{"id":340490,"date":"2026-06-17T23:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T23:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/340490\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T23:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T23:20:09","slug":"ut-austin-leads-texas-universities-on-2026-best-in-the-world-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/340490\/","title":{"rendered":"UT Austin leads Texas universities on 2026 best in the world list"},"content":{"rendered":"

As high school graduates<\/a> gear up for their first year of college in Texas, several might find themselves on campus at a top-ranked university in the world this fall.<\/p>\n

U.S. News and World Report <\/a>released its 2026-27 Best Global Universities list \u2014 with six universities cracking the top 500 of the list.<\/p>\n

The list takes into account 13 indicators and weights measuring global research performance and reputation, ranking the world’s 2,250 top universities.<\/p>\n

Here’s a look at how some major public and private academic colleges and universities in Texas fared on the list.<\/p>\n

\"Students<\/p>\n

Students cheer near the end of a graduation commencement ceremony at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, U.S. May 11, 2024.<\/p>\n

University of Texas at Austin<\/p>\n

Global Ranking: No. 56.<\/p>\n

Locations: Austin, Texas.<\/p>\n

Type: Public university.<\/p>\n

Texas A&M University at College Station<\/p>\n

Global Ranking: No. 117 (tie).<\/p>\n

Locations: College Station, Texas.<\/p>\n

Type: Public university.<\/p>\n

Rice University<\/p>\n

Global Ranking: No. 201.<\/p>\n

Locations: Houston, Texas.<\/p>\n

Type: Private university.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

A person walks through the campus of Rice University in Houston, Texas, U.S. May 26, 2025.<\/p>\n

University of Texas at San Antonio<\/p>\n

Global Ranking: No. 296 (tie).<\/p>\n

Locations: San Antonio, Texas.<\/p>\n

Type: Public university.<\/p>\n

University of Houston<\/p>\n

Global Ranking: No. 390.<\/p>\n

Locations: Houston, Texas.<\/p>\n

Type: Public university.<\/p>\n

Baylor University<\/p>\n

Global Ranking: No. 451.<\/p>\n

Locations: Waco, Texas.<\/p>\n

Type: Private university.<\/p>\n

University of Texas at Dallas<\/p>\n

Global Ranking: No. 503 (tie).<\/p>\n

Locations: Richardson, Texas.<\/p>\n

Type: Public university.<\/p>\n

Texas Tech University<\/p>\n

Global Ranking: No. 562 (tie).<\/p>\n

Locations: Lubbock, Texas.<\/p>\n

Type: Public university.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The Victory Bell Tower on the left hand side of the Texas Tech Administration Building as seen on Oct. 18, 2024, in Lubbock.<\/p>\n

University of North Texas<\/p>\n

Global Ranking: No. 739 (tie).<\/p>\n

Locations: Denton, Texas.<\/p>\n

Type: Public university.<\/p>\n

University of Texas at Arlington<\/p>\n

Global Ranking: No. 875 (tie).<\/p>\n

Locations: Arlington, Texas.<\/p>\n

Type: Public university.<\/p>\n

Texas State University<\/p>\n

Global Ranking: No, 1531 (tie).<\/p>\n

Locations: San Marcos, Texas.<\/p>\n

Type: Public university.<\/p>\n

Texas Christian University<\/p>\n

Global Ranking: No. 1906 (tie).<\/p>\n

Locations: Fort Worth, Texas.<\/p>\n

Type: Private university.<\/p>\n

Mateo Rosiles is the Texas Connect reporter for USA TODAY and its regional papers in Texas. Got a news tip for him? Email him at mrosiles@usatodayco.com.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Texas A&M, UT, Baylor and TTU rank among the best in the world in 2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As high school graduates gear up for their first year of college in Texas, several might find themselves…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":340491,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[56,121449,121448,27,29,28,873,398,4101],"class_list":["post-340490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-houston","tag-private-university","tag-public-university","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-texas-tech-university","tag-university-of-north-texas","tag-university-of-texas-at-austin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/340491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}