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Texas has 120 degree-granting institutions in this data. Between them they award 14,263 research doctorates and 89,769 master’s degrees over the window, and take $3.90bn in federal research and development money.
This page counts every institution in the state, including the ones that award no graduate degree at all. Leaving those out would make a state look like its flagship.
120
institutions in the state
61 award a research doctorate. 15 enrol no graduate students at all.
49.8%
of research doctorates go to non-residents
7,103 of 14,263. National figure: 38.9%.
21.3%
of graduate enrolment is non-resident
45,360 of 212,522 graduate students.
$3.90bn
federal research and development money
Across 61 institutions. $2.87bn in total federal obligations.
Where Texas sits
The non-resident share of research doctorates, against the same figure for the country. That is 10.9 points above the national figure of 38.9%.
Texas ranks 3 of 52 states on that share, and 2 of 56 on the number of research doctorates it awards. Rank 1 is the highest. Only states that award doctorates are ranked.
Undergraduate and graduate, side by side
The same institutions at two levels. Undergraduate is the remainder once graduate enrolment is taken out of the total, and both levels carry their own non-resident count. In Texas the graduate share is 18.8 points higher than the undergraduate share.
Click any column heading to sort. Click it again to reverse. The panel under the table narrows what is shown — everything is shown until you ask for less.
| Institution | Undergraduates | Non-res | Share | Graduates | Non-res | Share | State funding | Federal R&D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas A&M University-College Station | 59,933 | 734 | 1.2% | 16,700 | 4,764 | 28.5% | $1.23bn | $1.39bn |
| The University of Texas at Austin | 42,444 | 1,911 | 4.5% | 10,638 | 3,171 | 29.8% | $420.8m | $1.14bn |
| University of North Texas | 33,858 | 1,307 | 3.9% | 13,649 | 7,520 | 55.1% | $179.2m | $124.2m |
| University of Houston | 37,946 | 1,991 | 5.2% | 8,730 | 2,727 | 31.2% | $248.7m | $239.0m |
| The University of Texas at Arlington | 31,112 | 1,209 | 3.9% | 12,880 | 4,542 | 35.3% | $187.6m | $153.8m |
| Tarrant County College District | 41,472 | 519 | 1.3% | — | — | — | $95.8m | — |
| Texas Tech University | 32,635 | 582 | 1.8% | 8,138 | 2,374 | 29.2% | $275.7m | $256.9m |
| Texas State University | 34,547 | 282 | 0.8% | 4,175 | 662 | 15.9% | $208.5m | $165.0m |
| Austin Community College District | 35,600 | 456 | 1.3% | — | — | — | $85.3m | — |
| The University of Texas at San Antonio | 30,310 | 382 | 1.3% | 4,554 | 560 | 12.3% | $187.1m | $171.5m |
| The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 27,040 | 450 | 1.7% | 4,891 | 345 | 7.1% | $201.8m | $90.6m |
| The University of Texas at Dallas | 21,330 | 945 | 4.4% | 9,555 | 5,883 | 61.6% | $188.9m | $181.8m |
| El Paso Community College | 24,420 | 268 | 1.1% | — | — | — | $52.5m | — |
| The University of Texas at El Paso | 20,609 | 774 | 3.8% | 3,742 | 563 | 15.0% | $141.8m | $157.6m |
| Sam Houston State University | 18,179 | 137 | 0.8% | 3,224 | 144 | 4.5% | $111.6m | $16.7m |
| Baylor University | 15,155 | 477 | 3.1% | 5,669 | 418 | 7.4% | — | $134.9m |
| Lamar University | 7,998 | 85 | 1.1% | 9,475 | 1,360 | 14.4% | $102.5m | $8.3m |
| Tarleton State University | 13,688 | 81 | 0.6% | 2,249 | 43 | 1.9% | $79.4m | $24.9m |
| Texas Woman's University | 10,260 | 109 | 1.1% | 5,404 | 102 | 1.9% | $103.4m | $9.0m |
| University of Houston-Downtown | 12,880 | 244 | 1.9% | 1,225 | 64 | 5.2% | $36.6m | $3.0m |
| Texas Christian University | 10,937 | 495 | 4.5% | 1,848 | 116 | 6.3% | — | $27.7m |
| East Texas A&M University | 8,318 | 107 | 1.3% | 3,695 | 619 | 16.8% | $67.1m | — |
| Southern Methodist University | 7,115 | 257 | 3.6% | 4,727 | 750 | 15.9% | — | $62.6m |
| Angelo State University | 9,623 | 193 | 2.0% | 1,627 | 22 | 1.4% | $44.8m | — |
| Stephen F Austin State University | 9,575 | 65 | 0.7% | 1,313 | 74 | 5.6% | $78.5m | $4.5m |
| Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi | 7,822 | 145 | 1.9% | 3,033 | 452 | 14.9% | $84.6m | $52.2m |
| Del Mar College | 9,720 | 312 | 3.2% | — | — | — | $30.9m | — |
| The University of Texas at Tyler | 7,287 | 141 | 1.9% | 2,391 | 158 | 6.6% | $122.1m | $29.9m |
| Prairie View A & M University | 8,527 | 66 | 0.8% | 990 | 99 | 10.0% | $75.2m | $31.6m |
| West Texas A & M University | 6,786 | 113 | 1.7% | 2,211 | 141 | 6.4% | $52.6m | $11.6m |
| Rice University | 4,574 | 579 | 12.7% | 3,982 | 1,680 | 42.2% | — | $277.7m |
| Texas A & M International University | 7,004 | 342 | 4.9% | 1,532 | 63 | 4.1% | $52.8m | $8.4m |
| Texas Southern University | 6,619 | 78 | 1.2% | 1,850 | 104 | 5.6% | $55.4m | $19.0m |
| University of Houston-Clear Lake | 6,108 | 93 | 1.5% | 2,103 | 452 | 21.5% | $41.1m | $3.1m |
| Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 6,706 | 52 | 0.8% | 878 | 28 | 3.2% | $42.2m | $7.1m |
| University of the Incarnate Word | 4,726 | 194 | 4.1% | 2,525 | 162 | 6.4% | — | $3.6m |
| Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 5,187 | 99 | 1.9% | 1,375 | 513 | 37.3% | $53.5m | $31.8m |
| The University of Texas Permian Basin | 4,654 | 274 | 5.9% | 1,245 | 167 | 13.4% | $45.3m | $2.7m |
| Midwestern State University | 4,508 | 175 | 3.9% | 1,065 | 191 | 17.9% | $32.7m | $1.3m |
| Abilene Christian University | 3,188 | 139 | 4.4% | 1,926 | 53 | 2.8% | — | $7.9m |
| The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston | 460 | 6 | 1.3% | 4,588 | 697 | 15.2% | $271.5m | $419.1m |
| Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center | 1,374 | 1 | 0.1% | 3,516 | 74 | 2.1% | $179.6m | $53.0m |
| Dallas Baptist University | 2,850 | 188 | 6.6% | 1,351 | 439 | 32.5% | — | — |
| Houston Christian University | 2,787 | 97 | 3.5% | 1,402 | 98 | 7.0% | — | — |
| University of St Thomas | 2,969 | 112 | 3.8% | 844 | 92 | 10.9% | — | — |
| University of North Texas at Dallas | 3,018 | 12 | 0.4% | 779 | 4 | 0.5% | $46.5m | $911,000 |
| Texas A&M University-Victoria | 2,707 | 79 | 2.9% | 1,077 | 84 | 7.8% | $20.4m | — |
| The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio | 864 | 3 | 0.3% | 2,776 | 95 | 3.4% | $208.0m | $312.8m |
| University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 3,024 | 25 | 0.8% | 496 | 32 | 6.5% | — | — |
| St. Mary's University | 2,147 | 166 | 7.7% | 1,264 | 43 | 3.4% | — | — |
