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Austin Community College


Tuition/fees: $67 per credit hour for Texas residents (2015-16)
Fall 2014 enrollment: 40,949 credit students; ACC also enrolls 15,000 noncredit students each year
Percent/number of students accepted each year: ACC has an open-door admissions policy. Everyone who meets eligibility criteria is encouraged to enroll.
Top intended majors: general studies, business administration, general studies in science, engineering, pre-medical
Length of programs: less than one year to two years (fall 2014)
Prerequisites needed: Certain courses and majors require completion of prerequisites. Visit www.austincc.edu/info for degree and certificate choices and more information.

4400 College Park Drive, Round Rock, as well as 10 other campuses throughout Central Texas
www.austincc.edu • Twitter: @accdistrict




Baylor Executive MBA and Executive Healthcare MBA


Tuition/fees: $16,800 per semester ($84,000 total) including a $2,000 seat deposit (for 2015-17 executive MBA program); $17,400 per semester ($87,000 total) including a $2,000 seat deposit (for 2015-17 executive MBA-healthcare program)
2014-16 enrollment: 16 (executive MBA), 8 (executive MBA-healthcare)
Number of students accepted each year: no more than 30 students for combined executive cohorts for executive MBA and executive MBA-healthcare
Length of programs: 21 months for both programs
Prerequisites needed: none (executive MBA), experience in health care industry (executive MBA-healthcare)

3107 Oak Creek Drive, Ste. 240, Austin
www.baylor.edu/austinemba
Twitter: @bayloremba




Concordia University Texas


Tuition/fees: $27,600 for traditional undergraduate enrollment plus $10,570 room and board; $520 per credit hour for Adult Degree Program; $455 per credit hour Adult Degree Program Online; $710 per credit hour for Masters of Business Administration evening program and $600 per credit hour for MBA (2015-16 fall and spring semesters).
Online program: $540 per credit hour for Masters of Education and $540 per credit hour for M.Ed. online program
Fall 2014 enrollment: 2,500
Percent/number of students accepted each year: 84 percent for traditional undergraduate programs (fall 2014)
Top intended majors: Business administration, education, nursing and environmental science
Length of programs: Four years (undergraduate)
Prerequisites: High school grade point average of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale; SAT score of 1440 composite with a 480 verbal score, 480 math score and 480 writing score OR ACT composite score of 20

11400 Concordia University Drive, Austin.
www.concordia.edu. • Twitter: @concordiatx




St. Edward’s University


Tuition/fees: $38,320 per academic year (for traditional undergraduates, does not include room and board or fees)
Fall 2014 enrollment: 4,686
Percent/number of students accepted each year: 3,466 (fall 2014)
Top intended majors: biology, psychology, business administration
Length of programs: varies per degree
Prerequisites needed: SAT score higher than 500 on each section, ACT score higher than 21. Average scores for the SAT is 1122 and ACT composite is 24.6.

3001 S. Congress Ave.
www.stedwards.edu • Twitter: @stedwardsu




Texas State University


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Tuition/fees per credit hour: $251.21 (tuition); $720.95 (tuition and fees) (fall 2015)
Fall 2014 enrollment: 36,739
Percent of students accepted each year: 55.42 percent (2014-15)
Top intended majors: curriculum and instruction, health and human performance, journalism and mass communication, psychology, art and design, nursing at Round Rock campus (2014-15)
Time required to complete degrees/certificates: four years
Prerequisites needed: SAT 1270, ACT 29

601 University Drive, San Marcos;
1555 University Blvd., Round Rock
www.txstate.edu • Twitter: @txst




University of Texas at Austin


Tuition/fees per credit hour: $1,406-$1,615
Fall 2014 enrollment: 51,313
Percent of students accepted each year: 49 percent (2014)
Top intended majors: business, biology, undeclared, mechanical engineering, and electrical engineering
Length of programs: four years
Prerequisites needed: Application fee, two essays, high school transcript (if applicable), college transcripts, high school coursework information, expected family contribution, SAT or ACT test scores; further prerequisites vary by department.

www.utexas.edu • Twitter: @utaustin