Deciding where to pursue one’s higher-education is not a simple task. Some move to different states while other remain cemented at home. However, residents of Houston do not need to search far and wide for some of the best institutions of higher education in the nation. Considering a Houston university? Here’re the colleges you need to need to know about.
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Listed in the Princeton Review, U.S. News and World Report, the Financial Times, and many others as one of the top institutions in the country, Williams Marsh Rice (Rice) University ranks as the top university in the Houston.
Nestled near the Museum District of Houston, this 300-acre campus is home to some of the top higher-education programs in the country. Rice University divides its programs into eleven residential colleges and eight schools of academic study; including schools of engineering, architecture, business, music, and humanities. Rice is known for its undergraduate focus; however, it does offer exceptional graduate programs such as the MBA program.
The University of Houston
The city of Houston is growing into the third largest city in the United States, beating out Chicago, Illinois. It is no surprise, then, that Houston’s universities would mirror the city’s diversity and growth. The University of Houston (UH) is Houston’s largest university, making it one of the most diverse universities in the nation.
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The University is also known for the number of students that commute to and from the university on a daily basis. UH recently became a Tier 1 University and has excellent research programs in various sciences. UH is also known for its Creative Writing Program, Entrepreneurship Program, Health Law program, and competes on a national level.
The University of St. Thomas
The University of St. Thomas is a private, Catholic institution situated on the corner of Montrose and West Alabama St. in the neighborhood of Neartown. Although the University carries the hefty price of a private university’s tuition, it offers notable special programs such as the Pre-Law Program, the Engineering Cooperative Program, the Pre-Health Professional Program, along with several others. Over 20,000 students have graduated from the University; chances are, this number will continue to increase.
Houston Baptist University
Another private university, Houston Baptist University (HBU) has called southwest Houston home for the past 58 years. HBU is well known for keeping the Christian faith as the central tenement of its higher-education.
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HBU offers a variety of pre-professional and undergraduate programs including pre-law, business, Christian counseling, psychology, and Nursing. HBU is home to over 3,000 students, or as HBU would like to call them, huskies—and it seems that the HBU pack will not decrease in size anytime soon.
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