| LeTourneau University | 3,227 | 90 | 2.8% | 162 | 1 | 0.6% | — | — |
| The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston | 559 | 5 | 0.9% | 2,756 | 54 | 2.0% | $410.7m | $241.1m |
| Saint Edward's University | 2,731 | 180 | 6.6% | 578 | 17 | 2.9% | — | $1.6m |
| Wayland Baptist University | 2,162 | 51 | 2.4% | 699 | 26 | 3.7% | — | — |
| The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary | 351 | 54 | 15.4% | 2,431 | 698 | 28.7% | — | — |
| Trinity University | 2,531 | 120 | 4.7% | 163 | 4 | 2.5% | — | $5.8m |
| West Coast University-Texas | 2,687 | 3 | 0.1% | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dallas Theological Seminary | 0 | 0 | — | 2,612 | 432 | 16.5% | — | — |
| Texas Wesleyan University | 1,910 | 134 | 7.0% | 685 | 18 | 2.6% | — | — |
| Strayer University-Texas | 2,397 | 4 | 0.2% | 182 | 2 | 1.1% | — | — |
| McMurry University | 2,544 | 38 | 1.5% | 5 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center | 0 | 0 | — | 2,501 | 590 | 23.6% | $234.3m | $869.3m |
| University of North Texas Health Science Center | 17 | 0 | 0.0% | 2,327 | 59 | 2.5% | $131.7m | $110.5m |
| Texas A&M University-Central Texas | 1,702 | 3 | 0.2% | 553 | 9 | 1.6% | $25.5m | — |
| Parker University | 504 | 3 | 0.6% | 1,692 | 5 | 0.3% | — | — |
| University of Dallas | 1,427 | 26 | 1.8% | 755 | 76 | 10.1% | — | — |
| Galveston College | 2,119 | 7 | 0.3% | — | — | — | $6.3m | — |
| Texas A&M University-Texarkana | 1,760 | 104 | 5.9% | 349 | 13 | 3.7% | $36.6m | — |
| Our Lady of the Lake University | 1,147 | 35 | 3.1% | 949 | 4 | 0.4% | — | — |
| Sul Ross State University | 1,441 | 3 | 0.2% | 501 | 7 | 1.4% | $25.5m | $6.5m |
| East Texas Baptist University | 1,659 | 16 | 1.0% | 174 | 1 | 0.6% | — | — |
| Southwest University at El Paso | 1,817 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nelson University | 1,413 | 17 | 1.2% | 312 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| Baylor College of Medicine | 0 | 0 | — | 1,699 | 231 | 13.6% | — | $881.2m |
| Hardin-Simmons University | 1,283 | 37 | 2.9% | 372 | 4 | 1.1% | — | — |
| West Coast University-Texas | 1,014 | 20 | 2.0% | 601 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| Concordia University Texas | 1,391 | 0 | 0.0% | 223 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| Lubbock Christian University | 1,320 | 51 | 3.9% | 269 | 3 | 1.1% | — | — |
| Southwestern University | 1,457 | 30 | 2.1% | — | — | — | — | — |
| Texas Lutheran University | 1,290 | 4 | 0.3% | 71 | 1 | 1.4% | — | — |
| Schreiner University | 1,062 | 10 | 0.9% | 146 | 1 | 0.7% | — | — |
| Austin College | 1,128 | 14 | 1.2% | 8 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| South Texas College of Law Houston | 0 | 0 | — | 1,036 | 9 | 0.9% | — | — |
| Huston-Tillotson University | 982 | 4 | 0.4% | 47 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| North American University | 573 | 154 | 26.9% | 350 | 153 | 43.7% | — | — |
| Texas Tech University Health Scienes Center El Paso | 235 | 0 | 0.0% | 687 | 1 | 0.1% | $91.3m | — |
| Amberton University | 111 | 15 | 13.5% | 786 | 54 | 6.9% | — | — |
| Hallmark University | 782 | 0 | 0.0% | 97 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| Howard Payne University | 768 | 1 | 0.1% | 65 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| Southwestern Adventist University | 813 | 32 | 3.9% | 4 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| Jarvis Christian University | 730 | 28 | 3.8% | 70 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| Wiley University | 636 | 14 | 2.2% | — | — | — | — | — |
| Western Technical College | 619 | 0 | 0.0% | 16 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| Paul Quinn College | 600 | 5 | 0.8% | 2 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| Grace School of Theology | 220 | 0 | 0.0% | 373 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| The King's University | 272 | 2 | 0.7% | 307 | 10 | 3.3% | — | — |
| The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center | 322 | 9 | 2.8% | 33 | 8 | 24.2% | $3.3m | $1.36bn |
| South University-Austin | 243 | 7 | 2.9% | 47 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| Dallas Christian College | 278 | 2 | 0.7% | — | — | — | — | — |
| Arlington Baptist University | 268 | 1 | 0.4% | 8 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| Texas Chiropractic College Foundation Inc | 0 | 0 | — | 267 | 5 | 1.9% | — | — |
| The Chicago School at Dallas | 4 | 0 | 0.0% | 194 | 10 | 5.2% | — | — |
| Oblate School of Theology | 0 | 0 | — | 179 | 35 | 19.6% | — | — |
| Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary | 0 | 0 | — | 168 | 7 | 4.2% | — | — |
| American InterContinental University-Houston | 124 | 0 | 0.0% | 39 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| Bakke Graduate University | 0 | 0 | — | 160 | 38 | 23.8% | — | — |
| Criswell College | 118 | 4 | 3.4% | 38 | 4 | 10.5% | — | — |
| Brite Divinity School | 0 | 0 | — | 119 | 1 | 0.8% | — | — |
| Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest | 0 | 0 | — | 116 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| Baptist University of the Americas | 98 | 41 | 41.8% | 3 | 1 | 33.3% | — | — |
| Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary | 52 | 0 | 0.0% | 43 | 1 | 2.3% | — | — |
| American College of Acupuncture and Oriental Med | 0 | 0 | — | 73 | 5 | 6.8% | — | — |
| Texas Health and Science University | 0 | 0 | — | 65 | 13 | 20.0% | — | — |
| Redeemers University North America | 24 | 0 | 0.0% | 36 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — |
| DeVry University-Texas | 26 | 3 | 11.5% | 12 | 5 | 41.7% | — | — |
| University of Phoenix-Texas | 20 | 0 | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | — |
| Texas A & M University-System Office | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | $5.3m | — |
| Texas Tech University System Administration | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | $3.0m | — |
| The Chicago School at Dallas | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| University of Houston-System Administration | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | $60.4m | — |
The two levels diverge most at The University of Texas at Dallas: 4.4% of its 21,330 undergraduates and 61.6% of its 9,555 graduate students. These are different admissions systems with different applicant pools, different money and different reasons to say yes, and a single state figure hides both.
