GRE Test Centers in Texas

GRE Testing Locations

Decided to take GRE exam? Now it is time to determine where to take the test.  This site provides a full list of GRE testing centers in Texas, among which, you can choose one that is nearest to you. Good news is that the following GRE test locations in Texas offer both GRE general test and the GRE subject tests.

1. Abilene – Ivanhoe Lane – APCN-0335
   3301 Ivanhoe Ln, ABILENE
   Texas United States 79605
   Computer Based Test

GRE Test Dates

There are two types of test format offered by the test maker – ETS: Computer-delivered and Paper-delivered GRE general tests.  For computer based test format, the GRE General Test is offered year-round on a continuous basis, and available for registration on a first-come, first-served basis. For paper based general test,  testing is available three times per year. The following test dates apply:

GRE Subject Tests in Texas

The GRE Subject Tests are available on paper based only. In all GRE test centers throughout the world (both inside and outside United States), the exam is available three times a year. The three test dates are:

• April
• September
• October

On the test maker website, you can search for a testing location by zip code. If you are living in the state of Texas and not sure about which postal code you belong to, you can find your zip code on COUNTRYAAH.

Texas Facts

• The official name of the state is State of Texas.
• State region – Southwest Central States, South of the USA
• State area – 695,619 km ² (including land – 678,051 km ² and water surface – 17,568 km ²), 2nd place among US states
• State length:
  • from north to south – 1,062 km
  • from west to east – 1,271 km
• The height of the relief of the state above sea level:
  • maximum – 2,667 m
  • minimum – 0 m
• State Time Zone – US Central Time Zone (most of the state) and US Mountain Time Zone (two western counties)
• Date of foundation of the state – December 29, 1845 (28 states in the United States)
• The state capital is Austin.
• The largest city in the state is Houston.
• The population of the state is about 29,185,000 people (2nd place among US states)
• The population density in the state is about 43 people / km ² (26th place among US states)
• The average household income in the state is about $ 64,035 (23rd place among US states)
• The state motto is Friendship.
• State Nicknames – The Lone Star State
• The state abbreviation is TX

The state of Texas is located in the South of the United States and belongs to the southwestern central states. Texas borders the states of New Mexico to the west, Oklahoma to the north, Arkansas to the northeast, Louisiana to the east, and Mexico to the south. Texas is the second (after Alaska) US state in terms of area and the largest of the US continental states.

Texas is located within three United States physiographic regions. The southeastern counties of the state are part of the US Atlantic Lowlands; it is a vast and almost flat plain with numerous rivers, lakes, swamps and salt marshes. Central and northern Texas belong to the Interior Plains, it is a hilly forest-steppe and plateaus overgrown with steppe grasses, turning into a semi-desert in the northwest. Southwest Texas is located in the “ridges and basins” region of the Intermountain Plateaus, here arid steppes are replaced by forested mountain slopes and sand dunes.

The huge size of Texas determines the diversity of climate in its territory. The eastern and central districts of the state are characterized by a humid subtropical climate with hot summers and warm winters. To the west, the climate becomes semi-arid (hot in the south and cold in the north), and in the southwest it becomes desert. The Gulf Coast location makes Texas prone to natural disasters: tropical storm and hurricane strikes, and flooding. In addition, the Lone Star State is part of Tornado Alley and has more of these devastating tornadoes than any other region in the United States.

Obviously, the first European to see the land of Texas was in 1519 the Spaniard Alonso Alvarez de Pineda, who sailed along the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico and compiled his first map. The Spaniards continued to explore Texas in the following decades, including in 1541 the expedition of the Spaniard Francisco de Coronado (which reached Kansas) crossed northern Texas, and a year later, members of the expedition Hernando de Soto came from the east (already after the death of their leader). It was the Spaniards who gave Texas its name, borrowing from the language of the Caddo Indians a word that means “friend.”

Texas is the second most populous state after California . About 2,320,000 people live in the state’s largest city, Houston. Austin, the capital of the Lone Star State, has about 1,000,000 residents. The largest urban agglomeration in Texas has grown around the city of Dallas, about 7,700,000 people live here.