{"id":300019,"date":"2025-10-13T13:32:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T13:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/300019\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T13:32:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T13:32:13","slug":"these-3-houston-area-universities-made-wallethubs-2026-top-10-best-colleges-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/300019\/","title":{"rendered":"These 3 Houston-area universities made WalletHub\u2019s 2026 top 10 best colleges in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"

HOUSTON<\/strong> \u2013 With college-application deadlines fast approaching and tuition costs soaring, a new report is giving Texas students and parents a clearer look at which universities deliver the best value.<\/p>\n

Researchers at WalletHub compared nearly 800 colleges and universities across the U.S., analyzing 30 key factors ranging from admission rates, graduation numbers, to student-faculty ratios and post-graduation salaries.<\/p>\n

When it comes to Texas, three Houston-area schools landed in the top 10:<\/p>\n

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    Rice University (No. 1 overall)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Texas A&M University \u2013 College Station (No. 4)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    University of Houston (No. 10)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Other Texas standouts include the University of Texas at Austin (No. 2), Trinity University (No. 3), and Texas Christian University (No. 5).<\/p>\n

    According to WalletHub, Rice ranked first in the state for several key measures, including admission rate, diversity, graduation rate, and post-attendance median salary. <\/p>\n

    The university was also ranked 9th best in the U.S. in WalletHub\u2019s study. That\u2019s because researchers examined its student-faculty ratio, underscoring its reputation for small-classroom learning and high academic engagement.<\/p>\n

    Texas A&M, which came in fourth, scored particularly well for its student-faculty ratio and strong diversity, while the University of Houston joined the top 10 thanks to steady improvements in graduation outcomes and career readiness.<\/p>\n

    WalletHub\u2019s rankings arrive just as high-school seniors face the Nov. 1 early-decision deadline, with annual college costs ranging anywhere from $24,000 to $58,000 per year when factoring in tuition, room, and board.<\/p>\n

    To see how all of Texas\u2019 universities stacked up and which U.S. schools ranked best overall, you can read the full 2026 WalletHub College & University Rankings here<\/a>. <\/p>\n

    Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston – All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON \u2013 With college-application deadlines fast approaching and tuition costs soaring, a new report is giving Texas students…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":300020,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[2871,407,4345,16382,7572,358,16383,100807,3187,4280,16384,14847],"class_list":{"0":"post-300019","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-college","9":"tag-education","10":"tag-houston","11":"tag-rice-university","12":"tag-study","13":"tag-texas","14":"tag-texas-am-university","15":"tag-texas-colleges","16":"tag-tx","17":"tag-university","18":"tag-university-of-houston","19":"tag-wallethub"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115367113251680671","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}