Which Texas private colleges will opt out of campus carry? Just about all of them

See where Texas' private colleges stand on Campus Carry Baylor University (Waco)



Will opt out of campus carry? Yes See where Texas' private colleges stand on Campus Carry Baylor University (Waco)



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When campus carry goes into effect next fall, most private colleges and universities in Texas will not be participating. Officials for more than a dozen of the largest private schools in the state already have stated they will not allow guns on campus.

University of St. Thomas in Houston became the latest school to opt out of the controversial law. The law allows licensed Texans to carry concealed guns on public school campuses starting Aug. 1. However private schools have the option to opt out – and a number of colleges have decided to do just that. Those programs include Rice University, Texas Christian University and Southern Methodist University.

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"The safety of each of us is our university's most basic responsibility," said St. Thomas President Robert Ivany in a statement. "Safety includes many considerations. Most importantly, it is the creation of an environment based on mutual trust and faith in our ability to respond to threats to our community."

Ivany said a clear majority of constituents of the Catholic university asked the school to bow out of the law.

See the gallery above for a look at all the Texas colleges that will opt out of campus carry.