Rice in Houston, Southwestern University in Georgetown (near Austin), Texas State in San Marcos, and Saint Mary’s in San Antionio are some of the most gorgeous campuses that come to mind. Many of those are on or near a river. I graduated from Texas State, and it’s a great school. It has a large student population, but the setup of the campus makes it feel intimiate and small. It only takes 10 or 15 minutes to get from one end of the campus or the other, yet it is rank the 3rd largest school in Texas. They have a huge selection of majors and great professors….and the school sits on the San Marcos river which keeps the campus lush and beautiful and it’s great in the summer to go tubing on.

here are some colleges in Texas..

Rice

University of Texas (there are many campuses)

Texas A&M (good school)

North Texas University

just go to collegeboard.com, they have lists like what you need