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University of Texas at Dallas

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Dallas, TX
Population 5,500,000
Website http://www.utdallas.edu/
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Demographics

Total Undergraduates 21,317
Men / Women 56% / 44%
Asian 36%
White 23%
Hispanic 20%
Black 6%
International 6%
Mixed 3%
Native American 0%
From State 93%
From Region 1%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees
Computer Science 27%
Business & Economics 23%
Humanities & Social Sciences 15%
Life & Natural Sciences 11%
Engineering 9%
Arts 7%
Health Sciences 5%
Physical Sciences & Math 2%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $14,644
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $40,144
Est. In-State Cost $18,943
Est. Out-of-State Cost $51,930
10-Year ROI $231,000
ROI Percentile 90th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 90%
4-Year Graduation Rate 59%
6-Year Graduation Rate 76%
Transfer-Out Rate 15%

Weather

Comfortable Days 95 (20%)
Sunshine Hours 2,750 (74%)
Days Without Precipitation 283 (90% 🏖️)

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 72%
Yield (Unbound) 19%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Research

Research Level R1
Expenditure
Engineering, Computing & Math $83M #78
Life & Natural Sciences $76M #126
Humanities & Social Sciences $7M #151
Graduate Degrees
Engineering, Computing & Math 113 #48
Life & Natural Sciences 80 #220
Humanities & Social Sciences 44 #268

Honors College

Name Hobson Wildenthal Honors College
Students 1,200 (6%)

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 93%
SAT Range 1200 – 1360
SAT Math Range 580 – 720
SAT RW Range 580 – 690
ACT Range 24 – 32

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science 1,774 77% / 23% 5% $102,531 96%
Biomedical Engineering 80 — 54% / 46% 5% $82,860 88 91%
Computer Engineering 83 — 87% / 13% 5% $109,387 98 97%
Electrical Engineering 117 +1 84% / 16% 3% $102,788 97 98%
Mechanical Engineering 162 — 81% / 19% 3% $86,469 90 93%
Computer Science 911 +1 80% / 20% 5% $104,815 98 96%
Computer Software Engineering 117 +1 78% / 22% 3% $109,387 98 97%
Information Technology 304 +2 62% / 38% 5% $104,815 98 96%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Naveen Jindal School of Management 1,067 49% / 51% 3% $87,810 94%
Accounting 195 — 45% / 55% 3% $75,130 81 94%
Business Administration 204 — 55% / 45% 2% $132,107 99 94%
Business Analytics 24 — 46% / 54% 12% $80,421 86 —
Business Analytics 52 — 67% / 33% 17% $84,874 89 93%
Finance 251 +3 69% / 31% 3% $81,869 87 95%
Health Administration 100 +1 32% / 68% 1% $76,198 82 90%
Human Resources Management 39 +1 13% / 87% 0% $65,385 66 100%
International Business 41 — 12% / 88% 5% $86,091 90 93%
Marketing 161 +2 42% / 58% 1% $71,437 76 92%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology 450 48% / 52% 1% $49,425 89%
American Studies 3 — 67% / 33% 0% $55,281 41 —
Comparative Literature 40 — 38% / 62% 0% $53,688 36 79%
History 26 — 65% / 35% 0% $69,862 74 85%
Latin American Studies 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $55,504 42 —
Philosophy 11 — 64% / 36% 9% $55,357 41 —
Digital Arts 327 — 50% / 50% 1% $47,167 18 90%
Digital Media 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $64,355 64 89%
Visual and Performing Arts 39 +2 23% / 77% 0% $47,167 18 90%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences 865 26% / 74% 2% $59,554 89%
Neuroscience 193 — 39% / 61% 2% $59,090 52 90%
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences 193 — 24% / 76% 1% $68,010 71 89%
Speech-Language Pathology 74 +1 9% / 91% 1% $53,043 34 85%
Cognitive Science 30 +5 40% / 60% 3% $75,620 81 89%
Developmental and Child Psychology 30 +62 3% / 97% 3% $55,847 43 90%
Psychology 345 +10 25% / 75% 1% $55,406 41 89%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences 234 50% / 50% 2% $60,495 93%
Economics 29 — 79% / 21% 0% $71,197 76 93%
Economics 19 — 68% / 32% 5% $71,197 76 93%
Criminology 68 — 47% / 53% 0% $52,937 34 97%
Geographic Information Science and Cartography 9 — 78% / 22% 0% $59,747 54 —
International Policy Analysis 15 — 33% / 67% 7% $43,169 10 87%
Political Science 67 — 43% / 57% 3% $68,514 72 91%
Public Administration 11 — 27% / 73% 0% $57,861 49 95%
Public Policy 6 — 50% / 50% 0% $43,169 10 87%
Sociology 10 — 10% / 90% 0% $46,765 17 95%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Interdisciplinary Studies 87 37% / 63% 0% $58,597 95%
Interdisciplinary Studies 78 — 41% / 59% 0% $58,397 50 95%
Education 9 — 0% / 100% 0% $60,331 55 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics 522 49% / 51% 4% $66,888 95%
Data Science 35 — 66% / 34% 11% $81,733 87 —
Chemistry 33 — 61% / 39% 0% $62,203 60 95%
Geosciences 12 — 67% / 33% 8% $57,663 48 94%
Mathematics 43 +4 63% / 37% 12% $67,995 71 98%
Mathematics and Statistics — — — — $85,250 89 —
Physics 20 — 80% / 20% 10% $75,755 82 —
Biochemistry 56 — 55% / 45% 4% $59,295 52 95%
Biology 288 +2 39% / 61% 3% $66,026 67 95%
Molecular Biology 17 — 35% / 65% 6% $59,295 52 95%
Actuarial Science 18 — 83% / 17% 0% $84,874 89 93%

Rankings

My Tribe

Tiger Mom Heaven Most Asian-Americans
Majority-Minority

Engineering

Is It a Solid? Is It a Liquid? Yes. Materials Engineering
Composite Crew
WD-40 & Duct Tape Mechanical Engineering & Robotics
The Kinetic Energy Cartel

Computer Science

No, I Can't Fix Your Printer Computer Science (Eng)
10k-Student Server Crashers

Physical Sciences & Math

Breaking Bad Chemistry
Kinetics & Dynamics Club
No Words Allowed Pure Mathematics
Sigma Grindset

Life & Natural Sciences

Pre-Med Reject Waiting Room Biology
The Control Group

Business & Economics

The House Always Wins Actuarial Science
Spreadsheet Prophets
PowerPoint Presentation Power Rankings Business Administration
Tech Incubators
Pivot Tables & Missing Pallets Business Analytics
SQL Slingers
It's Basic Supply and Demand, Bro Economics
Math Masochists & Stata Sorcerers
Wolf of Wall Street Prep Finance
Quants

Humanities & Social Sciences

Model UN Generation Government & Politics
Grassroots