Which college name sounds best?

[dcan]

Central Texas University.

Why?

University of Central Texas: Cumbersome to say, possible confusion with UT. Can be seen as attempting to ride on UT's name recognition.

Texas Institute of Technology: Unless it is positioned as another MIT or GaTech, an "... of Technology" school in central Texas risks sounding like a combination agricultural school and vocational school.

Lonestar State University: Not bad, but has the issue someone else mentioned about Lonestar in the name.

Texas Military University: People can misunderstand and assume it is a military academy, or only military can attend (and therefore won't apply), and has name association with for-profit AMU which doesn't have a very good rep.

With Central Texas University you have a short name with a nice acronym CTU that rolls off the tongue, have "University" in the name without being cumbersome, and don't inadvertently mislead potential applicants into thinking the school is vocational or military-oriented.

Also you get to be associated with the greatest member of CTU: Jack Bauer.

[Nixi]

None of them are as bad as University of Maryland University College

[sanantone]

So, University of North Texas was brought up somewhere, and I remembered this thread and how some believed that University of Central Texas could be confused with University of Texas. It dawned on me that I've never come across anyone who has confused UNT with UT.

[Berzerker]

I like University of the People of Texas