18,932 of 767,568 undergraduates and 45,360 of 212,522 graduate students. IPEDS reports no graduate enrolment for 15 of these institutions; their rows show a dash rather than a zero, because the file not carrying a number is not the same as the number being none.
What the state figure is an average of
The largest graduate enrolments in Texas, each with its own non-resident share. Nothing here is excluded from the figures above. The point is to show what they are made of.
| Institution | Graduate students | Share of the state | Non-resident |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas A&M University-College Station | 16,700 | 7.9% | 28.5% |
| University of North Texas | 13,649 | 6.4% | 55.1% |
| The University of Texas at Arlington | 12,880 | 6.1% | 35.3% |
| The University of Texas at Austin | 10,638 | 5.0% | 29.8% |
| The University of Texas at Dallas | 9,555 | 4.5% | 61.6% |
| Lamar University | 9,475 | 4.5% | 14.4% |
No single institution decides this figure. The largest, Texas A&M University-College Station, holds 7.9% of the state’s graduate enrolment, and removing it moves the state share from 21.3% to 20.7%.
Practical training, and the other student visas
A student visa does not end at graduation. Optional Practical Training lets a graduate work on the same visa, and a STEM degree adds a further twenty-four months. It applies at both levels — a foreign undergraduate can take OPT as readily as a doctoral graduate — which is why the undergraduate share above is not the end of the story.
| Institution | OPT authorisations | National rank | STEM OPT authorisations | National rank | Students employed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The University of Texas at Austin | 836 | 41 | 493 | 43 | 1,519 |
| University of North Texas | 3,142 | 5 | 1,909 | 6 | 5,241 |
| University of Houston | 934 | 36 | 552 | 37 | 1,639 |
| The University of Texas at Arlington | 2,068 | 8 | 1,339 | 8 | 3,635 |
| Texas Tech University | 715 | 60 | 406 | 59 | 1,200 |
| The University of Texas at Dallas | 2,590 | 7 | 1,646 | 5 | 4,483 |
| Southern Methodist University | 0 | — | 149 | 76 | 0 |
| Rice University | 439 | 89 | 328 | 81 | 837 |
Do not add these two columns together. A graduate who holds post-completion OPT and then a STEM extension in the same year appears in both, and the sum counts that person twice. They are authorisations, not people. Figures are for 2024, from SEVP’s top-100 and top-200 school lists — an institution outside those lists has no published figure, which is a fact about the list and never a zero.
J-1 physicians. Texas hosted 1,195 J-1 physicians in graduate medical education in 2025. That list is published for the top twelve states only, so a state missing from it has no published figure.
Every institution
Largest first by total enrolment. A dash means the institution awards none of that degree, or that no federal research money was matched to it.
| Institution | City | Control | Enrolled | Graduate | Master’s | Non-res | Doctorates | Non-res | Federal R&D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas A&M University-College Station | College Station | public | 76,633 | 16,700 | 8,859 | 3,852 | 4,031 | 2,019 | $1.39bn |
| The University of Texas at Austin | Austin | public | 53,082 | 10,638 | 6,486 | 2,279 | 4,137 | 1,604 | $1.14bn |
| University of North Texas | Denton | public | 47,507 | 13,649 | 10,764 | 8,701 | 1,439 | 471 | $124.2m |
| University of Houston | Houston | public | 46,676 | 8,730 | 4,343 | 2,376 | 1,931 | 906 | $239.0m |
| The University of Texas at Arlington | Arlington | public | 43,992 | 12,880 | 7,473 | 6,265 | 1,003 | 554 | $153.8m |
| Tarrant County College District | Fort Worth | public | 41,472 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Texas Tech University | Lubbock | public | 40,773 | 8,138 | 3,826 | 1,882 | 2,079 | 699 | $256.9m |
| Texas State University | San Marcos | public | 38,722 | 4,175 | 1,666 | 554 | 299 | 67 | $165.0m |
| Austin Community College District | Austin | public | 35,600 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| The University of Texas at San Antonio | San Antonio | public | 34,864 | 4,554 | 2,102 | 420 | 678 | 255 | $171.5m |
| The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | Edinburg | public | 31,931 | 4,891 | 1,639 | 136 | 254 | 23 | $90.6m |
| The University of Texas at Dallas | Richardson | public | 30,885 | 9,555 | 10,701 | 7,657 | 1,268 | 776 | $181.8m |
| El Paso Community College | El Paso | public | 24,420 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| The University of Texas at El Paso | El Paso | public | 24,351 | 3,742 | 1,649 | 417 | 612 | 176 | $157.6m |
| Sam Houston State University | Huntsville | public | 21,403 | 3,224 | 676 | 88 | 320 | 17 | $16.7m |
| Baylor University | Waco | private nonprofit | 20,824 | 5,669 | 966 | 186 | 1,205 | 117 | $134.9m |
| Lamar University | Beaumont | public | 17,473 | 9,475 | 4,788 | 1,894 | 338 | 57 | $8.3m |
| Tarleton State University | Stephenville | public | 15,937 | 2,249 | 609 | 19 | 146 | 0 | $24.9m |
| Texas Woman's University | Denton | public | 15,664 | 5,404 | 620 | 32 | 939 | 37 | $9.0m |
| University of Houston-Downtown | Houston | public | 14,105 | 1,225 | 300 | 71 | — | — | $3.0m |
| Texas Christian University | Fort Worth | private nonprofit | 12,785 | 1,848 | 286 | 56 | 253 | 32 | $27.7m |
| East Texas A&M University | Commerce | public | 12,013 | 3,695 | 1,803 | 894 | 316 | 3 | — |
| Southern Methodist University | Dallas | private nonprofit | 11,842 | 4,727 | 2,450 | 499 | 650 | 207 | $62.6m |
