For the fifth consecutive year, Texas State University has been named one of the nation's top "Green Colleges" with strong commitments to the environment and sustainability by the Princeton Review.
The recognition highlights TXST’s commitment to sustainability and environmental stewardship.
The Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges, 2026 Edition profiles 388 colleges the company chose out of 401 schools it surveyed for this project. Apart from the top 50, Princeton Review does not rank the universities in numerical order.
The school profiles present information on each school's use of renewable energy, its recycling and conservation programs, the availability of environmental studies in academic offerings and career guidance for green jobs.
The Princeton Review chose the 388 colleges based on its 2024–25 survey of administrators at 401 colleges concerning their institutions' sustainability-related policies, practices and programs. The company’s editors analyzed more than 25 data points from the survey to tally Green Rating scores for the schools on a scale of 60 to 99. Colleges that earned a Green Rating score of 80 or higher were chosen for the Guide to Green Colleges. Of the 388 schools selected for the guide, 322 are in the U.S., 33 in Canada and 33 are in 16 other countries.
The full Guide to Green Colleges may be found at www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings/green-guide.
See more Texas State rankings and recognitions at www.txst.edu/about/rankings.