Hardest colleges to get into in Texas

Rice University

HOUSTON – Is your college or university the most difficult school to get into in the state of Texas?

The researchers at Niche.com used acceptance rates and SAT/ACT test score data from the U.S. Department of Education to rank the "hardest colleges to get into" in the country.

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Rice University and Houston Baptist University cracked the top 10. Rice had an overall Niche grade of A+, as did the University of Texas at Austin, which was ranked second hardest, but Rice's acceptance rate was 15 percent and UT-Austin's rate was 40 percent.

HBU had an overall B grade, with an acceptance rate of 36 percent.

Texas A&M-Galveston, Texas A&M, the University of Houston and UH-Clear Lake ranked Nos. 15 through 18, respectively.

According to the study, here are the top 20 hardest colleges to get into in the state of Texas:

  • Rice University
  • University of Texas-Austin
  • Southern Methodist University
  • Trinity University
  • Texas Christian University
  • Houston Baptist University
  • Baylor University
  • LeTourneau University
  • Southwestern University
  • University of Texas-Dallas
  • Austin College
  • Dallas Baptist University
  • Abilene Christian University
  • Texas Wesleyan University
  • Texas A&M University-Galveston
  • Texas A&M University
  • University of Houston
  • University of Houston-Clear Lake
  • Hardin-Simmons University
  • Texas Tech University
  • Click here to see the full list of Texas schools.

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