65 Best Art & Design schools in Texas

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Texas ranked based on their research performance in Art & Design. A graph of 1.9M citations received by 98.7K academic papers made by 65 universities in Texas was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

Please note that our approach to subject rankings is based on scientific outputs and heavily biased on art-related topics towards institutions with computer science research profiles.

1. University of Texas at Austin

Austin

For Art & Design

#13 in the United States

#14 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Average SAT: 1365
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 89%

2. Texas A&M University - College Station

College Station

For Art & Design

#40 in the United States

#44 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Average SAT: 1270
Average ACT: 28
Receiving Aid: 74%

3. University of Houston

Houston

For Art & Design

#74 in the United States

#86 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Average SAT: 1245
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 83%

4. Rice University

Houston

For Art & Design

#91 in the United States

#106 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Average SAT: 1530
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $19,902

5. Texas Tech University

Lubbock

For Art & Design

#100 in the United States

#118 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Average SAT: 1185
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 88%

6. University of North Texas

Denton

For Art & Design

#120 in the United States

#141 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Average SAT: 1120
Average ACT: 23
Receiving Aid: 95%

7. Baylor College of Medicine

Houston

For Art & Design

#143 in the United States

#167 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Enrollment: 1,610
Male:Female: 40:60
Founded: 1900

8. University of Texas at Dallas

Richardson

For Art & Design

#144 in the United States

#168 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average SAT: 1300
Average ACT: 28
Receiving Aid: 75%

9. University of Texas at Arlington

Arlington

For Art & Design

#148 in the United States

#172 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Average SAT: 1120
Average ACT: 22
Receiving Aid: 93%

10. Southern Methodist University

Dallas

For Art & Design

#151 in the United States

#175 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Average SAT: 1440
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $45,094

11. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas

For Art & Design

#161 in the United States

#186 in North America

Enrollment: 2,354
Male:Female: 45:55
Founded: 1943

12. Baylor University

Waco

For Art & Design

#168 in the United States

#195 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Average SAT: 1320
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $45,988

13. University of Texas at San Antonio

San Antonio

For Art & Design

#173 in the United States

#200 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Average SAT: 1115
Average ACT: 23
Receiving Aid: 85%

14. Texas Christian University

Fort Worth

For Art & Design

#182 in the United States

#211 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Average SAT: 1250
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $44,190

15. University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

San Antonio

For Art & Design

#187 in the United States

#216 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 3,518
Male:Female: 35:65
Founded: 1959

16. Texas State University

San Marcos

For Art & Design

#205 in the United States

#235 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 1080
Average ACT: 23
Receiving Aid: 83%

17. University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Houston

For Art & Design

#226 in the United States

#257 in North America

Enrollment: 5,354
Male:Female: 29:71
Founded: 1972

18. University of Texas at El Paso

El Paso

For Art & Design

#234 in the United States

#265 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Average SAT: 980
Average ACT: 19
Receiving Aid: 91%

19. University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston

For Art & Design

#247 in the United States

#279 in North America

Enrollment: 364
Male:Female: 20:80
Founded: 1941

20. University of Texas Medical Branch

Galveston

For Art & Design

#269 in the United States

#303 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 3,361
Male:Female: 29:71
Founded: 1891

21. Trinity University

San Antonio

For Art & Design

#303 in the United States

#340 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Average SAT: 1390
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $30,038

22. Sam Houston State University

Huntsville

For Art & Design

#347 in the United States

#387 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average SAT: 1050
Average ACT: 21
Receiving Aid: 87%

23. University of Houston - Clear Lake

Houston

For Art & Design

#366 in the United States

#409 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Average SAT: 1082
Average ACT: 21
Receiving Aid: 80%

24. Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi

Corpus Christi

For Art & Design

#395 in the United States

#441 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 1091
Average ACT: 21
Receiving Aid: 89%

25. Texas Woman's University

Denton

For Art & Design

#418 in the United States

#464 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Average SAT: 1035
Average ACT: 20
Receiving Aid: 96%

