Texas State University

Texas State Institution, a public research university with its headquarters in San Marcos, Texas, was established in 1899. In its list of the finest universities, THE (Times Higher Education) ranked Texas State at 801-1000 for the years 2018 and 2019 before moving it to 1001+ for the years 2020 and 2021. Texas State is ranked 1397th among all universities worldwide for 2019 and 2020 by US News & World Report.

In the national university rankings, Texas State fell from 230th place in 2018 and 2019 to 293rd place in 2020, according to US News. Texas State's position in US News' rating of the nation's institutions remains at 298th place for 2021. This shows that the institution has not performed up to standard in regards to important criteria like the reputation of its research both globally and locally and the quantity of highly referenced publications.

PG Business and Economics ranking, THE ranked Texas State at 501-600 for 2019 and 2020 and 601+ for 2021. In its UG Business ranking, US News has maintained Texas State's position at 308th, a substantial drop from its position of 292 in the previous year.

THE has also lowered Texas State's position in its PG Engineering and Technology ranking from 501-600 for 2019 and 2020 to 601-800 for 2021. This shows that the university did poorly on important criteria, including teaching, research, and citations (research influence).