Trinity University beats out Rice, UT and A&M for best college in Texas

Texas Universities Ranked Based on Consensus Rating. Texas Universities Ranked Based on Consensus Rating. Photo: Billy Hathorn WIKICommons Photo: Billy Hathorn WIKICommons Image 1 of / 39 Caption Close Trinity University beats out Rice, UT and A&M for best college in Texas 1 / 39 Back to Gallery

San Antonio's Trinity University has come out on top in a recent ranking of the 25 best colleges and universities in Texas.

The list was compiled by College Consensus, a website that averages professional school rankings like U.S. News and Forbes with student surveys from Cappex and others.

Trinity narrowly took first with a score of 75.5. Rice University, the runner-up, had a score of 75.2. Texas Lutheran University, the University of Texas-Austin and Texas A&M rounded out the top five.

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Five other Central and South Texas universities also made the list: St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Saint Edward's in Austin, Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas A&M International in Laredo and University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley in Brownsville.

Click through the slideshow to see how your school fared.

Chase Karacostas is a staff writer for mySA.com. | Chase.Karacostas@express-news.net | Twitter: @ChaseKaracostas