% annual increase. The list of Texas public colleges below provides school specific cost and value rating. Public schools are partially funded by the taxpayers of Texas and usually offer lower tuition to in-state residents.
Our guide surveyed tuition data from the 100 public colleges and universities in Texas, the most popular being Texas A & M University College Station with 62,587 full time students and an in-state tuition list price of $9,339. The University of Texas at Dallas is the most expensive public school in Texas with an in-state tuition of $14,564.
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<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.
| School | Tuition | Rating | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
Alvin Community CollegeAlvin, Texas |
$2,256 | NA | NA |
Amarillo CollegeAmarillo, Texas |
$1,128 | NA | NA |
Angelina CollegeLufkin, Texas |
$3,300 | NA | NA |
Angelo State UniversitySan Angelo, Texas |
$4,495 | 34 | 21 |
Austin Community College DistrictAustin, Texas |
$2,010 | NA | NA |
Blinn CollegeBrenham, Texas |
$3,510 | NA | NA |
Brazosport CollegeLake Jackson, Texas |
$2,600 | NA | NA |
Brookhaven CollegeFarmers Branch, Texas |
$3,330 | NA | NA |
Cedar Valley CollegeLancaster, Texas |
$3,330 | NA | NA |
Central Texas CollegeKilleen, Texas |
$3,570 | NA | NA |
Cisco CollegeCisco, Texas |
$5,010 | NA | NA |
Clarendon CollegeClarendon, Texas |
$1,740 | NA | NA |
Coastal Bend CollegeBeeville, Texas |
$3,960 | NA | NA |
College of the MainlandTexas City, Texas |
$2,550 | NA | NA |
Collin County Community College DistrictMcKinney, Texas |
$3,030 | NA | NA |
Dallas CollegeDallas, Texas |
$4,050 | NA | NA |
Del Mar CollegeCorpus Christi, Texas |
$2,070 | NA | NA |
Eastfield CollegeMesquite, Texas |
$3,330 | NA | NA |
El Paso Community CollegeEl Paso, Texas |
$2,784 | NA | NA |
Frank Phillips CollegeBorger, Texas |
$2,220 | NA | NA |
Galveston CollegeGalveston, Texas |
$2,010 | NA | NA |
Grayson County CollegeDenison, Texas |
$2,700 | NA | NA |
Hill CollegeHillsboro, Texas |
$2,088 | NA | NA |
Houston Community CollegeHouston, Texas |
$2,904 | NA | NA |
Howard CollegeBig Spring, Texas |
$3,720 | NA | NA |
Kilgore CollegeKilgore, Texas |
$3,168 | NA | NA |
Lamar Institute of TechnologyBeaumont, Texas |
$1,920 | NA | NA |
Lamar State College OrangeOrange, Texas |
$2,280 | NA | NA |
Lamar State College Port ArthurPort Arthur, Texas |
$1,200 | NA | NA |
Lamar UniversityBeaumont, Texas |
$6,228 | 31 | 26 |
Laredo Community CollegeLaredo, Texas |
$2,400 | NA | NA |
Lee CollegeBaytown, Texas |
$3,132 | NA | NA |
Lone Star CollegeThe Woodlands, Texas |
$4,800 | NA | NA |
McLennan Community CollegeWaco, Texas |
$3,720 | NA | NA |
Midland CollegeMidland, Texas |
$3,720 | NA | NA |
Midwestern State UniversityWichita Falls, Texas |
$5,877 | 36 | 42 |
Mountain View CollegeDallas, Texas |
$3,330 | NA | NA |
Navarro CollegeCorsicana, Texas |
$1,620 | NA | NA |
North Central Texas CollegeGainesville, Texas |
$2,760 | NA | NA |
North Lake CollegeIrving, Texas |
$3,330 | NA | NA |
Northeast Texas Community CollegeMount Pleasant, Texas |
$3,240 | NA | NA |
Northwest Vista CollegeSan Antonio, Texas |
$6,450 | NA | NA |
Odessa CollegeOdessa, Texas |
$2,952 | NA | NA |
Palo Alto CollegeSan Antonio, Texas |
$6,450 | NA | NA |
Panola CollegeCarthage, Texas |
$792 | NA | NA |
Paris Junior CollegeParis, Texas |
$3,210 | NA | NA |
Prairie View A & M UniversityPrairie View, Texas |
$7,387 | 23 | 8 |
