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Texas is located in South Central region of the US. It shares borders with Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and some Mexican states. Texas is the second largest state in the US, has an area of 268,596 square miles, and had a population of 29.1 million in 2020. Major cities in Texas include Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Austin, Fort Worth, El Paso, Arlington, and Laredo.
Most of the population centers are located in grasslands, coastline, prairies, and forests in Texas. Historically, Spain, France, and Mexico have ruled Texas. In 1836, Texas claimed independence. In 1845, it became a republic.
While Houston is the largest city of Texas and the fourth largest city of the US, the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area is larger than the metropolitan area of Houston.
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Houston is the most populous city in Texas. In 2019, Houston had a population of 2.3 milion residents with a median age of 33.4 years, and a median household income of $52,450. As on 2019, the total employment base of Houston was 1.14 million employees. The most common employers were construction, health care & social assistance, and retail trade.
Houston is the global hub for energy and allied industries. Houston has a well-developed ecosystem of upstream (oil and gas exploration), midstream (infrastructure related to energy transportation and storage), and downstream (oil refining and marketing) energy industry. The headquarters of many global energy companies are located in the city. An established base of resources and energy industries in Houston provides ample employment opportunities for MBA graudates. The adjoining exhibit provides the list of prominent employers in the industry for MBA graduates.
Due to the rapid pace of technological development, the professional, scientific, and technical services sector is among the most attractive sector for MBA graduates. Changing technological landscape in this segment offers substantial career advancement opportunities for MBA graduates. A list of prominent employers (ex-energy and allied industries) is provided below.
Depending on their prior experience and career goals, professions such as health care, education services, retail trade, finance & insurance, and real estate offer lucrative career opportunities for MBA graduates in Houston. These sectors employ a significant proportion of employment base in Houston and could be preferred target sectors upon graduation from an MBA school.
Houston has significant number of employment opportunities in mining, quarrying , and oil & gas extraction industries. These industries had a median annual salary of US$101,412 in 2019 and are among the highest paying professions in Houston. The adjoining exhibit indicate the industries that employed the highest number of people in 2019. Among the highest paying professions in houston were architecture, engineering, legal, and computer engineering in 2019.
In 2019, 5,648 students received a Master's degree from Houston-based schools. General Business and Administration was the most common with 1,366 recipients of a Master's degree. The exhibit below indicates the percentage of recipients of a Master's degree from different concentrations in the overall poll of 5,648 students in 2019.
In 2019, 39,078 graduate degrees were awarded by the schools located in Houston. Among these, University of Houston was the largest with 10,388 degree awarded in 2019. The exhibit below demonstrates the largest universities in Houston in terms of the number of graduate degrees awarded in 2019.
The Texas Triangle is formed by Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio. Additional metropolitan areas in the triangle include Bryan-College Station, Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, and Waco. A sizeable population of Texas resides in the triangle. The triangle is a center of majority of the economic activities in the state.
Prominent areas outside the triangle include El-Paso, Lubock, Corpus Christi, Midland-Odessa, Abilene, San Angelo, Laredo, Amarillo, Rio Grande, Tyler, Longview, and Wichita Falls.
The city of San Antonio is located in Bexar County and is the second largest city in Texas. Major industries in the city are oil and gas, healthcare, business and professional services, and tourism. San Antonio also has a significant military establishment. South Texas Medical Center employs a significant number of health professionals. Prominent employers for MBA graduates in the city include USAA, NuStar Energy, iHeartMedia, Valero Energy, H-E-B, Carenet Health, Frost Bank, Kinetic Concepts, SWBC, NewTek, RackSpace, Broadway Bank, The North American Development Bank, Zachry Holdings, SAS, Globalscape, and Whataburger. In addition to these, companies such as Microsoft, Amazon, Boeing, Citibank, Toyota, and Capital Group recruit MBA graduates in San Antonio.
Dallas is located in North Texas and is the major city in Dallas-Fort Worth metrocomplex. Major industries in Dallas include telecommunications, financial services, transporation, defense, and information technology. Prominent Dallas based employers for MBA graduates include AT&T, Texas Instruments, Tenet Healthcare, Energy Transfer Equity, CBRE, Comerica, NTT Data Services, Atmos Energy, Dean Foods, Jacobs Engineering, Southwest Airlines, HollyFrontier, 7-11, and Builders FirstSource. In addition to these, companies such as AECOM, Neiman Marcus, AMS Pictures, id Software, Brinker International, Mary Kay Cosmetics, and Fossil, Inc. recruit MBA graduates in Dallas.
Fort-Worth is the second largest city in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area and is located in Tarrant County. Prominent industries in Fort-Worth include oil and gas, manufacturing, aviation, and aerospace. Major Fort-Worth based employers for MBA graduates include BNSF Railway, Chip 1 Exchange, American Airlines, Bell Textron, Pier 1 Imports, GM Financial, Budget Host, Cash America International (FirstCash), RadioShack, and John Peter Smith Hospital. In addition to these, companies such as AT&T, Wells Fargo, GE Transportation, Bank of America, and Lockheed Martin recruit MBA graduates in Fort-Worth.
Austin is primarily located in Travis County and is the capital city of Texas. Prominent industries in Austin include technology, biotechnology, defense, and business and professional services. Major Austin based employers for MBA graduates include 3M, Dell, AMD, the City of Austin, IBM, Applied Materials, Arm Holdings, Bigcommerce, BioWare, Whole Foods Market, Resideo, Hanger, Inc., NI, Kendra Scott, American Campus Communities, St. David's Healthcare Partnership, Seton Family of Hospitals, and NXP Semiconductors.
GMAT Prep Expert has prepared the video to help students ascertain the suitability of Texas to pursue an MBA. The video provides details of the courses offered by the schools located in Texas and a list of prominent alumni of each school.
(1) Mays Business School, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
(2) McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
(3) Bauer College of Business, University of Houston, Houston, Texas
(4) Jones Graduate School of Business, Rice University, Houston, Texas
(5) Jesse H. Jones School of Business, Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas
(6) Naveen Jindal School of Management, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas
(7) Cox School of Business, Southern Methodist University (SMU), Dallas, Texas
(8) College of Business, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas
(9) College of Business, University of North Texas (UNT), Denton, Texas
(10) Marilyn Davies College of Business, University of Houston - Downtown (UHD), Houston, Texas