| Angelo State University | San Angelo | public | 11,250 | 1,627 | 382 | 15 | — | — | — |
| Stephen F Austin State University | Nacogdoches | public | 10,888 | 1,313 | 253 | 35 | 46 | 4 | $4.5m |
| Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi | Corpus Christi | public | 10,855 | 3,033 | 797 | 548 | 173 | 26 | $52.2m |
| Del Mar College | Corpus Christi | public | 9,720 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| The University of Texas at Tyler | Tyler | public | 9,678 | 2,391 | 776 | 207 | 138 | 1 | $29.9m |
| Prairie View A & M University | Prairie View | public | 9,517 | 990 | 332 | 140 | 131 | 25 | $31.6m |
| West Texas A & M University | Canyon | public | 8,997 | 2,211 | 486 | 38 | 71 | 0 | $11.6m |
| Rice University | Houston | private nonprofit | 8,556 | 3,982 | 2,283 | 1,437 | 1,215 | 635 | $277.7m |
| Texas A & M International University | Laredo | public | 8,536 | 1,532 | 297 | 19 | 11 | 8 | $8.4m |
| Texas Southern University | Houston | public | 8,469 | 1,850 | 153 | 17 | 140 | 15 | $19.0m |
| University of Houston-Clear Lake | Houston | public | 8,211 | 2,103 | 1,781 | 941 | 148 | 4 | $3.1m |
| Texas A&M University-San Antonio | San Antonio | public | 7,584 | 878 | 212 | 22 | — | — | $7.1m |
| University of the Incarnate Word | San Antonio | private nonprofit | 7,251 | 2,525 | 209 | 7 | 126 | 15 | $3.6m |
| Texas A&M University-Kingsville | Kingsville | public | 6,562 | 1,375 | 1,208 | 968 | 124 | 29 | $31.8m |
| The University of Texas Permian Basin | Odessa | public | 5,899 | 1,245 | 202 | 69 | — | — | $2.7m |
| Midwestern State University | Wichita Falls | public | 5,573 | 1,065 | 505 | 223 | 11 | 0 | $1.3m |
| Abilene Christian University | Abilene | private nonprofit | 5,114 | 1,926 | 221 | 6 | 361 | 3 | $7.9m |
| The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston | Houston | public | 5,048 | 4,588 | 822 | 154 | 1,105 | 255 | $419.1m |
| Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center | Lubbock | public | 4,890 | 3,516 | 201 | 23 | 408 | 38 | $53.0m |
| Dallas Baptist University | Dallas | private nonprofit | 4,201 | 1,351 | 662 | 405 | 206 | 5 | — |
| Houston Christian University | Houston | private nonprofit | 4,189 | 1,402 | 167 | 7 | 142 | 8 | — |
| University of St Thomas | Houston | private nonprofit | 3,813 | 844 | 135 | 42 | 161 | 10 | — |
| University of North Texas at Dallas | Dallas | public | 3,797 | 779 | 127 | 1 | — | — | $911,000 |
| Texas A&M University-Victoria | Victoria | public | 3,784 | 1,077 | 399 | 85 | — | — | — |
| The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio | San Antonio | public | 3,640 | 2,776 | 133 | 11 | 522 | 43 | $312.8m |
| University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | Belton | private nonprofit | 3,520 | 496 | 111 | 90 | 65 | 0 | — |
| St. Mary's University | San Antonio | private nonprofit | 3,411 | 1,264 | 202 | 48 | 38 | 8 | — |
| LeTourneau University | Longview | private nonprofit | 3,389 | 162 | 124 | 3 | — | — | — |
| The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston | Galveston | public | 3,315 | 2,756 | 122 | 12 | 411 | 26 | $241.1m |
| Saint Edward's University | Austin | private nonprofit | 3,309 | 578 | 124 | 0 | 48 | 0 | $1.6m |
| Wayland Baptist University | Plainview | private nonprofit | 2,861 | 699 | 151 | 1 | 48 | 0 | — |
| The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary | Fort Worth | private nonprofit | 2,782 | 2,431 | — | — | 199 | 41 | — |
| Trinity University | San Antonio | private nonprofit | 2,694 | 163 | 46 | 1 | — | — | $5.8m |
| West Coast University-Texas | Richardson | private for-profit | 2,687 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dallas Theological Seminary | Dallas | private nonprofit | 2,612 | 2,612 | — | — | 228 | 52 | — |
| Texas Wesleyan University | Fort Worth | private nonprofit | 2,595 | 685 | 180 | 14 | 370 | 1 | — |
| Strayer University-Texas | Farmers Branch | private for-profit | 2,579 | 182 | 31 | 0 | — | — | — |
| McMurry University | Abilene | private nonprofit | 2,549 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — |
| University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center | Dallas | public | 2,501 | 2,501 | 20 | 4 | 423 | 120 | $869.3m |
| University of North Texas Health Science Center | Fort Worth | public | 2,344 | 2,327 | 1,445 | 49 | 78 | 21 | $110.5m |
| Texas A&M University-Central Texas | Killeen | public | 2,255 | 553 | 171 | 7 | — | — | — |
| Parker University | Dallas | private nonprofit | 2,196 | 1,692 | 245 | 1 | — | — | — |
| University of Dallas | Irving | private nonprofit | 2,182 | 755 | 328 | 57 | 72 | 2 | — |
| Galveston College | Galveston | public | 2,119 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Texas A&M University-Texarkana | Texarkana | public | 2,109 | 349 | 58 | 0 | 24 | 0 | — |
| Our Lady of the Lake University | San Antonio | private nonprofit | 2,096 | 949 | 216 | 2 | 201 | 2 | — |
| Sul Ross State University | Alpine | public | 1,942 | 501 | 24 | 1 | — | — | $6.5m |
| East Texas Baptist University | Marshall | private nonprofit | 1,833 | 174 | 23 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Southwest University at El Paso | El Paso | private for-profit | 1,817 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nelson University | Waxahachie | private nonprofit | 1,725 | 312 | 79 | 1 | 15 | 0 | — |
| Baylor College of Medicine | Houston | private nonprofit | 1,699 | 1,699 | 7 | 0 | 523 | 142 | $881.2m |
| Hardin-Simmons University | Abilene | private nonprofit | 1,655 | 372 | — | — | 20 | 0 | — |
