2021 Best Colleges in Texas for Students from United Arab Emirates

When pursuing a degree in today's world, international students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its Best Colleges for Emirati Students in Texas ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

After analyzing 4 schools in Texas, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for Emirati students in Texas. Our ranking is based on several objective factors, including the school's overall quality and the total number of international students at the school. We steer clear of subjective measures since they don't give a clear picture when determining how one school compares to another.

Learn more about our ranking methodology.

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Top Colleges in Texas for Students from United Arab Emirates

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

Rice University
Houston, TX

$52,895 Avg Tuition & Fees

23.3% International Students

Our 2021 rankings named Rice University the best school for Emirati students in Texas working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in Houston, Texas, the medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 1,364 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 23.3% are international. Students from as far away as China, India, and South Korea come to Rice to study.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a bachelor’s degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

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2

Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX

$60,236 Avg Tuition & Fees

9.0% International Students

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Southern Methodist University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for Emirati students in Texas. This fairly large private not-for-profit school is located in Dallas, Texas, and it awarded 2,105 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

International students make up 9.0% of the total student body at the school. Students from as far away as China, India, and Saudi Arabia come to SMU to study.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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3

University of Houston
Houston, TX

$21,891 Avg Tuition & Fees

7.0% International Students

A rank of #3 on our list means University of Houston is a great place for Emirati students in Texas working on their bachelor’s degree. This large public school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 8,890 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 7.0% are international. Students studying at UH come from such countries as India, China, and Vietnam.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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4

Tarleton State University
Stephenville, TX

$17,582 Avg Tuition & Fees

0.6% International Students

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Tarleton State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for Emirati students in Texas. This fairly large public school is located in Stephenville, Texas, and it awarded 2,760 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 0.6% are international. Students studying at Tarleton come from such countries as Nepal, India, and Canada.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 4 schools only.

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.