The Best Business Administration Programs in Texas for 2026

Trinity's department of business administration houses majors in business administration, human resource management, international business, and marketing, plus a legal studies minor, and the school states that all of its business degree programs carry AACSB accreditation. The program leans on experiential learning: students take on consulting projects for real clients including San Antonio Sports, Ancira Auto Group, the McNay Museum, and Goodwill Industries, and can study abroad through business-focused programs in Beijing, Vietnam, Cuba, and at Shanghai's Jiao Tong University. Top performers are inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma, the AACSB honor society, reserved for undergraduates in the top 10% of their class.

At an 84% graduation rate and a 26% admit rate, Trinity is narrowly more selective than UT Austin's 27% admit rate, the tightest of the 10 business bachelor's programs in this ranking. Tuition is a flat $53,352 with no in-state break, and enrollment across the whole university is just 2,687, the second-smallest in this ranking behind University of Dallas's 2,078. The Hakia Score of 92.9 ties Trinity with TCU for third in Texas, a fit for students who want small classes and direct access to client consulting work rather than a large public flagship.

The Naveen Jindal School of Management's BS in Business Administration requires 120 semester credit hours, split into a 42-hour core curriculum, 70 to 76 hours of major requirements, and 5 to 11 hours of electives. Students choose from 7 concentrations, including a General Business track built around how a company operates as a whole to meet its strategic goals. The program folds artificial intelligence into every concentration, teaching students to work alongside AI tools while building the critical thinking and human judgment the school says computers cannot replace, and pairs coursework with internships and corporate mentoring tied to the Dallas-Fort Worth business market.

UT Dallas earns a 92.6 Hakia Score, the fifth-highest in this ranking, on the strength of a strong cost-to-outcome balance. 76% of students graduate, and the school admits 65% of applicants. In-state tuition is $10,639 a year; out-of-state students pay $36,139, still well under the $58,000-plus flat rates at Baylor and SMU. With enrollment near 29,886 and an online option available, the program suits a student who wants a large public research university's price point without giving up structured concentrations or corporate access.

Baylor's BBA at the Hankamer School of Business is built in three layers: a 39- to 45-hour Arts and Sciences Core, a 49-hour Professional Business Core covering the economic, political, and social environment of business, and 15 to 18 hours of major coursework drawn from 12 unique majors. The school frames the degree around pairing core business knowledge with what it calls a strong, ethical mindset, built into the professional core rather than taught as a separate requirement.

The program carries a 92.3 Hakia Score, just behind UT Dallas, driven mostly by outcomes: 80% of Baylor students graduate, four points ahead of UT Dallas's 76%. Admission is tighter too; Baylor takes 51% of applicants against UT Dallas's 65%. That selectivity comes at a price. Tuition is flat at $58,100 whether a student lives in Texas or not, more than five times UT Dallas's in-state rate. With 20,626 students enrolled, Baylor fits a student who wants a private university's smaller major cohorts and higher completion odds and can absorb the cost difference.

SMU Cox's BBA in General Business lets students build their major from electives across six departments: accounting, finance, information technology and operations management, management/strategy/entrepreneurship, marketing, and real estate/risk management/business law. Cox layers five specializations on top, including AI for Business, energy management, entrepreneurship, management consulting, and real estate. Admitted students enter as Business Direct students or as B.B.A. Scholars, a guaranteed-admission cohort of about 100 first-year, fall-entry applicants. The school reports Poets&Quants ranked Cox No. 25 among undergraduate business schools for 2026, that 94% of its Class of 2025 business students completed internships, and that 100% of general business majors reached their desired career outcome within three months of graduation.

SMU carries a 92 Hakia Score and posts an 84% graduation rate, ahead of Baylor's 80% and UT Dallas's 76%, though behind UT Austin's 89% and TCU's 86%. It admits 63% of applicants and charges a flat $59,500 regardless of residency, the second-highest tuition among the 10 programs here behind only TCU's $61,650, and $1,400 above Baylor's and nearly $49,000 above UT Dallas's in-state rate. Enrollment at 12,116 is smaller than every public school in this ranking. The program fits a student who wants a self-assembled, electives-driven major and strong completion odds and can cover that extra cost.

Texas Tech's General Business BBA sequences its core tightly from year one. First-year students take Fundamentals of Business Professionalism, two semesters of introductory math analysis, and college rhetoric before moving into Financial Accounting and Managerial Accounting, both requiring an A or B for accounting and finance majors, plus an Introduction to Information Technology course and a business statistics course by the second year. Third-year students move into Applied Business Economics, Financial Management, Introduction to Production and Operations Management, and Organization and Management, the applied core that defines the general business track.

Texas Tech's 87.8 Hakia Score is the third-lowest in this ranking, ahead of only University of Dallas's 86.9 and LeTourneau's 83, reflecting softer outcomes: a 69% graduation rate and a 73% admit rate, the easiest to get into among the 10 programs here. What it gives up in selectivity it makes up in cost. In-state tuition is $8,935 a year, the lowest here and less than a sixth of Baylor's or SMU's flat rate; out-of-state tuition is $21,240, nearly $14,900 below UT Dallas's out-of-state rate of $36,139. With 40,757 students enrolled, the third-largest in this ranking behind Texas A&M and UT Austin, Texas Tech fits a student who wants the lowest-cost path into a structured business core and is willing to trade some graduation-rate certainty for it.

The University of Dallas houses its business degrees in the Satish & Yasmin Gupta College of Business, an AACSB-accredited program built on a liberal arts foundation. Undergraduates choose between a 120-hour Bachelor of Arts in Business, which blends the university's Core Curriculum with a business major core, electives and a business practicum, and a 133-hour Bachelor of Science in Business that adds four additional technical courses for students who want a more quantitative track. Students can also add a concentration in Accounting or Business Analytics to sharpen the degree toward a specific career path.

The program posts a 73% graduation rate and admits 53% of applicants, a moderately selective bar for a private university. Tuition runs a flat $50,140 whether a student lives in Texas or out of state, since University of Dallas does not offer an in-state discount, and the school enrolls 2,078 undergraduates. That combination of outcomes and access earns it a Hakia Score of 86.9, the ranking basis that places it #9 among business administration programs in Texas for 2026. It suits students who want a smaller, values-driven campus and are willing to pay private-school tuition for the AACSB credential and the practicum built into both degree tracks.

LeTourneau University's Bachelor of Business Management is a 120-credit-hour degree delivered entirely online through its School of Business. The curriculum covers law, ethics, finance, economics and marketing alongside a core emphasis on leading people, managing organizational change and stewardship, and the school frames the coursework around Christian-based leadership and decision-making. The program page lists no on-campus residency requirement, making it a fit for students who need to study around work or family obligations.

LeTourneau admits 38% of applicants, more selective on paper than University of Dallas's 53%, and posts a 59% graduation rate against tuition of $36,340, a flat rate since the program carries no in-state discount. That is $13,800 less than University of Dallas's $50,140 sticker price. Enrollment across the university runs 3,330 students, and the program's Hakia Score of 83 places it #10 in Texas for 2026. It fits students prioritizing cost and full online flexibility over the higher graduation rate and campus-based practicum that come with a pricier private alternative.