Austin Community College

Tuition/fees: $67 per credit hour plus fees for Texas residents (fall 2017)
Enrollment: 41,895 credit students (fall 2016), 39,284 credit students (spring 2017)
Percent/number of students accepted each year: 100 percent (ACC is an open-enrollment public institution. Anyone who has the ability to benefit from postsecondary education may enroll.)
Top 10 intended majors: biology, business administration, computer science, criminal justice—law enforcement, engineering, general studies—arts, general studies—science, health, premedical, psychology

Cypress Creek Campus
1555 Cypress Creek Road, Cedar Park
Website/Twitter: www.austincc.edu, @accdistrict

Baylor Executive MBA and Executive Healthcare MBA

Tuition/fees: $17,200 per semester ($86,000 total for 2017-19 executive MBA program), $17,800 per semester ($89,000 total for 2017-19 executive MBA—health care program)
Enrollment: 19 (executive MBA), 8 (executive MBA—health care, 2016-18)
Number of students accepted each year: no more than 30 students for combined executive cohorts for executive MBA and executive MBA—health care
Length of programs: 21 months for both programs
Prerequisites needed: none (executive MBA), experience in health care industry (executive MBA—health care)

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

Concordia University Texas 

Tuition/fees: $30,600 annually for traditional undergraduate enrollment (does not include room and board), $450 per credit hour (Master of Science in nursing), $460 per credit hour (Adult Degree Program), $460 per credit hour (undergraduate online program), $525 per credit hour (master’s of education), $560 per credit hour (MBA online), $680 per credit hour (MBA evening program),$775 per credit hour (doctorate of education) (2016-17 school year)
Enrollment: 2,700 (fall 2016)
Percent/number of students accepted each year: 86 percent for traditional undergraduate programs (fall 2016)
Top intended majors: business administration, nursing, kinesiology, biology, communication
Length of programs: four years (undergraduate)
Prerequisites: high school grade point average of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale, SAT combined math and verbal score of 1020 or ACT composite score of 22

11400 Concordia University Drive, Austin
Website, Twitter: www.concordia.edu/admissions, @concordiatx

Temple College at East Williamson County Higher Education Center

Tuition/fees per credit hour: $89 (in district), $159 (out of district), $331 (out of state or foreign); tuition includes general, use, technology fees
Total enrollment: Hutto: 468, Taylor: 373 (fall 2016); Hutto: 401, Taylor: 350 (spring 2017)
Percent/number of students accepted: Temple College has open enrollment—all students who meet admissions requirements are accepted. Some technical programs have additional requirements.
Top intended majors: associate of arts degree in general studies, business, criminal justice, emergency medical services, nursing
Length of programs: One- and two-year certificate and degree programs are available (four-year at EWCHEC Hutto only). The length of the award depends on specific program requirements.
Prerequisites needed: TSI requirements must be complete unless waived or exempt. TSI is the Texas Success Initiative, a state-legislated program that is designed to improve a student’s success in college.

EWCHEC Hutto—1600 Innovation Blvd. www.templejc.edu, www.ewchec.net/hutto
EWCHEC Taylor—2600 S. First St.
Website, Twitter: www.ewchec.net/taylor, @templecollege

Texas A&M University Central Texas

Tuition/fees: $382.29 (undergraduate resident), $822.90 (undergraduate nonresident), $415 (graduate resident), $831.20 (graduate nonresident per credit hour fall/spring 2016-17)
Total enrollment: 2,619 (fall 2016), 2,718 (spring 2017)
Percent/number of students accepted each year: 95 percent (spring 2016)
Top intended majors: bachelor of business administration, management; Bachelor of Science, psychology
Length of programs: By Texas law, maximum attempted hours for a degree are determined by the number of required credit hours plus 30 credit hours if a student is enrolled in a Texas public institution of higher education in fall 2006 or later. If a student enrolled prior to fall 2006, maximum hours are determined by the number of required credit hours plus 45 credit hours. Hours for completion vary by degree.
Prerequisites needed: varies by major; as the institution is an upper-level university, freshman and sophomore coursework must be transferred in