| West Coast University-Texas | Richardson | private for-profit | 1,615 | 601 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Concordia University Texas | Austin | private nonprofit | 1,614 | 223 | — | — | 79 | 0 | — |
| Lubbock Christian University | Lubbock | private nonprofit | 1,589 | 269 | 55 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Southwestern University | Georgetown | private nonprofit | 1,457 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Texas Lutheran University | Seguin | private nonprofit | 1,361 | 71 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Schreiner University | Kerrville | private nonprofit | 1,208 | 146 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Austin College | Sherman | private nonprofit | 1,136 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |
| South Texas College of Law Houston | Houston | private nonprofit | 1,036 | 1,036 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Huston-Tillotson University | Austin | private nonprofit | 1,029 | 47 | — | — | — | — | — |
| North American University | Stafford | private nonprofit | 923 | 350 | 357 | 216 | — | — | — |
| Texas Tech University Health Scienes Center El Paso | El Paso | public | 922 | 687 | 115 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Amberton University | Garland | private nonprofit | 897 | 786 | 531 | 39 | — | — | — |
| Hallmark University | San Antonio | private nonprofit | 879 | 97 | 98 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Howard Payne University | Brownwood | private nonprofit | 833 | 65 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Southwestern Adventist University | Keene | private nonprofit | 817 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Jarvis Christian University | Hawkins | private nonprofit | 800 | 70 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wiley University | Marshall | private nonprofit | 636 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Western Technical College | El Paso | private for-profit | 635 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Paul Quinn College | Dallas | private nonprofit | 602 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grace School of Theology | The Woodlands | private nonprofit | 593 | 373 | — | — | — | — | — |
| The King's University | Southlake | private nonprofit | 579 | 307 | — | — | — | — | — |
| The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center | Houston | public | 355 | 33 | — | — | — | — | $1.36bn |
| South University-Austin | Round Rock | private for-profit | 290 | 47 | 12 | 7 | — | — | — |
| Dallas Christian College | Dallas | private nonprofit | 278 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Arlington Baptist University | Arlington | private nonprofit | 276 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Texas Chiropractic College Foundation Inc | Pasadena | private nonprofit | 267 | 267 | — | — | — | — | — |
| The Chicago School at Dallas | Plano | private nonprofit | 198 | 194 | 53 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Oblate School of Theology | San Antonio | private nonprofit | 179 | 179 | — | — | 11 | 7 | — |
| Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary | Austin | private nonprofit | 168 | 168 | — | — | — | — | — |
| American InterContinental University-Houston | Houston | private for-profit | 163 | 39 | 58 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Bakke Graduate University | Dallas | private nonprofit | 160 | 160 | — | — | 99 | 36 | — |
| Criswell College | Dallas | private nonprofit | 156 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Brite Divinity School | Fort Worth | private nonprofit | 119 | 119 | — | — | 9 | 0 | — |
| Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest | Austin | private nonprofit | 116 | 116 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Baptist University of the Americas | San Antonio | private nonprofit | 101 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary | Jacksonville | private nonprofit | 95 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — |
| American College of Acupuncture and Oriental Med | Houston | private for-profit | 73 | 73 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Texas Health and Science University | Austin | private for-profit | 65 | 65 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Redeemers University North America | Greenville | private nonprofit | 60 | 36 | — | — | 9 | 3 | — |
| DeVry University-Texas | Irving | private for-profit | 38 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — |
| University of Phoenix-Texas | Dallas | private for-profit | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Texas A & M University-System Office | College Station | public | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Texas Tech University System Administration | Lubbock | public | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| The Chicago School at Dallas | Plano | private nonprofit | 0 | — | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — |
| University of Houston-System Administration | Houston | public | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Degrees are pooled over 2021–2025. Enrolment and federal money are the most recent year in the file. “Non-res” means a student here on a temporary visa, almost always F-1 or J-1. A green card holder is not counted in it.
How few institutions this is
Of the 120 institutions in Texas, 61 award a research doctorate at all, and the largest two award 27.1% of them. A state’s graduate pipeline is a much smaller thing than its list of colleges.
