The Texas A&M University system has 11 different campuses and offers some of the lowest tuition rates in the state. In 2010-2011, students attending Texas A&M University at College Station full time were charged $2118.60 per semester. Full-time students attending the Texas A&M campus at Prairie View were charged $2,030.76 per semester, while those attending the Commerce campus were charged $2,501.16.
The University of Texas system includes the University of Texas at Austin and several other campuses, including locations in Dallas, Arlington, El Paso and Brownsville. In 2010-2011, the tuition cost for attending the Austin campus full time was $4,748 to $4,911 per semester, depending upon the student's major. Students at the Brownsville campus paid $1,697.64 for tuition each semester; those attending the the El Paso campus paid $2,696.56 for full-time tuition in that same academic year.
Texas State University has four campuses, located in Lamar, Sam Houston, Sul Ross and San Marcos. During the 2010-2011 school year, Lamar University resident students were charged $1,896 per semester for full-time tuition, Sam Houston full-time students were charged $2,697 per semester, Sul Ross students were charged $1,536 per semester for full-time tuition, and San Marcos students paid $2,292 for their full-time tuition.
The cost to attend a private institution in the state of Texas varies significantly depending upon the school. Private institutions charge the same rates for Texas residents and non-residents. In 2010-2011, Rice University, one of the more expensive private schools in Texas, charged undergraduate students $33,120 per year to attend full time. On the lower end of the scale, Baylor University only charged students $13,483 to attend full time during that same academic year.