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 reviewed 3 schools in Texas to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of insurance. Combined, these schools handed out 52 degrees in insurance to qualified students.
Your choice of insurance school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for insurance schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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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.
Every student pursuing a degree in insurance has to look into Baylor University. Baylor is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Waco. A Best Colleges rank of #150 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Baylor is a great university overall.
There were about 7 insurance students who graduated with this degree at Baylor in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in insurance has to check out University of North Texas. Located in the midsize city of Denton, UNT is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 13th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 25 insurance students who graduated with this degree at UNT in the most recent data year. Soon after graduation, insurance degree recipients usually make about $59,022 in their early careers.
University of Houston - Downtown is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in insurance. UH Downtown is a fairly large public university located in the city of Houston. This university ranks 50th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 20 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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Your choice of insurance school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for insurance schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
