by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege 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 San Antonio was awarded 412 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is construction trades.
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College Factual ranked UTSA as #478 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when UTSA held the #524 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 115 colleges in Texas, UTSA is ranked at #25.
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With an acceptance rate of 90%, The University of Texas at San Antonio is easier to get into than many other schools. But that doesn't mean you can slack off on your application. Make sure to treat this school like any other when submitting requested materials and documents.
About 51% of students accepted to UTSA submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 510 and 620. Math scores were between 510 and 600.
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At The University of Texas at San Antonio, the student to faculty ratio is 26 to 1. Compared to the national average of 15 to 1, this is somewhat high. This could mean that class sizes may be larger than they are at other colleges or universities or that professors may be required to teach more classes.
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 San Antonio is 76%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 78% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like The University of Texas at San Antonio enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at UTSA is 22%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 29,959 undergraduates at UTSA with 23,018 being full-time and 6,941 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $6,830 | $7,576 | $10,316 | $15,845 | $17,722 |
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 UTSA, 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 UTSA, approximately 45% of students took out student loans averaging $5,813 a year. That adds up to $23,252 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at UTSA is 5.0%. 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 UTSA are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | One Utsa Circle, San Antonio, TX 78249-1644 |
| Phone: | 210-458-4011 |
| Website: | www.utsa.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/utsa |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/utsa |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Psychology | 580 | $27,826 |
| Health & Physical Education | 465 | $25,860 |
| Information Technology | 355 | $50,484 |
| Business Administration & Management | 334 | $39,398 |
| General Biology | 333 | $27,802 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 324 | $30,974 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 311 | $33,408 |
| Public Health | 269 | $30,412 |
| Marketing | 225 | $35,584 |
| Accounting | 198 | $43,420 |
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, 30,097 students took at least one online class at The University of Texas at San Antonio. This is a decrease from the 34,194 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 30,097 | 9,273 |
| 2019-2020 | 34,194 | 28,537 |
| 2018-2019 | 12,061 | 926 |
| 2017-2018 | 9,637 | 705 |
| 2016-2017 | 7,751 | 476 |
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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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