7 Best Software Engineering schools in Houston, TX

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Below is a list of best universities in Houston ranked based on their research performance in Software Engineering. A graph of 81.4K citations received by 2.73K academic papers made by 7 universities in Houston 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.

1. Rice University

For Software Engineering

#3 in Texas
Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$20,587

2. University of Houston

For Software Engineering

#6 in Texas
Acceptance Rate
70%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
83%

3. Baylor College of Medicine

For Software Engineering

#13 in Texas
Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
1,699
Male:Female
41:59
Founded
1900

4. University of Houston - Clear Lake

For Software Engineering

#15 in Texas
Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1080
Average ACT
21
Receiving Aid
76%

5. University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

For Software Engineering

#17 in Texas
Enrollment
5,048
Male:Female
30:70
Founded
1972

6. University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

For Software Engineering

#21 in Texas
Enrollment
355
Male:Female
21:79
Founded
1941

7. University of Houston - Downtown

For Software Engineering

#28 in Texas
Acceptance Rate
91%
Average SAT
1035
Average ACT
20
Receiving Aid
86%

Universities for Software Engineering near Houston

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University
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132 Texas A&M University - College Station 38
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College Station, Texas
234 University of Texas at Austin 10
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Austin, Texas
247 Texas State University 218
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San Marcos, Texas
259 Baylor University 181
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Waco, Texas
296 Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi 281
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Corpus Christi, Texas
303 University of Texas at San Antonio 120
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San Antonio, Texas
328 University of Louisiana at Lafayette 194
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Lafayette, Louisiana
367 Southern Methodist University 138
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Dallas, Texas
369 University of Texas at Arlington 84
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Arlington, Texas
378 Texas Christian University 258
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Fort Worth, Texas