by our College Data Analytics Team
In its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
The University of Texas at Austin was awarded 423 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts / sciences & humanities.
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UT Austin is ranked #36 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 5% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when UT Austin held the #52 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 115 colleges in Texas, UT Austin is ranked at #2.
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With an acceptance rate of 29%, UT Austin is one of the most selective schools in the country. Good grades and high test scores alone may not be enough to get you into the school, so do your best to submit a stellar application.
About 56% of students accepted to UT Austin submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 620 and 730. Math scores were between 610 and 770.
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The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At The University of Texas at Austin, this ratio is 17 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at The University of Texas at Austin is 84%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The University of Texas at Austin has a freshmen retention rate of 96%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at UT Austin for first-time, full-time students is 66%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 40,048 undergraduates at UT Austin with 37,404 being full-time and 2,644 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $13,753 | $14,977 | $16,134 | $20,425 | $25,888 |
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 Austin, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At UT Austin, approximately 28% of students took out student loans averaging $5,764 a year. That adds up to $23,056 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at UT Austin is 2.3%. 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 Austin are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 110 Inner Campus Drive, Austin, TX 78705 |
| Phone: | 512-471-3434 |
| Website: | https://www.utexas.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/UTAustinTX |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/utaustin |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Biology | 679 | $29,918 |
| Public Relations & Advertising | 561 | $44,918 |
| Computer Information Systems | 438 | $89,133 |
| General Psychology | 415 | $31,788 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 391 | $69,505 |
| Economics | 354 | $50,245 |
| Public Health | 351 | $30,973 |
| Electrical Engineering | 332 | $81,984 |
| Political Science & Government | 315 | $37,562 |
| Radio, Television & Digital Communication | 307 | $29,928 |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2020-2021, 23,707 students took at least one online class at The University of Texas at Austin. This is a decrease from the 46,617 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 23,707 | 509 |
| 2019-2020 | 46,617 | 23,463 |
| 2018-2019 | 12,770 | 133 |
| 2017-2018 | 12,700 | 154 |
| 2016-2017 | 11,329 | 122 |
Learn more about online learning at The University of Texas at Austin.
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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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