Texas Colleges

Texas Colleges Summary

Texas has nearly 400 colleges and adult education schools, and only three states have more colleges than Texas: California, New York, and Pennsylvania. Similarly, Texas has the second largest student population (just behind California) with over 1.2 million students. Texas is one of eight states that have more than fifty percent of its post secondary schools that are for-profit institutions.

There are two truly massive colleges in Texas. The University of Texas has more than 150,000 students enrolled, and locations in Austin, San Antonio, Arlington, El Paso, Brownsville, and Dallas. Texas A & M University has locations in Commerce, Corpus Christi, and Kingsville, and has more than 65,000 students.

There are many other large colleges in Texas. There are 28 that have more than 10,000 students, and nine colleges have more than 20,000 students. Other colleges with more than 30,000 students include: North Harris Montgomery Community College District, Houston Community College System, University of Houston, Tarrant County College District, University of North Texas, and Austin Community College. On the other end of the size spectrum, about 75 of the schools have under 100 students.

The mailing address and web site address for the Texas Education Agency is as follows:

William B. Travis Building
1701 North Congress Avenue
Austin, TX 78701-1494
Website: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/

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