Ranger CollegeRanger, Texas |
$3,600 | NA | NA |
Richland CollegeDallas, Texas |
$3,330 | NA | NA |
Sam Houston State UniversityHuntsville, Texas |
$5,856 | 37 | 16 |
San Antonio CollegeSan Antonio, Texas |
$6,450 | NA | NA |
San Jacinto Community CollegePasadena, Texas |
$3,240 | NA | NA |
South Plains CollegeLevelland, Texas |
$2,328 | NA | NA |
South Texas CollegeMcAllen, Texas |
$2,610 | NA | NA |
Southwest Collegiate Institute for the DeafBig Spring, Texas |
$3,720 | NA | NA |
Southwest Texas Junior CollegeUvalde, Texas |
$3,024 | NA | NA |
St Philip's CollegeSan Antonio, Texas |
$6,450 | NA | NA |
Stephen F Austin State UniversityNacogdoches, Texas |
$7,842 | 36 | 31 |
Sul Ross State UniversityAlpine, Texas |
$6,774 | NA | NA |
Tarleton State UniversityStephenville, Texas |
$4,416 | 37 | 17 |
Tarrant County College DistrictFort Worth, Texas |
$3,402 | NA | NA |
Temple CollegeTemple, Texas |
$1,848 | NA | NA |
Texarkana CollegeTexarkana, Texas |
$1,608 | NA | NA |
Texas A & M International UniversityLaredo, Texas |
$3,818 | 37 | 61 |
Texas A & M University College StationCollege Station, Texas |
$9,339 | 78 | 84 |
Texas A & M University CommerceCommerce, Texas |
$4,790 | 33 | 21 |
Texas A & M University Corpus ChristiCorpus Christi, Texas |
$4,913 | 40 | 12 |
Texas A & M University GalvestonGalveston, Texas |
$4,516 | NA | NA |
Texas A & M University KingsvilleKingsville, Texas |
$5,137 | 36 | 24 |
Texas A & M University TexarkanaTexarkana, Texas |
$6,090 | 50 | 65 |
Texas Southern UniversityHouston, Texas |
$7,437 | 27 | 9 |
Texas State Technical College HarlingenHarlingen, Texas |
$2,160 | NA | NA |
Texas State Technical College WacoWaco, Texas |
$2,238 | NA | NA |
Texas State Technical College MarshallMarshall, Texas |
$3,357 | NA | NA |
Texas State Technical College West TexasSweetwater, Texas |
$3,492 | NA | NA |
Texas State UniversitySan Marcos, Texas |
$8,606 | 47 | 39 |
Texas Tech UniversityLubbock, Texas |
$8,935 | 57 | 47 |
Texas Woman's UniversityDenton, Texas |
$5,616 | 40 | 45 |
The University of Texas at ArlingtonArlington, Texas |
$9,206 | 41 | 29 |
The University of Texas at AustinAustin, Texas |
$11,752 | 81 | 88 |
The University of Texas at BrownsvilleBrownsville, Texas |
$1,800 | NA | NA |
The University of Texas at DallasRichardson, Texas |
$14,564 | 65 | 92 |
The University of Texas at El PasoEl Paso, Texas |
$7,704 | NA | NA |
The University of Texas at San AntonioSan Antonio, Texas |
$6,237 | 33 | 18 |
The University of Texas at TylerTyler, Texas |
$7,200 | 54 | 62 |
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San AntonioSan Antonio, Texas |
$4,536 | NA | NA |
The University of Texas of the Permian BasinOdessa, Texas |
$6,328 | 52 | 88 |
The University of Texas Pan AmericanEdinburg, Texas |
$7,857 | 31 | 58 |
Trinity Valley Community CollegeAthens, Texas |
$1,170 | NA | NA |
Tyler Junior CollegeTyler, Texas |
$2,760 | NA | NA |
University of HoustonHouston, Texas |
$8,685 | 57 | 62 |
University of Houston DowntownHouston, Texas |
$6,252 | NA | NA |
University of Houston VictoriaVictoria, Texas |
$5,111 | NA | NA |
University of North TexasDenton, Texas |
$8,295 | 43 | 54 |
Vernon CollegeVernon, Texas |
$2,400 | NA | NA |
Victoria CollegeVictoria, Texas |
$2,520 | NA | NA |
Weatherford CollegeWeatherford, Texas |
$5,100 | NA | NA |
West Texas A & M UniversityCanyon, Texas |
$6,211 | 36 | 17 |
Western Texas CollegeSnyder, Texas |
$3,150 | NA | NA |
Wharton County Junior CollegeWharton, Texas |
$768 | NA | NA |