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Compare with Texas Public Colleges

Compare with Texas Public Colleges for The University of Texas at Austin
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
Texas A&M University College Station College Station, TX	$1,466 higher in-state tuition	30% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX	$164 higher in-state tuition	46% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Houston Houston, TX	$1,971 lower in-state tuition	47% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of North Texas Denton, TX	$379 lower in-state tuition	45% higher acceptance rate	Compare
The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX	$2,956 higher in-state tuition	38% higher acceptance rate	Compare
The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX	$262 higher in-state tuition	53% higher acceptance rate	Compare

Compare with Texas Private Colleges

Compare with Texas Private Colleges for The University of Texas at Austin
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
Baylor University Waco, TX	$46,412 higher in-state tuition	24% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Rice University Houston, TX	$52,456 higher in-state tuition	19% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX	$50,052 higher in-state tuition	17% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX	$55,352 higher in-state tuition	36% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Dallas Irving, TX	$42,242 higher in-state tuition	26% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Trinity University San Antonio, TX	$41,988 higher in-state tuition	1% lower acceptance rate	Compare

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Compare with National Colleges for The University of Texas at Austin
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
University of Florida Gainesville, FL	$5,307 lower in-state tuition	3% lower acceptance rate	Compare
University of Michigan Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	$6,048 higher in-state tuition	11% lower acceptance rate	Compare
University of California Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	$3,515 higher in-state tuition	18% lower acceptance rate	Compare
University of Georgia Athens, GA	$238 lower in-state tuition	11% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	$2,694 lower in-state tuition	12% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA	$4,260 higher in-state tuition	28% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Ohio State University Main Campus Columbus, OH	$1,556 higher in-state tuition	34% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Maryland College Park College Park, MD	$121 higher in-state tuition	18% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Wisconsin Madison Madison, WI	$85 lower in-state tuition	18% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Washington Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	$1,285 higher in-state tuition	12% higher acceptance rate	Compare
North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	$2,889 lower in-state tuition	15% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of California Berkeley Berkeley, CA	$4,659 higher in-state tuition	16% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Purdue University Main Campus West Lafayette, IN	$1,696 lower in-state tuition	23% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	$4,726 higher in-state tuition	6% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Virginia Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	$10,115 higher in-state tuition	10% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus Atlanta, GA	$370 higher in-state tuition	13% lower acceptance rate	Compare
University of California San Diego La Jolla, CA	$5,070 higher in-state tuition	0% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	$757 lower in-state tuition	22% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, MA	$6,084 higher in-state tuition	33% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Champaign, IL	$4,316 higher in-state tuition	15% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	$10,238 higher in-state tuition	31% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Rutgers University New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	$6,241 higher in-state tuition	31% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Minnesota Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	$5,526 higher in-state tuition	53% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	$9,356 higher in-state tuition	25% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL	$2,590 lower in-state tuition	61% higher acceptance rate	Compare

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Last updated: August 2026