UT ranked No. 1 nationally for student life in the new report, released Aug. 31. The university was named the No. 2 college in Texas, No. 30 nationally and No. 5 among public universities.
Rice University was the only Texas school to place higher overall, ranking No. 1 in the state and No. 10 nationally.
Niche gave UT an A+ overall grade and ranked the university No. 1 out of 1,487 colleges for student life. The ranking considers factors including student surveys about their overall college experience, athletics, campus food, the local area and student diversity.
UT also landed near the top of several other national lists. It ranked No. 1 for communications, No. 4 for college location, No. 6 among large colleges, and No. 10 for engineering.
The university also ranked No. 12 among the country’s top party schools.
Niche uses data from the U.S. Department of Education and other sources, along with reviews from students and alumni, to compile its rankings. Academics account for 35% of a school’s overall score, while value accounts for 27.5%. Other factors include professors, campus quality, diversity, student life, location and safety.
For its 2027 rankings, Niche also added an “Institutional Success Score,” which compares colleges with schools that have similar missions.
Here are Niche’s 10 best colleges in Texas for 2027.
Take a look at Niche’s rankings for the top 10 colleges in America.