There are 226 colleges and universities in the State of Texas that are listed under the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.
One hundred twenty-three of Texas' post-secondary institutions are private, of which fifty-four are for-profit.
[2] Texas A&M University is the state's largest of higher learning in terms of enrollment and largest public university, having 77,491 students [3] while Southwest College for the Deaf is the state's smallest college with an enrollment of 48 in the fall of 2023.
The state has sixteen medical schools,[6] thirteen conventional and three Osteopathic programs.
Two hundred sixteen of Texas post-secondary institutions are officially recognized by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), while most are accredited by multiple higher education accreditation agencies.