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2023 Best Trade Schools in Texas
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The Best Trade Schools in Texas ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 78 schools in Texas to see which ones offered the best programs for trade school students.
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Top Trade Schools in Texas
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Our 2023 rankings named Texas A&M University - College Station the best school in Texas for trade school students working on their degree. Located in College Station, Texas, the large public school handed out 20,117 degrees in 2021-2022.
Out of the 78 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the # 2 spot on the list. This large public school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 17,432 degrees in 2021-2022.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Panola College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Trade Schools in Texas list. Panola College is located in Carthage, Texas and has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 897 degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 78 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, MSU Texas landed the # 4 spot on the list. MSU Texas is located in Wichita Falls, Texas and has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1,387 degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 78 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, El Centro College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in Dallas, Texas, the large public school awarded 10,913 diplomas to qualifed students in 2021-2022.
University of the Incarnate Word ranked #6 on this year’s Best Trade Schools in Texas list. UIW is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 1,987 degrees in 2021-2022.
Galveston College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Trade Schools in Texas list. Galveston College is a public institution located in Galveston, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 677 degrees in 2021-2022.
With a ranking of #8, Remington College - Dallas Campus did quite well on this year’s best schools for trade school students working. Located in Dallas, Texas, the very small private not-for-profit school handed out 246 degrees in 2021-2022.
Texas State Technical College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Trade Schools in Texas ranking. TSTC is located in Waco, Texas and has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2,555 degrees to qualified students.
Northeast Texas Community College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Trade Schools in Texas ranking. NTCC is located in Mount Pleasant, Texas and has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 705 degrees to qualified students.
The University of Texas at San Antonio came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Trade Schools in Texas ranking. UTSA is located in San Antonio, Texas and has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 7,702 degrees to qualified students.
Lee College came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Trade Schools in Texas ranking. Located in Baytown, Texas, the medium-sized public school awarded 3,677 diplomas to qualifed students in 2021-2022.
University of Houston came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Trade Schools in Texas ranking. Located in Houston, Texas, the large public school awarded 10,852 diplomas to qualifed students in 2021-2022.
Hallmark University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Best Trade Schools in Texas ranking. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this very small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out degrees to 356 students in 2021-2022.
South University, Austin landed the #15 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best trade school programs. Round Rock, Texas is the setting for this very small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out degrees to 98 students in 2021-2022.
Tarleton State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for trade school students. It came in at #16 on the list. Tarleton State University is a fairly large public school located in Stephenville, Texas that handed out 3,463 degrees in 2021-2022.
With a ranking of #17, The University of Texas at Dallas did quite well on this year’s best schools for trade school students working. UT Dallas is a public institution located in Richardson, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7,874 degrees in 2021-2022.
With a ranking of #18, Remington College - North Houston Campus did quite well on this year’s best schools for trade school students working. Located in Houston, Texas, the very small private not-for-profit school awarded 159 diplomas to qualifed students in 2021-2022.
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University of North Texas came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Best Trade Schools in Texas ranking. Denton, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out degrees to 11,197 students in 2021-2022.
With a ranking of #20, Texas State University did quite well on this year’s best schools for trade school students working. Texas State is located in San Marcos, Texas and has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 8,918 degrees to qualified students.
Remington College - Fort Worth Campus landed the #21 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best trade school programs. Located in Fort Worth, Texas, the very small private not-for-profit school handed out 162 degrees in 2021-2022.
Remington College - Houston Southeast Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for trade school students. It came in at #22 on the list. Remington College - Houston Southeast Campus is located in Webster, Texas and has a very small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 83 degrees to qualified students.
Texas Woman’s University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for trade school students. It came in at #23 on the list. Located in Denton, Texas, the fairly large public school awarded 4,319 diplomas to qualifed students in 2021-2022.
McLennan Community College landed the #24 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best trade school programs. MCC is a medium-sized public school situated in Waco, Texas. It awarded 1,793 degrees in 2021-2022.
Victoria College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for trade school students. It came in at #25 on the list. Victoria, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out degrees to 600 students in 2021-2022.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
References
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
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