The University of Texas at Dallas Overview

The University of Texas at Dallas is a public institution located in Richardson, Texas. The location of UT Dallas is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

What Is The University of Texas at Dallas Known For?

• The 5% student loan default rate at UT Dallas is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
• The highest award offered at UT Dallas is the doctor's degree.
• In 2017-2018, 80% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from UT Dallas makes roughly $53,100 a year. This is 30% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

The University of Texas at Dallas Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at UT Dallas.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Best International Business Doctor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards UT Dallas has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#4	Best Colleges for Communication Sciences	College Factual
#8	Best Colleges for Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	College Factual
#9	Best Colleges for International Business	College Factual
#21	Best Colleges for Computer Information Systems	College Factual
#74	Best Colleges for Psychology	College Factual
#95	Best Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing	College Factual

Where Is The University of Texas at Dallas?

Contact details for UT Dallas are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	800 West Campbell Road, Richardson, TX 75080-3021
Phone:	972-883-2111
Website:	www.utdallas.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/utdallas
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/ut_dallas

How Do I Get Into UT Dallas?

You can apply to UT Dallas online at: www.utdallas.edu/enroll/freshman/application-process/

Admission Requirements for UT Dallas

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	recommended
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into UT Dallas?

UT Dallas has an acceptance rate of 76%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 55% of accepted students are men and 45% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 77%, and the acceptance rate for women is 75%.

Average Test Scores

About 73% of students accepted to UT Dallas submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 600 and 700. Math scores were between 620 and 730.

UT Dallas received ACT scores from 45% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 25 and 34. Math scores were between 26 and 32. Composite scores were between 26 and 32.

Can I Afford The University of Texas at Dallas?

The overall average net price of UT Dallas is $40,022. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

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 UT Dallas, approximately 30% of students took out student loans averaging $6,417 a year. That adds up to $25,668 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at UT Dallas is 4.7%. 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.

The University of Texas at Dallas Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 19,872 undergraduate students at UT Dallas, with 16,691 being full-time and 3,181 being part-time.

There are also 8,883 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 16,691 full-time undergraduates at UT Dallas, 57% are male and 43% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of The University of Texas at Dallas students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	5,761
Black or African American	829
Hispanic or Latino	2,919
White	5,264
International Students	788
Other Races/Ethnicities	1,130

Geographic Diversity

Texas students aren't the only ones who study at The University of Texas at Dallas. At this time, 44 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 103 countries are represented at UT Dallas. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, China, and Taiwan.

Online Learning at The University of Texas at Dallas

In 2017-2018, 5,197 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at UT Dallas has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 65th most popular in Texas for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2017-2018.

Online Growth Rankings of UT Dallas

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at The University of Texas at Dallas was -2.8%. This is the #2,369 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at UT Dallas regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

The University of Texas at Dallas Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Computer Information Systems	601	8	400	16	1,025
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	106	83	784	21	994
Accounting	279	0	326	0	605
Information Science	0	43	418	0	461
Electrical Engineering	116	0	190	39	345
Business Administration & Management	0	0	338	0	338
General Biology	284	24	0	0	308
Mechanical Engineering	205	0	38	12	255
Finance & Financial Management	223	0	31	0	254
Communication Sciences	119	0	116	19	254
Computer Engineering	190	0	36	3	229
General Psychology	225	0	0	0	225
Design & Applied Arts	208	0	11	1	220
General Business/Commerce	195	0	0	0	195
Health & Medical Administrative Services	80	26	78	0	184
Marketing	118	0	60	0	178
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	158	0	0	8	166
Health Sciences & Services	142	0	0	0	142
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	132	0	6	0	138
Applied Mathematics	0	0	131	0	131
Biomedical Engineering	91	0	27	8	126
Mathematics	56	15	16	5	92
Cognitive Science	15	0	68	0	83
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	80	0	0	0	80
Economics	60	0	16	4	80
Child Development & Psychology	47	0	25	6	78
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	71	0	3	0	74
Public Administration	23	11	31	4	69
Criminology	57	0	5	3	65
Political Science & Government	56	0	6	2	64
Geography & Cartography	11	18	21	6	56
Physics	28	0	15	10	53
Systems Engineering	0	5	47	0	52
Public Policy	23	4	15	7	49
General Visual & Performing Arts	47	0	2	0	49
International Business	27	0	15	5	47
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	46	0	0	0	46
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	6	23	14	43
Chemistry	20	0	3	20	43
Geological & Earth Sciences	14	0	23	5	42
History	30	0	4	0	34
Statistics	0	0	24	5	29
Sociology	24	0	3	0	27
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences	0	0	15	7	22
Materials Engineering	0	0	8	8	16
Human Resource Management	15	0	0	0	15
Entrepreneurial Studies	0	0	13	0	13
Biotechnology	0	0	12	0	12
Criminal Justice & Corrections	0	0	8	0	8
Biological & Physical Science	0	0	7	0	7
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	0	0	6	0	6
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	0	4	0	4
Philosophy	3	0	0	0	3
General Social Sciences	0	0	2	0	2
Area Studies	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	4,225	243	3,430	238	8,136

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Stan9999 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.