| Institution | Research doctorates | Non-resident | Share | Share of the state’s doctorates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The University of Texas at Austin | 4,137 | 1,604 | 38.8% | 13.7% |
| Texas A&M University-College Station | 4,031 | 2,019 | 50.1% | 13.4% |
| Texas Tech University | 2,079 | 699 | 33.6% | 6.9% |
| University of Houston | 1,931 | 906 | 46.9% | 6.4% |
| University of North Texas | 1,439 | 471 | 32.7% | 4.8% |
| The University of Texas at Dallas | 1,268 | 776 | 61.2% | 4.2% |
| Rice University | 1,215 | 635 | 52.3% | 4.0% |
| Baylor University | 1,205 | 117 | 9.7% | 4.0% |
| The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston | 1,105 | 255 | 23.1% | 3.7% |
| The University of Texas at Arlington | 1,003 | 554 | 55.2% | 3.3% |
| Texas Woman's University | 939 | 37 | 3.9% | 3.1% |
| The University of Texas at San Antonio | 678 | 255 | 37.6% | 2.3% |
| Southern Methodist University | 650 | 207 | 31.8% | 2.2% |
| The University of Texas at El Paso | 612 | 176 | 28.8% | 2.0% |
| Baylor College of Medicine | 523 | 142 | 27.2% | 1.7% |
| The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio | 522 | 43 | 8.2% | 1.7% |
| University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center | 423 | 120 | 28.4% | 1.4% |
| The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston | 411 | 26 | 6.3% | 1.4% |
| Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center | 408 | 38 | 9.3% | 1.4% |
| Texas Wesleyan University | 370 | 1 | 0.3% | 1.2% |
| Abilene Christian University | 361 | 3 | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Lamar University | 338 | 57 | 16.9% | 1.1% |
| Sam Houston State University | 320 | 17 | 5.3% | 1.1% |
| East Texas A&M University | 316 | 3 | 0.9% | 1.0% |
| Texas State University | 299 | 67 | 22.4% | 1.0% |
| The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 254 | 23 | 9.1% | 0.8% |
| Texas Christian University | 253 | 32 | 12.6% | 0.8% |
| Dallas Theological Seminary | 228 | 52 | 22.8% | 0.8% |
| Dallas Baptist University | 206 | 5 | 2.4% | 0.7% |
| Our Lady of the Lake University | 201 | 2 | 1.0% | 0.7% |
| The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary | 199 | 41 | 20.6% | 0.7% |
| Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi | 173 | 26 | 15.0% | 0.6% |
| University of St Thomas | 161 | 10 | 6.2% | 0.5% |
| University of Houston-Clear Lake | 148 | 4 | 2.7% | 0.5% |
| Tarleton State University | 146 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.5% |
| Houston Christian University | 142 | 8 | 5.6% | 0.5% |
| Texas Southern University | 140 | 15 | 10.7% | 0.5% |
| The University of Texas at Tyler | 138 | 1 | 0.7% | 0.5% |
| Prairie View A & M University | 131 | 25 | 19.1% | 0.4% |
| University of the Incarnate Word | 126 | 15 | 11.9% | 0.4% |
| Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 124 | 29 | 23.4% | 0.4% |
| Bakke Graduate University | 99 | 36 | 36.4% | 0.3% |
| Concordia University Texas | 79 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.3% |
| University of North Texas Health Science Center | 78 | 21 | 26.9% | 0.3% |
| University of Dallas | 72 | 2 | 2.8% | 0.2% |
| West Texas A & M University | 71 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.2% |
| University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 65 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.2% |
| Saint Edward's University | 48 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.2% |
| Wayland Baptist University | 48 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.2% |
| Stephen F Austin State University | 46 | 4 | 8.7% | 0.2% |
| St. Mary's University | 38 | 8 | 21.1% | 0.1% |
| Texas A&M University-Texarkana | 24 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| Hardin-Simmons University | 20 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| Nelson University | 15 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Texas A & M International University | 11 | 8 | 72.7% | 0.0% |
| Midwestern State University | 11 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Oblate School of Theology | 11 | 7 | 63.6% | 0.0% |
| Brite Divinity School | 9 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Redeemers University North America | 9 | 3 | 33.3% | 0.0% |
| The Chicago School at Dallas | 3 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| The Chicago School at Dallas | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
The foreign share of graduate students, where the survey reaches
The NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates asks institutions directly, and it covers 50 of the 120 institutions in Texas. It is a different measure from the degree counts above: enrolled students rather than degrees awarded.
| Institution | Doctoral students foreign | Master’s students foreign |
|---|---|---|
| Lamar University | 88.2% | 41.1% |
| The University of Texas at Tyler | 73.2% | 29.9% |
| The University of Texas at Arlington | 70.7% | 86.5% |
| The University of Texas at Dallas | 68.6% | 61.1% |
| University of Houston | 68.0% | 67.7% |
| Texas Tech University | 64.3% | 60.4% |
| Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center | 64.2% | 5.1% |
| Texas State University | 59.1% | 28.3% |
| Southern Methodist University | 58.5% | 53.3% |
| The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston | 58.5% | 26.1% |
| University of North Texas | 57.5% | 87.0% |
| Texas A&M University-College Station | 56.2% | 42.5% |
| Rice University | 54.7% | 64.0% |
| The University of Texas at El Paso | 52.3% | 27.9% |
| The University of Texas at Austin | 48.3% | 34.8% |
| The University of Texas at San Antonio | 46.4% | 18.3% |
| Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi | 44.7% | 76.8% |
| Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 43.3% | 65.2% |
| Sam Houston State University | 40.5% | 9.9% |
| Baylor University | 39.6% | 9.6% |
| Baylor College of Medicine | 38.5% | 0.0% |
| The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 36.7% | 23.3% |
| Texas Southern University | 33.3% | 10.1% |
| University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center | 30.5% | 50.0% |
| University of North Texas Health Science Center | 26.0% | 1.1% |
| Texas Christian University | 25.8% | 6.7% |
| The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio | 25.6% | 5.1% |
| Prairie View A & M University | 22.7% | 23.0% |
| Texas Woman's University | 20.4% | 3.8% |
| Stephen F Austin State University | 16.7% | 17.5% |
| The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston | 11.5% | 1.8% |
| Tarleton State University | 0.0% | 9.2% |
| East Texas A&M University | —% | 23.8% |
| Angelo State University | —% | 1.9% |
| West Texas A & M University | 0.0% | 14.0% |
| Texas A & M International University | —% | 6.7% |
| University of Houston-Clear Lake | —% | 53.2% |
| Texas A&M University-San Antonio | —% | 13.3% |
| University of the Incarnate Word | —% | 7.3% |
| The University of Texas Permian Basin | —% | 42.6% |
| Midwestern State University | —% | 15.5% |
| Abilene Christian University | —% | 0.0% |
| Texas A&M University-Victoria | —% | 17.1% |
| University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | —% | 72.0% |
| St. Mary's University | —% | 21.7% |
| LeTourneau University | —% | 0.0% |
| Texas A&M University-Central Texas | —% | 0.0% |
| University of Dallas | 0.0% | 28.0% |
| Sul Ross State University | —% | 6.4% |
| Texas Tech University Health Scienes Center El Paso | —% | 0.0% |
Lamar University
The highest foreign share of doctoral students in the state, at 88.2%. It is not the largest institution here and it is not the one with the most federal money. Size and share are different questions, and a state page that ranked only by size would not show this.
What the state itself puts in
State appropriations per full-time-equivalent student, from the SHEEO finance survey, against the change in the foreign share of graduate enrolment over the same window.
| Measure | First year | Last year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| State appropriations per FTE student | $10,422 | $10,829 | +3.9% |
| Foreign share of graduate enrolment | 16.1% | 23.7% | +7.6 pts |
These two rows move for their own reasons. Nothing here shows that one caused the other, and the page does not say it did.
