Four-Year Colleges and Universities in Texas

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Abilene Christian University (Abilene, TX): Private Christian liberal arts and career preparation unversity

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Amberton University (Garland, TX): Private specialized business university for working adults
Angelo State University (San Angelo, TX): Public comprehensive university

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Arlington Baptist University (Arlington, TX): Private Baptist business and biblical studies university
Austin College (Sherman, TX): Private Presbyterian liberal arts college
Baylor University (Waco, TX): Private Baptist comprehensive university
Concordia University Texas (Austin, TX): Private Lutheran liberal arts university
Criswell College (Dallas, TX): Private Baptist liberal arts college
Dallas Baptist University (Dallas, TX): Private Christian comprehensive liberal arts university

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Dallas Christian College (Dallas, TX): Private Christian divinity college
East Texas Baptist University (Marshall, TX): Private Baptist liberal arts university
Hardin–Simmons University (Abilene, TX): Private Baptist comprehensive university
Houston Christian University (Houston, TX): Private comprehensive Christian university

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Howard Payne University (Brownwood, TX): Private Baptist liberal arts university

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Huston–Tillotson University (Austin, TX): Private historically Black Christian liberal arts and sciences university
Jarvis Christian College (Hawkins, TX): Private historically Black Christian liberal arts college
Lamar University (Beaumont, TX): Public comprehensive university
LeTourneau University (Longview, TX): Private Christian polytechnic university
Lubbock Christian University (Lubbock, TX): Private Christian comprehensive university
McMurry University (Abilene, TX): Private Methodist liberal arts university
Midwestern State University (Wichita Falls, TX): Public liberal arts university
Nelson University (Waxahachie, TX): Private Christian multipurpose university

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Our Lady of the Lake University (San Antonio, TX): Private Catholic liberal arts university
Parker University (Dallas, TX): Private specialized chiropractic college
Paul Quinn College (Dallas, TX): Private historically Black African Methodist-Episcopal liberal arts college
Prairie View A&M University (Prairie View, TX): Public comprehensive university
Rice University (Houston, TX): Private comprehensive research university
Sam Houston State University (Huntsville, TX): Public comprehensive research university

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Schreiner University (Kerrville, TX): Private Presbyterian liberal arts university
Southern Methodist University (Dallas, TX): Private Christian comprehensive university

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Southwestern Adventist University (Keene, TX): Private Christian multipurpose university
Southwestern Christian College (Terrell, TX): Private historically Black Christian liberal arts college
Southwestern University (Georgetown, TX): Private Methodist liberal arts and sciences university

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St. Edward's University (Austin, TX): Private Catholic liberal arts university
St. Mary's University (San Antonio, TX): Private Catholic liberal arts university
Stephen F. Austin State University (Nacogdoches, TX): Public comprehensive university
Sul Ross State University (Alpine, TX): Public comprehensive university
Tarleton State University (Stephenville, TX): Public comprehensive university
Texas A&M International University (Laredo, TX): Public comprehensive university
Texas A&M University—College Station (College Station, TX): Public comprehensive university
Texas A&M University—Commerce (Commerce, TX): Public comprehensive university
Texas A&M University—Corpus Christi (Corpus Christi, TX): Public comprehensive university
Texas A&M University—Kingsville (Kingsville, TX): Public research university
Texas A&M University—Texarkana (Texarkana, TX): Private comprehensive university
Texas Christian University (Fort Worth, TX): Private Christian comprehensive university

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Texas College (Tyler, TX): Private historically Black Christian liberal arts college
Texas Lutheran University (Seguin, TX): Private Christian liberal arts and professional studies university
Texas Southern University (Houston, TX): Public historically Black comprehensive university
Texas State University (San Marcos, TX): Public comprehensive university
Texas Tech University (Lubbock, TX): Public comprehensive research university

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Texas Wesleyan University (Fort Worth, TX): Private Methodist liberal arts university

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Texas Woman's University (Denton, TX): Public comprehensive university
The University of Texas at Arlington (Arlington, TX): Public comprehensive research university
The University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX): Public comprehensive research university
The University of Texas at Dallas (Richardson, TX): Public comprehensive university
The University of Texas at El Paso (El Paso, TX): Public comprehensive university
The University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley (Edinburg, TX): Public research university
The University of Texas at San Antonio (San Antonio, TX): Public comprehensive university
The University of Texas at Tyler (Tyler, TX): Public comprehensive university

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The University of Texas of the Permian Basin (Odessa, TX): Public comprehensive university
Trinity University (San Antonio, TX): Private Presbyterian liberal arts and sciences university
University of Dallas (Irving, TX): Private Catholic liberal arts university

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University of Houston (Houston, TX): Public research university
University of Houston—Clear Lake (Houston, TX): Public comprehensive university
University of Houston—Downtown (Houston, TX): Public Hispanic-serving comprehensive university
University of Houston—Victoria (Victoria, TX): Public comprehensive university
University of Mary Hardin–Baylor (Belton, TX): Private Baptist comprehensive university

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University of North Texas (Denton, TX): Public comprehensive university
University of St. Thomas (Houston, TX): Private Catholic liberal arts university
University of the Incarnate Word (San Antonio, TX): Private Catholic liberal arts university

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Wayland Baptist University (Plainview, TX): Private Christian liberal arts university
West Texas A&M University (Canyon, TX): Public comprehensive university
Wiley College (Marshall, TX): Private historically Black Methodist liberal arts university

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