Insurance is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #201 out of the 395 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Insurance Schools in Texas ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 88 degrees in insurance to qualified students.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Insurance Schools in Texas list to help you make the college decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of insurance degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Any student pursuing a degree in insurance has to take a look at University of North Texas. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, UNT is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 14th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 57 insurance students who graduated with this degree at UNT in the most recent data year. After graduating, insurance degree recipients usually make around $54,961 at the beginning of their careers.
Any student who is interested in insurance has to look into Baylor University. Baylor is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Waco. A Best Colleges rank of #123 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Baylor is a great university overall.
There were approximately 16 insurance students who graduated with this degree at Baylor in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Houston - Downtown is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in insurance. UH Downtown is a large public university located in the city of Houston. This university ranks 45th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 15 insurance students who graduated with this degree at UH Downtown in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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