University of North Texas Overview

Located in Denton, Texas, University of North Texas is a public institution. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

What Is University of North Texas Known For?

• The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at UNT.
• For the 2017-2018 academic year, 73% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from UNT with a bachelor's degree make about $45,000 a year. That's 10% more than those who graduate from other schools.

University of North Texas Rankings

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

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

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#4	Best Value Anthropology Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#4	Best Value History Doctor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#6	Best Value Geography & Cartography Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#6	Best Value Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#9	Best Value Sociology Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#10	Best Value Economics Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#11	Best Value Political Science & Government Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#12	Best Value Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#21	Best Value Physical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#27	Best Value Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

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

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Best Long Term Care Administration/Management Master’s Degree Schools	College Factual
#1	Best Merchandising and Buying Operations Master’s Degree Schools	College Factual
#7	Best General Engineering Technology Schools	College Factual
#118	Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools	College Factual
#118	Best Liberal Arts General Studies Schools	College Factual
#341	Best Health Professions Schools	College Factual

Where Is University of North Texas?

Contact details for UNT are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1501 W.Chestnut Ave., Denton, TX 76203-1277
Phone:	940-565-2000
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/northtexas
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/untnews

How Do I Get Into UNT?

You can apply to UNT online at: apply.unt.edu/

Admission Requirements for UNT

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	considered but not required
High School Rank	considered but not required
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into UNT?

UNT has an acceptance rate of 84%, 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 43% of accepted students are men and 57% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 82%, and the acceptance rate for women is 86%.

Average Test Scores

About 70% of students accepted to UNT submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 530 and 630. Math scores were between 520 and 610.

UNT received ACT scores from 28% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 20 and 28. Math scores were between 18 and 26. Composite scores were between 20 and 27.

Can I Afford University of North Texas?

The overall average net price of UNT is $27,946. 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 UNT, approximately 48% of students took out student loans averaging $6,089 a year. That adds up to $24,356 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at UNT is 7.3%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

University of North Texas Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 32,814 undergraduate students at UNT, with 26,353 being full-time and 6,461 being part-time.

There are also 8,139 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 26,353 full-time undergraduates at UNT, 46% are male and 54% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	1,914
Black or African American	3,763
Hispanic or Latino	7,128
White	10,829
International Students	1,236
Other Races/Ethnicities	1,483

Geographic Diversity

Texas students aren't the only ones who study at University of North Texas. At this time, 43 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 121 countries are represented at UNT. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, China, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at University of North Texas

In 2019-2020, 29,658 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 8th most popular in Texas for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of UNT

The following table shows how UNT is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Anthropology	#1	#1
General Sales & Marketing	#4	#4
Statistics	#7	#1
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	#10	#7
Hospitality Management	#16	#10
Information Science	#33	#34
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	#40	#34
Human Resource Management	#52	#80
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	#55	#40
Health & Medical Administrative Services	#58	#93
Library & Information Science	#61	#43
Library Science	#61	#43
Psychology	#64	#62
Mathematics & Statistics	#70	#55

Online Growth Rankings of UNT

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at University of North Texas was 14.4%. This is the #1,222 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at UNT 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%.

University of North Texas Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	861	0	37	0	898
Liberal Arts General Studies	618	0	0	0	618
General Psychology	429	0	14	0	443
General Biology	382	0	8	5	395
Business Administration & Management	202	0	158	0	360
Music	186	3	98	57	344
Library & Information Science	0	67	258	0	325
Journalism	287	0	21	0	308
Fine & Studio Arts	276	0	23	0	299
Criminal Justice & Corrections	261	0	17	0	278
Health & Physical Education	245	0	29	0	274
Educational Administration	0	1	222	33	256
Computer Information Systems	190	0	50	13	253
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	220	0	17	0	237
Accounting	186	0	50	0	236
Marketing	233	0	0	0	233
Information Science	44	77	60	5	186
General English Literature	174	0	5	6	185
Mechanical Engineering	166	0	8	5	179
History	153	0	14	7	174
Writing Studies	126	4	20	0	150
Finance & Financial Management	149	0	0	0	149
Communication Sciences	91	0	38	13	142
Hospitality Management	120	1	10	0	131
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	43	0	80	0	123
Political Science & Government	114	0	2	7	123
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing	117	0	0	0	117
Design & Applied Arts	110	0	7	0	117
General Business/Commerce	95	0	0	16	111
Management Information Systems	101	0	0	0	101
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	77	1	19	0	97
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	37	0	32	26	95
Entrepreneurial Studies	87	0	0	0	87
Social Work	64	0	21	0	85
Electrical Engineering	55	0	20	6	81
Human Development & Family Studies	80	0	0	0	80
Sociology	67	0	4	9	80
Recreation Administration	63	0	15	0	78
Public Administration	0	0	61	15	76
Student Counseling	0	0	65	10	75
Mathematics	64	0	4	7	75
Human Resource Management	66	0	2	3	71
Romance Languages	57	0	11	0	68
Geography & Cartography	46	9	13	0	68
International Studies	62	0	5	0	67
Special Education	0	2	59	2	63
Drama & Theater Arts	62	0	0	0	62
Chemistry	42	0	1	17	60
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	53	0	3	3	59
Homeland Security	57	0	2	0	59
Economics	47	0	12	0	59
Mechanical Engineering Technology	58	0	0	0	58
Instructional Media Design	0	0	44	12	56
Anthropology	43	0	11	0	54
Biomedical Engineering	42	0	8	0	50
General Education	0	0	48	0	48
Taxation	0	0	46	0	46
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	16	21	6	43
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	42	0	0	0	42
Curriculum & Instruction	0	0	26	16	42
Computer Engineering	33	0	9	0	42
Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	0	42	0	42
Statistics	0	0	40	0	40
Materials Engineering	24	0	5	9	38
Physics	15	0	15	5	35
Insurance	34	0	0	0	34
Philosophy	21	0	3	5	29
Construction Engineering Technology	28	0	0	0	28
Behavioral Science	0	28	0	0	28
Real Estate	27	0	0	0	27
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	22	0	5	0	27
General Social Sciences	27	0	0	0	27
Business/Managerial Economics	26	0	0	0	26
Air Transportation	24	0	0	0	24
Dance	18	0	0	0	18
East Asian Languages	16	0	0	0	16
General Sales & Marketing	0	0	13	0	13
Public Relations & Advertising	9	4	0	0	13
General Engineering Technology	0	0	12	0	12
Electronics Engineering Technology	11	0	0	0	11
Germanic Languages	10	0	0	0	10
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	9	0	0	0	9
Public Health	9	0	0	0	9
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	1	6	0	7
Natural Resources Conservation	0	0	3	3	6
Human Services	6	0	0	0	6
Religious Studies	5	0	0	0	5
Applied Mathematics	0	0	4	0	4
Teaching English or French	0	2	1	0	3
Gerontology	0	0	0	2	2
Child Development & Psychology	0	0	0	2	2
Urban & Regional Planning	1	0	0	0	1
Ethnic Studies	0	0	1	0	1
Interior Architecture	0	0	0	0	0
Communication & Media Studies	0	0	0	0	0
Information Technology	0	0	0	0	0
Engineering-Related Fields	0	0	0	0	0
Industrial Production Technology	0	0	0	0	0
Data Science	0	0	0	0	0
Community Organization & Advocacy	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	7,825	216	1,958	325	10,324

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 Michael Barera under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.