University of Texas at Dallas: Statistics

Updated:

EduRank

University of Texas at Dallas logo
EduRank.org best universities badge
Position Category
#492 of 14,131 In the World
#176 of 2,597 In North America
#152 of 2,496 In the United States
#13 of 119 In Texas
#86 of 2,945 For Computational Linguistics
Top50% For 178 other topics
Subject rankings

Quick Review

Acceptance rate
65%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
29
Aid receiving
72%
Undergraduates
21,330
Graduates
9,555
Male:Female Ratio
56:44
Control
Public
Highest Degree
Doctor's degree

University of Texas at Dallas Acceptance rate and admissions statistics

University of Texas at Dallas has an acceptance rate of 65% and is among the top 27% of the most difficult universities to gain admission to in the United States. The university reports the admission statistics without distinguishing between local and international students.

Total Men Women
Acceptance Rate 65% 63% 68%
Applicants 29,366 15,009 14,357
Admissions 19,224 9,501 9,723
Freshmen enrolled full time 4,001 2,212 1,789
Freshmen enrolled part time 159 94 65

9,724 students enrolled in some distance education courses.

955 enrolled exclusively in distance education.

SAT scores

Among admitted applicants
3,291 or 79%
submitted SAT

25% of them
had 1170
or below

75% of them
had 1410
or below

Typical SAT scores of first-years in the University of Texas at Dallas are 1170-1410 (middle 50% range).

ACT scores

Among admitted applicants
629 or 15%
submitted ACT

25% of them
had 25
or below

75% of them
had 32
or below

Typical ACT scores of first-years in the University of Texas at Dallas are 25-32 (middle 50% range).

Admissions requirements

Secondary school GPA Required
Secondary school record Required
TOEFL Required
College-preparatory program Considered but not required
Formal demonstration of competencies Considered but not required
Recommendations Considered but not required
SAT/ACT Considered but not required
Secondary school rank Considered but not required
Other Tests Neither required nor recommended

Enrollment demographics by race or ethnicity

Asian 10076 (33%)
Nonresident Alien 6828 (22%)
White 6312 (20%)
Hispanic 4206 (14%)
Black or African American 1490 (5%)
Two or more races 975 (3%)
Race or Ethnicity unknown 941 (3%)
American Indian or Alaska Native 29 (0.1%)
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 12 (0%)

Costs per year: Tuition, Housing, Fees

The final cost of attendance varies for each student based on household income, residency, program, and other factors.

Average aid awarded
$14,643
Students receiving aid
72%

Tuition and fees

UndergraduatesGraduates
Tuition in-district $14,564$15,088
Tuition in-state $14,564$15,088
Tuition out-of-state $40,064$29,468

Room and board costs

Dormitory capacity 5,543
Combined charge for room and board $13,832
Room charge $8,608
Meal charge $5,224

University of Texas at Dallas majors

University of Texas at Dallas has granted 5,166 bachelor's degrees across 48 programs, 3,724 master's across 53 programs, and 260 doctorate degrees across 28 programs. Below is a table with majors that lead to degrees at University of Texas at Dallas.

