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Most affordable for-profit colleges in Texas

10 for-profit colleges in Texas report net price data, ranging from $17,365 at the lowest to higher costs at more selective schools. The median net price across these is $25,337. Texas's for-profit colleges cost about the same as the national average for the kind. The list below shows the most affordable options, ranked by net price.

Median net price in Texas

$25,337

National median for for-profit colleges

$25,582

for-profit colleges reporting in Texas

10

The most affordable for-profit colleges in Texas, ranked by net price

1

Southwest University at El Paso

TX

Net price

$17,365

Receive grant aid

100%

2

Strayer University-Texas

TX

Net price

$17,517

Receive grant aid

40%

3

American InterContinental University-Houston

TX

Net price

$18,558

Receive grant aid

67%

4

Wade College

TX

Net price

$21,023

Receive grant aid

79%

5

Galen Health Institutes-Austin Campus

TX

Net price

$25,240

Receive grant aid

73%

6

South University-Austin

TX

Net price

$25,434

Receive grant aid

89%

7

West Coast University-Dallas

TX

Net price

$25,957

Receive grant aid

100%

8

Galen College of Nursing-San Antonio

TX

Net price

$28,479

Receive grant aid

73%

9

Chamberlain University-Texas

TX

Net price

$32,247

Receive grant aid

100%

10

Arizona College of Nursing-Dallas

TX

Net price

$32,728

Receive grant aid

86%

What makes a school affordable here

In Texas, the most affordable for-profit colleges share two things in common. First, low published net prices reflect both reasonable sticker prices and meaningful institutional or state aid. Second, a high share of students receive grant aid. At Southwest University at El Paso, the most affordable on this list, 100% of students receive grant aid. Net price reflects what a typical family actually pays, not the sticker price you see at first glance. A school with a $50,000 sticker price and a $10,000 net price is more affordable for most families than a school with a $20,000 sticker and a $19,000 net price.

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Affordability rankings use publicly available federal higher-ed cost data. Net price reflects the average cost a family pays after grants and scholarships are subtracted from total cost of attendance, for the 2022-23 reporting year. See full methodology →