EDUCATION IN AUSTIN
HIGHER
EDUCATION
TOP SCHOOLS,
IN-DEMAND PROGRAMS
Fortune magazine once named Austin
one of the country’s top five “intellectual
capitals,” and it’s no wonder. Forbes has
ranked Austin the third-biggest “brain
magnet” city, and Kiplinger’s Personal
Finance ranks UT Austin among its “Best
Values in Public Colleges” list. And,
according to an American Community
Survey, Austin ranks fifth in the number of
college graduates, with 45 percent of the
population holding a degree.
Many of those degrees are awarded right
here in Central Texas. That’s because
Austin’s thriving intellectual capital attracts
students from across the country and internationally to attend one of the city’s noted
colleges and universities. In fact, the
business, law and engineering schools at
the University of Texas have all earned
regular spots on Hispanic Business
magazine’s lists of top ten schools for
Hispanics.
Getting a quality education outside the
area is easy, too, with many prestigious
colleges and universities within 100 miles
of Austin. These schools include Baylor
University (Waco); Texas A&M University
(College Station); Trinity University (San
Antonio); Central Texas College (Killeen);
Texas Lutheran University (Seguin);
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (Belton);
Our Lady of the Lake University (San
Antonio); Texas State Technical College
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