26. Southwestern University

Georgetown

For Art & Design

#428 in the United States

#474 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Average SAT: 1238
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $31,014

27. Lamar University

Beaumont

For Art & Design

#456 in the United States

#505 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Average SAT: 930
Average ACT: 17
Receiving Aid: 95%

28. Texas A&M International University

Laredo

For Art & Design

#477 in the United States

#526 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 48%
Average SAT: 1010
Average ACT: 19
Receiving Aid: 97%

29. University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Edinburg

For Art & Design

#478 in the United States

#527 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 960
Average ACT: 19
Receiving Aid: 98%

30. University of Dallas

Irving

For Art & Design

#480 in the United States

#529 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Average SAT: 1285
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $27,250

31. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Lubbock

For Art & Design

#499 in the United States

#551 in North America

Enrollment: 5,136
Male:Female: 24:76
Founded: 1969

32. Texas A&M University - Commerce

Commerce

For Art & Design

#524 in the United States

#576 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Average SAT: 1032
Average ACT: 20
Receiving Aid: 100%

33. University of Texas at Tyler

Tyler

For Art & Design

#541 in the United States

#595 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Average SAT: 1110
Average ACT: 22
Receiving Aid: 83%

34. Stephen F Austin State University

Nacogdoches

For Art & Design

#560 in the United States

#614 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Average SAT: 1065
Average ACT: 21
Receiving Aid: 87%

35. University of Houston - Downtown

Houston

For Art & Design

#568 in the United States

#623 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 1030
Average ACT: 18
Receiving Aid: 88%

36. Prairie View A&M University

Prairie View

For Art & Design

#615 in the United States

#675 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Average SAT: 955
Average ACT: 19
Receiving Aid: 98%

37. Texas A&M University - Kingsville

Kingsville

For Art & Design

#627 in the United States

#688 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 97%
Average SAT: 1090
Receiving Aid: 95%
Average Aid: $10,723

38. Abilene Christian University

Abilene

For Art & Design

#646 in the United States

#709 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Average SAT: 1175
Average ACT: 25
Net Price: $28,978

39. West Texas A&M University

Canyon

For Art & Design

#657 in the United States

#720 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 92%
Average SAT: 1050
Average ACT: 21
Receiving Aid: 91%

40. University of Texas of the Permian Basin

Odessa

For Art & Design

#669 in the United States

#732 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 95%
Average SAT: 1000
Average ACT: 19
Receiving Aid: 99%

41. University of Houston - Victoria

Victoria

For Art & Design

#690 in the United States

#753 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Receiving Aid: 95%
Average Aid: $9,301
Enrollment: 4,057

42. Texas A&M University at Galveston

Galveston

For Art & Design

#723 in the United States

#788 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Founded: 1962

43. Texas Southern University

Houston

For Art & Design

#744 in the United States

#809 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 97%
Average SAT: 910
Average ACT: 17
Receiving Aid: 99%

44. St. Mary's University

San Antonio

For Art & Design

#807 in the United States

#874 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Net Price: $21,379
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $25,439

45. Tarleton State University

Stephenville

For Art & Design

#813 in the United States

#880 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Average SAT: 1050
Average ACT: 21
Receiving Aid: 93%

46. Midwestern State University

Wichita Falls

For Art & Design

#819 in the United States

#887 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 92%
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $10,643
Enrollment: 5,784

47. University of North Texas Health Science Center

Fort Worth

For Art & Design

#823 in the United States

#891 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 2,337
Male:Female: 34:66
Founded: 1970

48. Austin College

Sherman

For Art & Design

#868 in the United States

#936 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Average SAT: 1265
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $24,739

49. Saint Edward's University

Austin

For Art & Design

#870 in the United States

#938 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average SAT: 1150
Average ACT: 24
Net Price: $27,193

50. University of the Incarnate Word

San Antonio

For Art & Design

#897 in the United States

#965 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Average SAT: 1022
Average ACT: 20
Net Price: $20,832

