The new 2027 Top 100 Best Colleges rankings were released this week and six of them are located in Texas.
U.S. News & World Report released its yearly ranking of each college and university on Sept. 22, after evaluating more than 1,700 schools using factors like graduation rates, student-faculty ratios and other measures of academic performance.
While several major public and private colleges and universities were able to make the top 100 list, several did not but did receive a national ranking in the top 250 —
- No. 121 — University of Texas at Dallas
- No. 137 — University of Houston
- No. 186 — Texas Tech University
- No. 202 — University of St. Thomas
- No. 208 — University of North Texas
- No. 227 — University of Texas at San Antonio
- No. 236 — University of Texas at Arlington
- No. 250 — University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Here’s a look at which schools cracked the top 100 and where they landed.
Rice University ranking
Ranking: No. 16.…