The latest results from the highest respected college ranking systems have been combined with thousands of reviews by real students to compile a unique new college meta-ranking system. The subsequent report titled “Best Colleges in Texas” has been published by College Consensus. The compilation of data consists of 2017-2018 results which, according to the organization’s founder Jeremy Alder, is “Like [what] Rotten Tomatoes or Metacritic does for movies…” It gathers student reviews together with publisher rankings from across the web and merges the results into scores which are simple and easy to understand. Students can then very easily and quickly compare schools. According to Alder, “It is the ranking of all rankings, so to speak.”
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Best Colleges in Texas Published by College Consensus
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The top 10 results, ranked alphabetically, for the state of Texas are as follows:
- Howard Payne University – Brownwood, TX
- Rice University – Houston, TX
- Saint Edward’s University – Austin, TX
- St. Mary’s University – San Antonio, TX
- Texas A&M University – College Station, TX
- Texas Lutheran University – Seguin, TX
- Trinity University – San Antonio, TX
- University of Dallas – Irving, TX
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley – Brownsville, TX
- University of Texas at Austin – Austin, TX
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A well-rooted and long-established leader in post-secondary education, the state of Texas has six public university systems and a number of highly prestigious private liberal arts colleges, technical institutes, and religious colleges. Agriculture and livestock and mining and petroleum programs have made the Lone Star State universities and colleges some of the most sought after for degrees in these fields, making Texas a national leader in such degrees. The state’s strength in the engineering field since the late 20th century have made Texas a major destination for professionals and tech companies rivaling the Pacific Northwest and California.
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In the meantime, key demographic shifts and a booming population have made the state’s higher education a national prototype for medicine and healthcare. Consequently, the amazing progressions made in learning, research, and social impact by the state’s colleges and universities have impelled higher education experts to look to the Texas model for the future of education. According to Managing Editor of College Consensus Carrie Sealey-Morris, “Texas has a lot of land, a lot of people, and a lot of need for higher education opportunities to keep the state’s professionals, leaders, and workers up to date and productive.” It’s a monumental undertaking which requires the harmonization of thousands of administrators and faculty, as well as the “highly lucrative Permanent University Fund (which is fueled by oil and mineral rights on public land),” that helps to make higher education in Texas possible.
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In recent years, Sealey-Morris explained that “demographic shifts have prompted major investments in education for minority students, the establishment of campuses and institutions in rural areas, and a new focus on professional and technical education, especially in technology and healthcare.” These developments, combined, have helped the state of Texas stay ahead of technology, industry, and business, with a broad diversity in population and a well-educated workforce. To continue assisting students and families make the most appropriate post-secondary choices, College Consensus works to make school comparison easy and quick as well as offers guidance and advice pertaining to acceptance criteria, paying for school, and additional aspects of college life. To learn more about the methodology to their rankings, and why certain Texas colleges and universities scored the way they did, visit the link provided here.
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