11 Best colleges for Liberal Arts & Social Sciences in Houston, TX

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Below is a list of best universities in Houston ranked based on their research performance in Liberal Arts & Social Sciences. A graph of 5.78M citations received by 188K academic papers made by 11 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. Baylor College of Medicine

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

2. University of Houston

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

3. University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

4. Rice University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

5. University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

6. University of Houston - Clear Lake

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

7. University of Houston - Downtown

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

8. Texas Southern University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#41 in Texas
Acceptance Rate
93%
Average SAT
900
Average ACT
17
Receiving Aid
98%

9. University of St Thomas - Texas

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#52 in Texas
Acceptance Rate
93%
Average SAT
1208
Average ACT
25
Net Price
$20,469

10. South Texas College of Law Houston

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#54 in Texas
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
1,036
Male:Female
43:57
Founded
1923

11. Houston Baptist University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#60 in Texas
Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1085
Average ACT
24
Net Price
$20,530

Universities for Liberal Arts & Social Sciences near Houston

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University
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69 Prairie View A&M University 569
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Prairie View, Texas
74 Texas A&M University at Galveston 667
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Galveston, Texas
77 University of Texas Medical Branch 181
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Galveston, Texas
107 Sam Houston State University 307
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Huntsville, Texas
130 Lamar University 494
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Beaumont, Texas
132 Texas A&M University - College Station 41
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College Station, Texas
187 University of Houston - Victoria 742
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Victoria, Texas
218 Stephen F Austin State University 521
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Nacogdoches, Texas
234 University of Texas at Austin 21
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Austin, Texas
240 Southwestern University 488
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Georgetown, Texas