Department by department
The dissertation corpus reaches 8 institutions in this state, covering 153 departments. 91 of them are majority non-resident.
| Institution | Department | Doctorates | Non-resident | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U Houston | Industrial Engineering | 28 | 28 | 100.0% |
| U Houston | Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 156 | 138 | 88.5% |
| U Houston | Mechanical Engineering | 88 | 76 | 86.4% |
| U Houston | Geophysics and Seismology | 83 | 71 | 85.5% |
| U Houston | Computer and Information Sciences, General | 120 | 101 | 84.2% |
| U Houston | Civil Engineering, General | 64 | 51 | 79.7% |
| U Houston | Chemistry, General | 169 | 132 | 78.1% |
| U Houston | Materials Engineering | 63 | 49 | 77.8% |
| U Houston | Physics, General | 125 | 97 | 77.6% |
| U Houston | Chemical Engineering | 140 | 104 | 74.3% |
| U Houston | Petroleum Engineering | 23 | 17 | 73.9% |
| U Houston | Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering | 22 | 16 | 72.7% |
| U Houston | Vision Science/Physiological Optics | 35 | 23 | 65.7% |
| U Houston | Biochemistry | 55 | 36 | 65.5% |
| U Houston | Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, General | 23 | 15 | 65.2% |
| U Houston | Mathematics, General | 111 | 69 | 62.2% |
| U Houston | Biology/Biological Sciences, General | 85 | 47 | 55.3% |
| U Houston | Geology/Earth Science, General | 63 | 33 | 52.4% |
| U Houston | Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering | 63 | 25 | 39.7% |
| U Houston | Social Psychology | 20 | 5 | 25.0% |
| U Houston | Educational Psychology | 35 | 5 | 14.3% |
| U Houston | Industrial and Organizational Psychology | 38 | 5 | 13.2% |
| U Houston | Counseling Psychology | 43 | 3 | 7.0% |
| U Houston | Developmental and Child Psychology | 23 | 1 | 4.3% |
| U Houston | School Psychology | 32 | 1 | 3.1% |
| U Houston | Clinical Psychology | 79 | 2 | 2.5% |
| U North Texas | Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 20 | 18 | 90.0% |
| U North Texas | Computer and Information Sciences, General | 96 | 74 | 77.1% |
| U North Texas | Materials Engineering | 86 | 64 | 74.4% |
| U North Texas | Mechanical Engineering | 23 | 17 | 73.9% |
| U North Texas | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | 29 | 20 | 69.0% |
| U North Texas | Physics, General | 58 | 32 | 55.2% |
| U North Texas | Chemistry, General | 102 | 44 | 43.1% |
| U North Texas | Biology/Biological Sciences, General | 57 | 19 | 33.3% |
| U North Texas | Information Science/Studies | 88 | 27 | 30.7% |
| U North Texas | Mathematics, General | 47 | 11 | 23.4% |
| U North Texas | Educational Psychology | 55 | 11 | 20.0% |
| U North Texas | Counseling Psychology | 65 | 5 | 7.7% |
| U North Texas | Clinical Psychology | 87 | 4 | 4.6% |
| Rice | Civil Engineering, General | 27 | 25 | 92.6% |
| Rice | Chemical Engineering | 102 | 78 | 76.5% |
| Rice | Computer and Information Sciences, General | 81 | 59 | 72.8% |
| Rice | Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering | 31 | 22 | 71.0% |
| Rice | Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 77 | 53 | 68.8% |
| Rice | Electrical and Computer Engineering | 28 | 18 | 64.3% |
| Rice | Nanotechnology | 73 | 43 | 58.9% |
| Rice | Biological and Physical Sciences | 24 | 14 | 58.3% |
| Rice | Engineering Physics/Applied Physics | 47 | 26 | 55.3% |
| Rice | Physics, General | 117 | 64 | 54.7% |
| Rice | Geology/Earth Science, General | 56 | 29 | 51.8% |
| Rice | Chemistry, General | 164 | 83 | 50.6% |
| Rice | Computational and Applied Mathematics | 49 | 22 | 44.9% |
| Rice | Physics, Other | 21 | 9 | 42.9% |
| Rice | Statistics, General | 58 | 24 | 41.4% |
| Rice | Mechanical Engineering | 39 | 16 | 41.0% |
| Rice | Biochemistry | 67 | 27 | 40.3% |
| Rice | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | 27 | 10 | 37.0% |
| Rice | Mathematics, General | 40 | 11 | 27.5% |
| Rice | Psychology, General | 53 | 14 | 26.4% |
| Rice | Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering | 136 | 29 | 21.3% |
| SMU | Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 47 | 39 | 83.0% |
| SMU | Mechanical Engineering | 55 | 45 | 81.8% |
| SMU | Computational and Applied Mathematics | 15 | 12 | 80.0% |
| SMU | Statistics, General | 38 | 29 | 76.3% |
| SMU | Civil Engineering, General | 19 | 14 | 73.7% |
| SMU | Computer Science | 30 | 18 | 60.0% |
| SMU | Physics, General | 20 | 12 | 60.0% |
| SMU | Chemistry, General | 29 | 17 | 58.6% |
| SMU | Biology/Biological Sciences, General | 23 | 13 | 56.5% |
| SMU | Geophysics and Seismology | 15 | 6 | 40.0% |
| SMU | Engineering/Industrial Management | 15 | 2 | 13.3% |
| SMU | Clinical Psychology | 27 | 1 | 3.7% |
| UT Arlington | Civil Engineering, General | 164 | 141 | 86.0% |
| UT Arlington | Computer and Information Sciences, General | 105 | 87 | 82.9% |
| UT Arlington | Computer Engineering, General | 19 | 15 | 78.9% |
| UT Arlington | Industrial Engineering | 60 | 47 | 78.3% |
| UT Arlington | Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 121 | 92 | 76.0% |
| UT Arlington | Mechanical Engineering | 94 | 69 | 73.4% |
| UT Arlington | Materials Engineering | 40 | 29 | 72.5% |
| UT Arlington | Chemistry, General | 101 | 63 | 62.4% |
| UT Arlington | Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering, General | 61 | 38 | 62.3% |
| UT Arlington | Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering | 72 | 44 | 61.1% |
| UT Arlington | Physics, General | 59 | 35 | 59.3% |
| UT Arlington | Mathematics, General | 93 | 38 | 40.9% |
| UT Arlington | Computational Biology | 75 | 27 | 36.0% |
| UT Arlington | Experimental Psychology | 60 | 11 | 18.3% |
| UT Austin | Petroleum Engineering | 160 | 135 | 84.4% |
| UT Austin | Engineering Mechanics | 42 | 34 | 81.0% |
| UT Austin | Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 379 | 279 | 73.6% |
| UT Austin | Industrial Engineering | 41 | 30 | 73.2% |
| UT Austin | Computer and Information Sciences, General | 181 | 130 | 71.8% |
| UT Austin | Electrical and Computer Engineering | 89 | 63 | 70.8% |
| UT Austin | Botany/Plant Biology | 43 | 28 | 65.1% |
| UT Austin | Civil Engineering, General | 282 | 178 | 63.1% |
| UT Austin | Statistics, General | 21 | 13 | 61.9% |