Major Bachelor Master Doctoral
Computer and Information Sciences, General 829 625 16
Business Analytics 1 595
Information Science & Studies 551
Business Administration and Management, General 189 332
Biology & Biological Sciences, General 369
Accounting 177 180
Neuroscience 237 87 14
Management Science 61 252 20
Digital Arts 310 13 7
Psychology, General 304
Mechanical Engineering 226 55 17
Information Technology 294
Finance, General 265
Electrical and Electronics Engineering 128 76 45
Health Services & Allied Health & Health Sciences, General 195
Financial Mathematics 163
Marketing & Marketing Management, General 163
Computer Engineering, General 97 55 4
Computer Software Engineering 116 33 2
Health & Health Care Administration & Management 104 43
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other 127
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering 89 24 10
Communication Sciences and Disorders, General 108 2
Audiology & Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology & Pathologist 92
Mathematics, General 62 16 9
Criminology 71 10 4
Multi- & Interdisciplinary Studies, Other 75 8
Political Science and Government, General 61 17 3
Biochemistry 79
Developmental and Child Psychology 46 17
Comparative Literature 37 17 7
Physics, General 30 13 13
Economics, General 54
Data Science, General 53
International Business & Trade & Commerce 41 9 3
Systems Engineering 53
Chemistry, General 30 7 11
Visual and Performing Arts, General 42 5
Human Resources Management & Personnel Administration, General 42
History, General 32 4
Organizational Leadership 34
Public Administration 9 21 3
Cognitive Science, General 28
International Policy Analysis 18 10
Actuarial Science 23 4
Cell & Cellular and Molecular Biology 18 9
Geology & Earth Science, General 15 6 5
Molecular Biology 23
Humanities & Humanistic Studies 10 11
Computer and Information Systems Security & Auditing & Information Assurance 20
Materials Engineering 8 12
Statistics, General 14 6
Public Policy Analysis, General 8 7 4
Geographic Information Science and Cartography 11 4 3
Experimental Psychology 12 5
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics 11 3
Sociology, General 13
Audiology & Audiologist 12
Biotechnology 11
Philosophy 11
Bioinformatics 8
Entrepreneurship & Entrepreneurial Studies 8
Research Methodology and Quantitative Methods 8
Art History, Criticism and Conservation 4
Education, General 4
Mathematics Teacher Education 4
Applied & Public Sociology 2
Biological and Physical Sciences 2
Latin American Studies 2
American & United States Studies & Civilization 1
Mathematics and Statistics 1
Telecommunications Engineering 1
Grand Total 5,166 3,724 260

University of Texas at Dallas has a graduation rate of 71%, which is among the 20% highest for universities in the US.

Total Men Women
Graduation rate 71% 65% 78%
  • Full-time retention rate - 88%
  • Part-time retention rate - 76%

Publications & Citations

University of Texas at Dallas is a world-class research university with 41,029 scientific papers published and 1,286,782 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, Biology, Quantum and Particle physics, Chemistry, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Environmental Science, Mathematics, and Materials Science.

Publications
41,029
Citations
1,286,782

Publication / Citation count by topic

Engineering
25,149 / 781,071
Computer Science
23,092 / 689,802
Physics
22,564 / 742,314
Biology
18,358 / 713,879
Quantum and Particle physics
17,131 / 577,005
Chemistry
17,056 / 615,320
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
15,873 / 492,691
Environmental Science
14,468 / 495,612
Mathematics
11,596 / 338,949
Materials Science
10,990 / 403,225
Medicine
10,554 / 362,154
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
10,512 / 268,880
Electrical Engineering
9,146 / 269,135
Psychology
8,696 / 308,483
Business
8,654 / 264,554
Philosophy
8,618 / 249,209
Statistics
8,437 / 260,666
Geology
8,371 / 306,287
Organic Chemistry
8,324 / 325,222
Geography and Cartography
7,377 / 237,459
Political Science
7,147 / 233,790
Law
6,871 / 230,247
Optical Engineering
6,775 / 227,992
Biochemistry
6,545 / 249,335
Telecommunications
6,514 / 178,420
Genetics
5,881 / 193,331
Computer Networking
5,329 / 133,963
Economics
5,183 / 179,291
Management
4,912 / 154,421
Linguistics
4,887 / 136,695
Machine Learning
4,793 / 143,791
Paleontology
4,626 / 207,042
Sociology
4,605 / 150,292
Nanotechnology
4,450 / 202,238
Neuroscience
4,257 / 168,066
Ecology
4,213 / 130,197
Metallurgical Engineering
4,082 / 200,339
History
4,035 / 149,450
Mechanical Engineering
3,952 / 110,833
Computer Vision
3,908 / 104,602

