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Enrollment
31,570 students enrolled in fall 2022.
68% undergraduate; 32% graduate
4,220 freshmen, including 227 National Merit Scholars
Students from more than 100 countries
Most students come from Texas, California, Illinois, Oklahoma, Florida and Louisiana.
75% are full-time students, 25% are part-time
Oldest student is 88, youngest is 16, average age is 24 (average age is for the entire student body, not just undergrads)
33% of the undergraduate population is made up of transfer students
Academics
146 academic programs
- 56 bachelor’s degree programs
- 59 master’s degree programs
- 30 PhD programs
- 1 professional doctorate program (audiology)
Seven schools
Student-to-faculty ratio: 24 to 1
Four-year graduation rate: 58% (#3 in Texas among public universities)
Six-year graduation rate: 73%
88% of freshmen returned
Cost
66% of UTD graduating seniors have no student debt compared to 48% in Texas and 32% in the nation (2021 TICAS report).
Over 65% of our undergraduate students receive some form of need- or merit-based financial aid.
Ranked the #3 Best Public University in Texas by U.S. News & World Report.
Student Life
Over 400 campus organizations, 26 fraternity and sorority chapters
46,633 hours of community service (2021)
UT Dallas earned a STARS Gold ranking for sustainability, achieved Bicycle Friendly University bronze recognition, and has Bee Campus USA and Tree Campus USA certifications
Sports
Mascot: Temoc (Comet spelled backward)
NCAA Division III American Southwest Conference with varsity teams in men’s and women’s basketball, soccer, golf, tennis, cross country, track and field, men’s baseball, women’s softball and volleyball and coed esports.
22 conference titles in the past five years
Location
Dallas ranks in the top 10 best-performing cities by the Milken Institute (2021)
Dallas-Fort Worth is home to:
- 2 large international airports
- 6 major professional sports teams
- 23 Fortune 500 companies, all of which have hired UT Dallas graduates
- The most job growth in the country, with nearly 3,900 students earning internships each year (Source: ORC)
What We’re Known For
Top-ranked programs in STEM, management, liberal arts and social sciences majors.
Nurturing innovation and entrepreneurship. 68 companies have been incorporated through the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (2016-2020).
Championship chess. Since 1996, the UT Dallas Chess team has been a force on the collegiate chess circuit. For 18 out of 20 years, the UTD chess team has participated in the Final Four Collegiate Chess Tournament.
Engaged alumni. We have over 132,000 alumni who have a campus home at the 15,000-square-foot Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center.
Famous Alumnus: Nobel laureate Aziz Sancar PhD’77 came to the U.S. after serving as a physician in Turkey. As a graduate student at the University, he aimed to learn more about DNA repair and studied under the late Dr. Claud Stanley Rupert, who was a pioneer in the field. In 2015, Sancar received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the first Nobel-winning alum from UT Dallas. The researcher was also the recipient of the University’s inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018.