Colleges Near Houston

Rice University

• This is a prestigious, private university located in the city's Museum District. Rice is extremely selective (there are 12 applicants for each spot in the incoming freshman classes), and has only 3,300 undergraduate and roughly 2,300 graduate students. This makes it one of the smallest universities to compete in Division 1A athletics. It also guarantees a low undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5-to-1. Rice offers a residential college system for undergraduate living, something rarely found among American colleges and universities. On the graduate level it is also a leading research institution. Academically, Rice is divided among the following schools and departments: architecture, engineering, humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, graduate school of business, school of music, and a school of continuing studies.

  Rice University

  6100 Main St.

  Houston, TX 77005

  713-348-0000

  rice.edu

University of Houston

• Founded in 1927, this is the main campus of the University of Houston system. Located several miles south of downtown Houston, this is a public university with 37,000 students in more 120 undergraduate and 130 graduate degrees programs. The colleges and departments at the University of Houston include architecture, business, education, engineering, the honors college, hotel and restaurant management, law, liberal arts and social sciences, natural sciences and mathematics, optometry, pharmacy, graduate college of social work, and technology. Primarily a commuter school, U of H as it is commonly referred, has made a publicized effort in recent years to provide more of a traditionally collegiate campus feel. This is exemplified, in part, by the large, state-of-the-art recreational facility available for students. The football, basketball and track programs have storied pasts.

  University of Houston

  800 Calhoun

  Houston, TX 77004

  713- 743-2255

  uh.edu

University of St. Thomas

• The University of Saint Thomas, or UST, is a private Catholic, liberal arts university located in the Montrose area a few miles west of downtown Houston. It enrolls roughly 1,800 undergraduate students and 1,400 graduate students on a campus whose main quad and church were designed by noted architect Philip Johnson. With a relatively small enrollment, it features a student-to-faculty ratio of 11-to-1. It has 31 undergraduate degree programs include accounting, biology, chemistry, business, English, French, mathematics, music, political science and theology. UST offers graduate programs in accounting, business administration, divinity, education, liberal arts, faith and culture, pastoral studies, theological studies, and philosophy.

  University of St. Thomas

  3800 Montrose

  Houston, Texas 77006

  713-522-7911

  stthom.edu