Safest Colleges in Texas
25 schools ranked by lowest violent crime rate from federal Clery Act filings. Updated from the latest federal filings.
Includes two-year, technical and community colleges alongside four-year universities — the typeis shown under each name. Schools appear only where the underlying figures exist: a real undergraduate population and a published graduation rate. Satellite campuses that repeat a parent institution's numbers are collapsed into one entry.
| # | School | Violent (4yr avg) | Net Price | Grad Rate | Earnings 10yr | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alvin Community College Alvin · community | 0 | $8,525 | 30.2% | $45,762 | — |
| 2 | Amarillo College Amarillo · community | 0 | $4,600 | 35.8% | $41,302 | — |
| 3 | Austin College Sherman · private | 0 | $21,107 | 70.0% | $61,296 | 47.6% |
| 4 | Coastal Bend College Beeville · community | 0 | $4,237 | 28.8% | $35,086 | — |
| 5 | Blinn College District Brenham · community | 0 | $10,844 | 16.2% | $46,318 | — |
| 6 | Remington College-Dallas Campus Dallas · private | 0 | $29,805 | 56.1% | $31,349 | — |
| 7 | Vet Tech Institute of Houston Houston · private | 0 | $14,714 | 67.8% | $35,765 | 81.0% |
| 8 | Brazosport College Lake Jackson · public | 0 | $4,732 | 35.9% | $45,910 | — |
| 9 | Clarendon College Clarendon · community | 0 | $8,390 | 36.4% | $38,696 | — |
| 10 | North Central Texas College Gainesville · community | 0 | $6,587 | 24.2% | $45,809 | — |
| 11 | Dallas Christian College Dallas · private | 0 | $22,960 | 28.6% | $43,503 | 21.8% |
| 12 | Dallas Institute of Funeral Service Dallas · private | 0 | $22,825 | 73.4% | $45,866 | — |
| 13 | University of Dallas Irving · private | 0 | $22,610 | 71.0% | $58,285 | 53.4% |
| 14 | East Texas Baptist University Marshall · private | 0 | $23,911 | 45.9% | $52,788 | 57.8% |
| 15 | Texas A&M University-Texarkana Texarkana · public | 0 | $12,997 | 49.2% | $45,515 | 63.5% |
| 16 | El Paso Community College El Paso · community | 0 | $3,206 | 24.1% | $35,212 | — |
| 17 | Western Technical College El Paso · private | 0 | $28,004 | 74.0% | $36,156 | — |
| 18 | Frank Phillips College Borger · community | 0 | $7,953 | 28.2% | $37,179 | — |
| 19 | Galveston College Galveston · community | 0 | $8,412 | 35.1% | $37,233 | — |
| 20 | Trinity Valley Community College Athens · community | 0 | $4,092 | 29.1% | $38,567 | — |
| 21 | Hill College Hillsboro · community | 0 | $7,577 | 24.0% | $39,572 | — |
| 22 | University of Houston-Downtown Houston · public | 0 | $10,542 | 55.5% | $53,551 | 90.0% |
| 23 | University of Houston-Victoria Victoria · public | 0 | $8,109 | 47.0% | $54,467 | 95.9% |
| 24 | Howard College Big Spring · community | 0 | $6,147 | 32.3% | $38,382 | — |
| 25 | Howard Payne University Brownwood · private | 0 | $23,627 | 38.6% | $48,376 | 67.4% |
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