| UT Austin | Materials Engineering | 82 | 48 | 58.5% |
| UT Austin | Computational Science | 50 | 28 | 56.0% |
| UT Austin | Physics, General | 228 | 108 | 47.4% |
| UT Austin | Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering, General | 72 | 33 | 45.8% |
| UT Austin | Nutrition Sciences | 29 | 13 | 44.8% |
| UT Austin | Geology/Earth Science, General | 209 | 92 | 44.0% |
| UT Austin | Mechanical Engineering | 242 | 101 | 41.7% |
| UT Austin | Chemical Engineering | 256 | 105 | 41.0% |
| UT Austin | Mathematics, General | 120 | 41 | 34.2% |
| UT Austin | Marine Sciences | 25 | 8 | 32.0% |
| UT Austin | Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology | 158 | 50 | 31.6% |
| UT Austin | Biochemistry | 61 | 19 | 31.1% |
| UT Austin | Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering | 113 | 34 | 30.1% |
| UT Austin | Computational and Applied Mathematics | 30 | 9 | 30.0% |
| UT Austin | Chemistry, General | 237 | 66 | 27.8% |
| UT Austin | Astronomy | 44 | 12 | 27.3% |
| UT Austin | Microbiology, General | 36 | 8 | 22.2% |
| UT Austin | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | 67 | 14 | 20.9% |
| UT Austin | Psychology, General | 95 | 14 | 14.7% |
| UT Austin | Information Science/Studies | 23 | 3 | 13.0% |
| UT Austin | Neuroscience | 62 | 5 | 8.1% |
| UT Austin | Educational Psychology | 170 | 8 | 4.7% |
| UT Austin | Clinical Psychology | 38 | 1 | 2.6% |
| UT Dallas | Statistics, General | 41 | 37 | 90.2% |
| UT Dallas | Computer Software Engineering | 23 | 19 | 82.6% |
| UT Dallas | Computer and Information Sciences, General | 154 | 127 | 82.5% |
| UT Dallas | Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 280 | 228 | 81.4% |
| UT Dallas | Computer Engineering, General | 23 | 17 | 73.9% |
| UT Dallas | Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology | 64 | 44 | 68.8% |
| UT Dallas | Mechanical Engineering | 75 | 51 | 68.0% |
| UT Dallas | Materials Engineering | 72 | 47 | 65.3% |
| UT Dallas | Chemistry, General | 111 | 68 | 61.3% |
| UT Dallas | Mathematics, General | 55 | 33 | 60.0% |
| UT Dallas | Physics, General | 77 | 39 | 50.6% |
| UT Dallas | Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering | 67 | 33 | 49.3% |
| UT Dallas | Geology/Earth Science, General | 28 | 11 | 39.3% |
| UT Dallas | Neuroscience | 77 | 20 | 26.0% |
| UT Dallas | Experimental Psychology | 26 | 0 | 0.0% |
| Texas Tech | Industrial Engineering | 44 | 40 | 90.9% |
| Texas Tech | Chemical Engineering | 92 | 80 | 87.0% |
| Texas Tech | Petroleum Engineering | 46 | 40 | 87.0% |
| Texas Tech | Computer and Information Sciences, General | 49 | 38 | 77.6% |
| Texas Tech | Nutrition Sciences | 39 | 30 | 76.9% |
| Texas Tech | Engineering Science | 21 | 16 | 76.2% |
| Texas Tech | Mathematics, General | 110 | 83 | 75.5% |
| Texas Tech | Chemistry, General | 100 | 73 | 73.0% |
| Texas Tech | Civil Engineering, General | 55 | 38 | 69.1% |
| Texas Tech | Physics, General | 41 | 28 | 68.3% |
| Texas Tech | Mechanical Engineering | 93 | 60 | 64.5% |
| Texas Tech | Biology/Biological Sciences, General | 71 | 43 | 60.6% |
| Texas Tech | Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 90 | 50 | 55.6% |
| Texas Tech | Geology/Earth Science, General | 29 | 11 | 37.9% |
| Texas Tech | Toxicology | 41 | 13 | 31.7% |
| Texas Tech | Educational Psychology | 76 | 20 | 26.3% |
| Texas Tech | Systems Engineering | 42 | 7 | 16.7% |
| Texas Tech | Experimental Psychology | 35 | 3 | 8.6% |
| Texas Tech | Counseling Psychology | 43 | 2 | 4.7% |
| Texas Tech | Clinical Psychology | 51 | 1 | 2.0% |
From the dissertation corpus, which is built from what universities publish about their own graduates. It covers the institutions on this site, not every institution in the state, so it is a floor.
What is not published for a state this size
Two of the measures this site uses elsewhere do not exist at this scale, and the reason is the same in both cases: the agency publishes a ranked extract rather than the whole file.
- Practical training is not published here. SEVP releases the top 100 and top 200 schools for OPT and STEM OPT, not every school. An institution outside those lists has no published figure at all. Its absence is a fact about the list, not about the institution, and it must never be read as a zero.
- Student visa counts are not published by state. DHS reports SEVIS records nationally and names a few states per region in its commentary. For most states it publishes a percentage change and no count, so the number of foreign students physically in a state cannot be read off the federal release.
- Enrolment is the measure that does exist. IPEDS asks every institution directly, which is why this page is built from it. It counts students enrolled, not visas issued, and the two are different questions.
Method and limits
- Non-resident means here on a temporary visa. IPEDS defines it as a person “who is not a citizen or national of the United States and who is in this country on a visa or temporary basis and does not have the right to remain indefinitely.” A green card holder is therefore never counted here. Neither is a refugee or an asylee. Those students are reported in the race and ethnicity categories alongside citizens. For students the category is overwhelmingly F-1 and J-1.
- It is not ethnicity and not country of origin. A US-born citizen of any background is never non-resident. The status is recorded when the student enrols, for the enrolment figures, and when the degree is awarded, for the degree counts. These files cannot be split any other way.
- Degrees are pooled over 2021–2025, because a single year at a small institution moves on one student.
- Enrolment and awards are different measures and will not agree. One counts people on a given day; the other counts degrees conferred over five years.
- Federal money is matched to a campus, and a system that reports centrally can carry money its branches spend.
- This page shows composition, not displacement. It records who received the degrees. It does not show that anyone was kept out, and nothing here should be read that way.
Built by scripts/build_state_pages.py from
institution_profiles.json,
state_funding_and_enrolment.json
and university_distribution.json.
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