Popular Texas Colleges Easy to Get Into
Texas has 58 four-year colleges that accept 75% or more of applicants. If your GPA and test scores meet their typical thresholds, these are strong safety options, ordered by student interest online.
Leading examples include Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas, accepting 89% of applicants. Also frequently researched: The University of Texas at Arlington, Sam Houston State University and The University of Texas at San Antonio.
Use the filters below to narrow by GPA, SAT, or ACT and see your estimated admission chance. For the highest academic quality among easy-admission schools, see best-ranked colleges with high acceptance rates. For schools with the highest acceptance rates regardless of popularity, see highest acceptance rate colleges.
Texas State University
- Public 4 Year
- San Marcos, TX
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3.8 | 9 reviews
- 89% acceptance rate
- Jun 1 application deadline
Texas State is a large public university known for undergraduate geography, education, and mass communication. The campus in the college town of San Marcos sits along the spring-fed San Marcos River.
- SAT Range 980-1200
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.38
- Net Price $15,716
The University of Texas at Arlington
- Public 4 Year
- Arlington, TX
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4.7 | 3 reviews
- 80% acceptance rate
- Jun 1 application deadline
UT Arlington is a large public university known for undergraduate nursing, engineering, and architecture. The suburban campus sits in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex between the two cities.
- SAT Range 1010-1240
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.43
- Net Price $13,755
Sam Houston State University
- Public 4 Year
- Huntsville, TX
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4.5 | 2 reviews
- 90% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
Sam Houston State is a large public university known for undergraduate criminal justice and forensic science. The main campus is in Huntsville in the piney woods of East Texas.
- SAT Range 930-1120
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.25
- Net Price $14,737
The University of Texas at San Antonio
- Public 4 Year
- San Antonio, TX
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4.5 | 2 reviews
- 87% acceptance rate
- Jun 1 application deadline
UTSA is a large public university known for undergraduate cybersecurity and business. The main campus sits in northwest San Antonio near the Texas Hill Country.
- SAT Range 1000-1220
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.36
- Net Price $10,959
Texas Southern University
- Public 4 Year
- Houston, TX
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3.0 | 3 reviews
- 97% acceptance rate
- Jul 15 application deadline
Texas Southern is a public historically Black university known for undergraduate pharmacy, business, and criminal justice. The urban campus is located in Houston's Third Ward.
- SAT Range 800-1000
- Avg GPA 3.0
- Net Price $13,584
Stephen F Austin State University
- Public 4 Year
- Nacogdoches, TX
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3.8 | 8 reviews
- 94% acceptance rate
SFA is a public university known for undergraduate forestry, education, and nursing. The residential campus sits in the historic East Texas college town of Nacogdoches.
- SAT Range 970-1170
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.26
- Net Price $14,959
Tarleton State University
- Public 4 Year
- Stephenville, TX
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4.5 | 2 reviews
- 90% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
Tarleton State is a public university known for undergraduate agriculture, animal science, and nursing. The main campus anchors the college town of Stephenville in north-central Texas.
- SAT Range 980-1160
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.21
- Net Price $16,159
Prairie View A & M University
- Public 4 Year
- Prairie View, TX
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4.0 | 1 reviews
- 79% acceptance rate
- Mar 1 application deadline
Prairie View A&M is a public HBCU known for undergraduate engineering, nursing, and agriculture. The small-town campus sits northwest of Houston in Prairie View.
- SAT Range 860-1080
- Avg GPA 3.3
- Net Price $14,448
Dallas Baptist University
- Private 4 Year
- Dallas, TX
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 89% acceptance rate
Dallas Baptist is a private Baptist university known for undergraduate business, education, and biblical studies. The hilltop campus overlooks Mountain Creek Lake in southwest Dallas.
- SAT Range 960-1213
- Avg GPA 3.46
- Net Price $30,057
Texas Woman's University
- Public 4 Year
- Denton, TX
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4.7 | 3 reviews
- 96% acceptance rate
TWU is a public university primarily for women, known for undergraduate nursing, health sciences, and education. The main campus is in Denton, a college town north of Dallas-Fort Worth.
- SAT Range 930-1140
- Avg GPA 3.24
- Net Price $11,636
Lamar University
- Public 4 Year
- Beaumont, TX
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1.7 | 3 reviews
- 86% acceptance rate
Lamar is a public university known for undergraduate engineering and nursing. The campus is located in Beaumont in southeast Texas.
- SAT Range 930-1140
- Avg GPA 3.4
- Net Price $9,814
University of the Incarnate Word
- Private 4 Year
- San Antonio, TX
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| 0 reviews
- 98% acceptance rate
UIW is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate nursing and the health sciences. The urban campus is in San Antonio.
- SAT Range 900-1140
- Avg GPA 3.5
- Net Price $23,363
University of St Thomas
- Private 4 Year
- Houston, TX
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| 0 reviews
- 90% acceptance rate
- Aug 15 application deadline
University of St. Thomas is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate business, nursing, and the liberal arts. The urban campus sits in Houston's Museum District.
- SAT Range 980-1210
- Avg GPA 3.53
- Net Price $20,599
University of Mary Hardin Baylor
- Private 4 Year
- Belton, TX
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| 0 reviews
- 96% acceptance rate
Mary Hardin-Baylor is a private Baptist university known for undergraduate nursing and education. The residential campus is in Belton in Central Texas.
- SAT Range 960-1200
- Avg GPA 3.53
- Net Price $27,651
St. Mary's University
- Private 4 Year
- San Antonio, TX
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| 0 reviews
- 98% acceptance rate
- Jan 15 application deadline
St. Mary's is a private Marianist Catholic university known for undergraduate business and criminal justice. The urban campus sits on San Antonio's near West Side.
- SAT Range 900-1310
- Avg GPA 3.61
- Net Price $20,412
University of Houston Downtown
- Public 4 Year
- Houston, TX
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 90% acceptance rate
- Jun 1 application deadline
UHD is a public university known for undergraduate business and criminal justice. The urban campus sits in downtown Houston near the city's business district.
- SAT Range 940-1110
- Avg GPA 3.29
- Net Price $10,832
Angelo State University
- Public 4 Year
- San Angelo, TX
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4.0 | 1 reviews
- 83% acceptance rate
Angelo State is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and agriculture. The campus is in the West Texas city of San Angelo.
- SAT Range 910-1150
- Avg GPA 3.71
- Net Price $14,048
Midwestern State University
- Public 4 Year
- Wichita Falls, TX
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| 0 reviews
- 94% acceptance rate
Midwestern State is a public liberal arts university known for undergraduate nursing and business. The campus sits in the city of Wichita Falls in North Texas.
- SAT Range 910-1100
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.2
- Net Price $11,215