The following list is a sampling of colleges and universities within Collin County. It is not comprehensive.

Collin College-Allen Center
Address: 300 Rivercrest Blvd., Allen
Phone: 972-377-1060
Website: www.collin.edu/campuses/allen
Tuition: $504 (in-county), $996 (out-of-county), $1,716 (out-of-state)
Enrollment: 552
Test averages: must meet Texas Success Initiative Assessment requirements or qualify for waivers through the SAT, ACT or STAAR tests
Transfer rate: 35.7 percent (all campuses)
Located at Allen High School, the Allen Center offers dual credit for high school students. 

Collin College-Central Park
Address: 2200 W. University Drive, McKinney
Phone: 972-548-6790
Website: www.collin.edu/campuses/centralpark
Tuition: $504 (in-county), $996 (out-of-county), $1,716 (out-of-state)
Enrollment: 4,665
Test averages: must meet Texas Success Initiative Assessment requirements or qualify for waivers through the SAT, ACT or STAAR tests
Transfer rate: 35.7 percent (all campuses)
The original Collin College campus, the Central Park campus is home to nationally recognized health science programs, including nursing, dental hygiene and fire science.

Collin College-Preston Ridge
Address: 9700 Wade Blvd., Frisco
Phone: 972-377-1790
Website: www.collin.edu/campuses/prestonridge
Tuition: $504 (in-county), $996 (out-of-county), $1,716 (out-of-state)
Enrollment: 8,069
Test averages: must meet Texas Success Initiative Assessment requirements or qualify for waivers through the SAT, ACT or STAAR tests
Transfer rate: 35.7 percent (all campuses)
The Preston Ridge campus houses the award-winning Institute of Hospitality and Culinary Education as well as programs in technology and engineering.

Collin College-Spring Creek
Address: 2800 E. Spring Creek Parkway, Plano
Phone: 972-881-5790
Website: www.collin.edu/campuses/springcreek
Tuition: $504 (in-county), $996 (out-of-county), $1,716 (out-of-state)
Enrollment: 12,654
Test averages: must meet Texas Success Initiative Assessment requirements or qualify for waivers through the SAT, ACT or STAAR tests
Transfer rate: 35.7 percent (all campuses)
Spring Creek’s Child Development Program was the first in Texas to receive exemplary program status from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the National Association for the Education of Young Children.

Amberton University
Address: 3880 Parkwood Blvd., Frisco
Phone: 972-279-6511
Website: www.amberton.edu
Tuition: $3,000
Enrollment: average 200-250 per session
Graduation rate: 61 percent graduating within eight years
Amberton is a school for working adults. Applicants must be at least age 21 and have already completed coursework at another accredited university.

Collin Higher Education Center
Address: 3452 Spur 399, McKinney
Phone: 972-599-3100
Website: www.collin.edu/chec
Tuition: Dependent on institution
Enrollment: 1,417
Test averages: dependent on institution
CHEC is a partnership among Collin College, the University of North Texas, Texas Woman’s University, Texas A&M University-Commerce and the University of Texas at Dallas. Students are able to take courses for credit toward bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees.

Dallas Baptist University-North
Address: 2805 N. Dallas Parkway, Ste. 450, Plano
Phone: 214-333-5777
Website: www.dbu.edu/north
Tuition: $9,756
Enrollment: 177
Test averages: 472-656 SAT critical reading, 476-648 SAT math, 18-27 ACT composite
Graduation rate: 55 percent (all campuses)
DBU-North offers a rotation of courses for several bachelor’s degrees, including communication, counseling and business administration majors. The campus also offers master’s-level courses.

Pepperdine University Executive MBA Dallas Center
Address: 7121 Bishop Road, Plano
Phone: 310-506-4000
Website: www.bschool.pepperdine.edu/dallas-executive
Tuition: $24,600
Enrollment: N/A
Graduation rate: N/A
The Dallas Center strictly offers an executive MBA program, which is designed for mid- to senior-level executives.

University of North Texas New College at Frisco
Address: 2811 Internet Blvd., Ste. 100, Frisco
Phone: 972-668-7100
Website: www.newcollege.unt.edu
Tuition: $5,076.80 (in-state), $5,676.80 (Oklahoma resident), $9,972.80 (out-of-state)
Enrollment: 180
Test averages: 490-600 SAT critical reading, 500-610 SAT math, 460-570 SAT writing, 6-8 SAT essay, 21-26 ACT composite, 20-26 ACT math, 20-25 ACT English, 6-8 ACT writing
Graduation rates: 50.6 percent
An extension of the main UNT campus, professors from the same departments as the main campus also teach at the Frisco location.

University of Texas at Dallas
Address: 800 W. Campbell Road, Richardson
Phone: 972-883-2111
Website: www.utdallas.edu
Tuition: $5,596 (in-state), $14,404 (out-of-state)
Enrollment: 24,554
Test averages: 1257 SAT, 28 ACT
Graduation rate: 67 percent
The Naveen Jindal School of Management is the largest of the university’s seven schools and is ranked high among business programs by several publications.