WalletHub Names TAMIU 8th Among Texas’s Top Ten Universities
According to a new ranking by WalletHub, Laredo’s Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) is ranked 8th among Texas’s Top Ten Universities in its College & University Rankings 2025. Other than Texas A&M University, TAMIU was the only A&M System campus to crack the Top Ten.
TAMIU acting president Juan J. Castillo said the ranking for TAMIU takes on special significance for the regional university and the company it keeps.
“This ranking really gives TAMIU a chance to shine with distinction as more than half of the institutions listed are private and significantly more expensive,” Castillo noted,“TAMIU holds its own against our counterparts, once again affirming the University’s commitment to being accessible, affordable, and exceptional.”
To identify top-performing schools at the lowest possible costs to undergraduates, WalletHub compared more than 800 higher-education institutions in the U.S. across 30 key measures.
The resulting data was grouped into seven categories, including Student Selectivity, Cost and Financing, and Career Outcomes. Among metrics considered were student-faculty ratio, graduation rate, and post-attendance median salary, among others.
To better predict the challenge of future outcomes, WalletHub’s Best Colleges ranking also analyzes post-attendance metrics, for example, the student-loan default rate and the share of former students outearning high school graduates, to show the value of the education students can expect to receive after their undergraduate studies.
In general WalletHub observed universities rank higher than colleges.
“Universities tend to rank higher than colleges due to their inclusion of graduate-level programs, greater on-campus opportunities, and higher earnings for students post-graduation. In fact, the top 10 places for higher education in the U.S. are all universities. There are still tons of high-ranking colleges, though, which offer their own advantages like smaller class sizes, more personalized learning, and often safer campuses,” said Chip Lupo, WalletHub analyst, on the dedicated online ranking site.
WalletHub’s Top 10 colleges and universities in Texas are:
- No. 1 – Rice University
- No. 2 – The University of Texas at Austin
- No. 3 – Trinity University
- No. 4 – Texas A&M University-College Station
- No. 5 – Southwestern University
- No. 6 – Texas Christian University
- No. 7 – Austin College
- No. 8 – Texas A&M International University
- No. 9 – University of Dallas
- No. 10 – Southern Methodist University
The comprehensive WalletHub College & University Rankings (2025) are available online at https://wallethub.com/edu/e/college-rankings/40750
According to its website, WalletHub is an award-winning personal finance company that empowers consumers to lead financially healthy lives and provides a number of services and tools to help consumers.
TAMIU has also been recognized as one of the nation's Top Ten-ranked Southern Colleges in Washington Monthly Magazine's 2024 College Guide "Best Bang for the Buck," ranking #5. TAMIU also earned a # 2 ranking for low net price.
Niche, a Pittsburgh-based company that annually ranks colleges, awarded TAMIU an overall grade of A-. Other Niche TAMIU rankings included being recognized as the #4 Best Value in Texas, #7, Top Public Universities in Texas, and the #11 Best College in Texas.
A total of 23 TAMIU programs were ranked among the top nationwide, according to online source Intelligent.com's 2025 rankings.
Registration for the Wintermester and Spring 2025 begins Nov. 4, 2024.
University news and information can be found online at tamiu.edu and from TAMIU’s social channels on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube.
