I went to UT. I liked it but if you wanna be close to houston I'd be looking at Texas a&m, pv, university of Houston and rice.
Most of the people from my high school went to pv or tsu, all the people who majored in engineering at pv are doing pretty well right now.
University of Houston would be a good look....they were almost open admission when I graduated from high school but now they're holding weight. 10 years from now a uh degree will look real good .
What are you majoring in?