The best Texas colleges for each degree, from music to engineering

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By now, new college students are making good headway into their desired curriculum.

No doubt, many of them are finding their area of study harder than expected, or maybe, the major just doesn't click with them.

Either way, having second thoughts about what to study in college is a widespread feeling that's more frequent than one might expect.

A 2017 study by the U.S. Department of Education found that almost one-third of first-time university students switch majors at least once in the first three years of college.

Switching majors is especially frequent when it comes to degrees relating to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, or STEM. For example, 52 percent of math students end up changing their major, per the same study.

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Luckily, most universities don't just specialize in one area of study, and if they do, there's no harm in switching schools to pursue a career that inspires.

To get an idea of the universities who are powerhouses in some of the most common degrees, we examined rankings from education site Niche that uses undergraduate student data to grade the best programs for different majors at Texas schools.

The rankings can serve as a useful tool to narrow down schools that offer the best pre-employment preparation for one's desired major, whether that be art, criminal justice or business.

See above for the best Texas colleges for each degree, from music to engineering.

Fernando Ramirez covers Texas news and politics. Read him on our breaking news site and on our subscriber site. | Fernando.ramirez@chron.com | @fernramirez93



