by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
The University of Texas at Arlington was awarded 430 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is registered nursing.
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UT Arlington is ranked #290 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when UT Arlington held the #307 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
UT Arlington also holds the #15 spot on the Best Colleges in Texas ranking.
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With an acceptance rate of 93%, UT Arlington has a fairly liberal admissions policy. However, don't just assume you'll get in! Put together a good application and make sure you include all requested documents and materials.
About 64% of students accepted to UT Arlington submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 500 and 610. Math scores were between 500 and 610.
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The student to faculty ratio at The University of Texas at Arlington is 24 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1. This may indicate that some of your classes will be larger in size than they would be at other schools. However, upper level classes will probably be smaller.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at The University of Texas at Arlington is 63%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at The University of Texas at Arlington is 71%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full time students who obtain their bachelor's degree in four years or less. This rate is 26% for first-time, full-time students at UT Arlington, which is lower than the national rate of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 35,064 undergraduates at UT Arlington with 19,770 being full-time and 15,294 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $12,985 | $13,818 | $15,458 | $20,111 | $21,031 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of UT Arlington, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At UT Arlington, approximately 32% of students took out student loans averaging $5,721 a year. That adds up to $22,884 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at UT Arlington is 4.6%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for UT Arlington are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 701 S. Nedderman Dr., Arlington, TX 76013 |
| Phone: | 817-272-2011 |
| Website: | https://www.uta.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-University-of-Texas-at-Arlington/123889354300036 |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/utarlington |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 3,456 | $72,026 |
| Business Administration & Management | 412 | $42,533 |
| General Biology | 324 | $25,484 |
| Marketing | 296 | $41,181 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 295 | $38,373 |
| Social Work | 286 | $30,316 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 284 | $47,904 |
| Information Science | 260 | $55,756 |
| Health & Physical Education | 239 | $30,051 |
| General Psychology | 223 | $27,209 |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 28,716 students took at least one online class at The University of Texas at Arlington. This is an increase from the 26,614 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 28,716 | 17,309 |
| 2019-2020 | 26,614 | 18,401 |
| 2018-2019 | 26,081 | 18,824 |
| 2017-2018 | 24,864 | 18,425 |
| 2016-2017 | 23,362 | 16,532 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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