51. University of St Thomas - Texas

Houston

For Art & Design

#900 in the United States

#968 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 97%
Average SAT: 1155
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $19,207

52. Angelo State University

San Angelo

For Art & Design

#903 in the United States

#971 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Average SAT: 1025
Average ACT: 21
Receiving Aid: 97%

53. Texas College

Tyler

For Art & Design

#924 in the United States

#992 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Net Price: $11,174
Receiving Aid: 66%
Average Aid: $10,263

54. Houston Baptist University

Houston

For Art & Design

#930 in the United States

#999 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Average SAT: 1145
Average ACT: 24
Net Price: $19,515

55. Our Lady of the Lake University

San Antonio

For Art & Design

#1011 in the United States

#1084 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Net Price: $19,100
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $23,349

56. Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

Austin

For Art & Design

#1019 in the United States

#1092 in North America

Enrollment: 172
Male:Female: 34:66

57. University of Mary Hardin - Baylor

Belton

For Art & Design

#1053 in the United States

#1128 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 96%
Average SAT: 1085
Average ACT: 23
Net Price: $31,197

58. University of North Texas at Dallas

Dallas

For Art & Design

#1120 in the United States

#1197 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Average SAT: 831
Average ACT: 21
Receiving Aid: 98%

59. Lubbock Christian University

Lubbock

For Art & Design

#1164 in the United States

#1242 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Average SAT: 1065
Average ACT: 22
Net Price: $23,551

60. Texas A&M University - Central Texas

Killeen

For Art & Design

#1183 in the United States

#1261 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 96%
Receiving Aid: 82%
Average Aid: $9,203
Enrollment: 2,198

61. Texas A&M University - Texarkana

Texarkana

For Art & Design

#1189 in the United States

#1267 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Average SAT: 1045
Average ACT: 19
Receiving Aid: 95%

62. Sul Ross State University

Alpine

For Art & Design

#1248 in the United States

#1329 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 97%
Average SAT: 965
Average ACT: 19
Receiving Aid: 88%

63. Texas Wesleyan University

Fort Worth

For Art & Design

#1258 in the United States

#1340 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 61%
Average SAT: 1005
Average ACT: 18
Net Price: $15,652

64. Hardin-Simmons University

Abilene

For Art & Design

#1264 in the United States

#1346 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 1104
Average ACT: 21
Net Price: $22,636

65. LeTourneau University

Longview

For Art & Design

#1283 in the United States

#1366 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 49%
Average SAT: 1250
Average ACT: 25
Net Price: $26,974

Closest to Texas states to learn Art & Design

State	Universities Unis	Best university country rank Best uni rank
Oklahoma	15	99
New Mexico	7	96
Louisiana	19	67
Arkansas	15	115
Kansas	10	62
Mississippi	10	159
Colorado	19	44
Missouri	33	50
Arizona	7	23
Nebraska	9	86
Alabama	21	104
Iowa	23	42
Utah	9	33
Illinois	67	3
Tennessee	29	54
South Dakota	8	369
Kentucky	20	80
Georgia	38	27
Indiana	29	45
Minnesota	25	25
Wisconsin	27	9
Nevada	4	137
Florida	41	31
South Carolina	22	71
North Dakota	5	222
Ohio	54	16
North Carolina	38	11
Michigan	33	4
California	111	1
Montana	5	180
Idaho	6	220
West Virginia	11	124
Virginia	37	34
District of Columbia	9	56
Maryland	25	19
Pennsylvania	93	10
Oregon	16	78
New Jersey	25	22
Washington	20	8
New York	123	6
Connecticut	20	20
Vermont	9	149
Massachusetts	63	5
Rhode Island	9	68
New Hampshire	11	87
Maine	8	165
Puerto Rico	5	404
Alaska	3	229
Hawaii	5	93

Closest to Texas states to learn Art & Design

Art & Design subfields in Texas