1600 Innovation Blvd., Hutto
Website, Twitter: www.tamuct.edu, @tamuct

Texas A&M Health Science Center in Round Rock

Tuition/fees per credit hour (Academic Year 2016-17): $17,786 resident / $30,886 non-resident for AY 2016-17 (MD program), $4,364./15 hours = $290.93/ credit hour for Resident $10,970./15 hours = $731.33/credit hour for Non-Resident (BSN Program)
Total Enrollment: Fall 2016: 18 Nursing; 129 Med  Spring 2017: 41 Nursing; 123 Med
Percent of students accepted and enrolled each year: 14.34% accepted and 6.06% enrolled (MD program 2016), 21 percent (second degree BSN, including Bryan and College Station campus applications 2015-16)
Most popular programs: College of Medicine MD program, College of Nursing second-degree BSN program
Length of programs: four years (MD program), 15 months (second degree BSN program)
Prerequisites needed/admission criteria considered: at least 90 semester credit hours (or equivalent quarter hours) at an accredited college or university in the U.S.; preferably a baccalaureate degree by time of enrollment; 47 semester hours of prerequisite undergraduate coursework with at least a grade of “C”,  and MCAT must have been taken no earlier than five years before the expected date of enrollment (MD program); passage HESI Admissions Assessment Exam, Nursing CAS Application and completed core curricula with a minimum grade of C (second degree BSN program).

3950 N. A.W. Grimes Blvd., Ste. S211A, Round Rock
Website, Twitter: www.tamhsc.edu, @tamhsc

Texas State Technical College in Williamson County

Tuition/fees: $93 per semester credit hour plus $46 per credit hour designated tuition rate (academic courses for Texas residents), $115 per semester credit hour plus $46 per credit hour designated tuition rate (technical courses for Texas residents), $137 per semester credit hour plus $46 per credit hour designated tuition rate (welding technical courses for Texas residents—Tier 1 tuition), $290 per semester credit hour plus $46 per credit hour designated tuition rate (non-Texas residents)
Total enrollment: 251 (spring 2017)
Number of students accepted each year: 100 percent
Top intended majors: welding, industrial maintenance, cyber security
Length of programs: Associate of Applied Science degree: 60 credit hours (four semesters), certificate: 19-45 credit hours (two to four semesters)
Prerequisites needed: high school diploma, or, if transferring, college transcripts, or State of Texas Official Certificate of High School Equivalency or GED; unless exempt or waived, students must take the TSI assessment before enrolling at TSTC; high school transcripts with STAAR, TAKS, SAT and ACT scores and/or college transcripts can be evaluated by the testing office to determine if students meet TSI requirements

1600 Innovation Blvd., Hutto
Website, Twitter: www.tstc.edu, @tstcproud

Texas State University

Tuition/fees: $258.33 (tuition), $730.07 (tuition and fees per credit hour, fall 2016)
Enrollment: 38,808 (spring 2017)
Percent of freshman accepted: 51 percent (summer and fall 2016)
Top intended majors: nursing, health and human performance, biology, journalism and mass communication, curriculum and instruction (2016)
Time required to complete degrees/certificates: four years
Prerequisites needed: SAT reading: 513, SAT math: 515, ACT composite test average: 23

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

University of Texas at Austin

Tuition/fees: $1,448-$1,663 (in state) $5,144-$5,895 (out of state per credit hour, fall 2016)
Enrollment: 51,331 (fall 2016)
Percent of students accepted each year: 40 percent (fall 2016)
Top intended majors: economics, biology, electrical engineering, business, mechanical engineering
Length of programs: four years
Prerequisites needed: online application, application fee, two essays, high school transcript (if applicable), college transcript (if applicable), high school coursework information, SAT or ACT test scores; further prerequisites vary by department

110 Inner Campus Drive, Austin
Website, Twitter: www.utexas.edu, @utaustin

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