Annual publication & citation counts

Year Publications Citations
1992 231 2602
1993 195 2718
1994 218 2925
1995 221 3154
1996 219 3350
1997 245 3725
1998 261 3712
1999 235 3891
2000 280 4513
2001 314 5047
2002 618 7548
2003 582 8265
2004 656 9913
2005 763 12838
2006 827 14905
2007 927 17087
2008 1031 20045
2009 1210 22764
2010 1296 26152
2011 1417 31784
2012 1531 38868
2013 1616 46469
2014 1738 51174
2015 1827 58617
2016 2071 65553
2017 2159 70796
2018 2297 78410
2019 2182 89623
2020 2374 101110
2021 2353 114980
2022 2121 106764
2023 2315 112584
2024 1996 106571
Academic rankings

University of Texas at Dallas alumni

  1. Aziz Sancar

    Aziz Sancar
    Born in
    Turkey Flag Turkey
    Years
    1946-.. (age 79)
    Enrolled in the University of Texas at Dallas
    In 1977 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
    Occupations
    molecular biologistbiochemistscientistuniversity teachergeneticist
    Biography

    Aziz Sancar is a Turkish molecular biologist specializing in DNA repair, cell cycle checkpoints, and circadian clock. In 2015, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Tomas Lindahl and Paul L. Modrich for their mechanistic studies of DNA repair. He has made contributions on photolyase and nucleotide excision repair in bacteria that have changed his field.

  2. Katrina Pierson

    Katrina Pierson
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1976-.. (age 49)
    Enrolled in the University of Texas at Dallas
    In 2006 graduated with Bachelor of Science in biology
    Occupations
    political campaign staffpolitical adviserconsultant
    Biography

    Katrina Lanette Pierson is an American activist and communications consultant. She was the national spokesperson for Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign. She defeated Justin Holland by 56.4% to 43.6% on May 28, 2024, in the Republican primary runoff for the Texas House of Representatives for the 33rd District.

  3. Naveen Jindal

    Naveen Jindal
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1970-.. (age 55)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Naveen Jindal is an Indian industrialist, philanthropist, politician, sportsperson and the Member of Parliament of Kurukshetra constituency in Haryana. He is the youngest son of Late Om Prakash Jindal, also an industrialist-politician who is associated with the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India, from the Kurukshetra constituency in the 2024 Indian general election for a 3rd term. Previously, he represented the constituency in the 14th and 15th Lok Sabha as well between 2004–2014. As an industrialist, he currently serves as the Chairman of Jindal Steel and Power Limited and Chancellor of the O. P. Jindal Global University.

  4. Austin Tindle

    Austin Tindle
    Occupations
    actortelevision actorvoice actor
    Biography

    Austin Tindle is an American voice actor. He is best known for voicing the lead role of Ken Kaneki in the Tokyo Ghoul series, Kiyoshi Fujino in Prison School, Ayumu Aikawa in Is This a Zombie?, Yu Ishigami in Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, Setsuna Sanzenkai in Island, Accelerator in the A Certain Magical Index series, as well as its spinoffs A Certain Scientific Accelerator and A Certain Scientific Railgun S, Karma Akabane in Assassination Classroom, Shu Ouma in Guilty Crown, Tsukasa Yugi in Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun, Vali Lucifer in High School DxD, Marco Bodt in Attack on Titan, Neito Monoma in My Hero Academia, Kenji Kazama in D-Frag!, Crowley Eusford in Seraph of the End, Leopold Vermillion in Black Clover and Yoshio Kobayashi in Trickster.

All 28 notable alumni

General info

Alternative names UT Dallas
Founded 1969
Motto Disciplina Praesidium Civitatis
Education, the Guardian of Society
Colors green, orange
Academic calendar August to May (August - December; January-May). Also Summer Session (May-August)
Total FTE staff 3,830
Carnegie classification Doctoral Universities: Highest Research Activity

Location and contacts

Address 800 West Campbell Road
Richardson, Texas, 75080-3021
United States
City population 119,000
Phone 9728832111

University of Texas at Dallas in social media