Student Profile — 2000

The Student Profile, produced annually by the UT-Austin Office of Admissions, provides a variety of statistical information about the University and its student body.

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Campus Facts

As the academic flagship of the UT System's 15 component institutions, UT-Austin has come far from its beginning in 1883, when it had only one building, eight teachers, two departments, 221 students and a 40-acre campus. Today it has a main campus of more than 357 acres, which makes it the largest single-campus institution in the nation. It is home to approximately 49,000 students, a full-time teaching staff of about 2,500, and about 11,000 staff members. UT-Austin has 15 colleges and schools, and it offers degrees in more than 270 programs. Each semester more than 6,000 courses are offered to students.

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Campus Enrollment

A total of 49,996 students enrolled at UT-Austin for the fall semester 2000, an increase of less than 2.0% from the fall semester 1999.

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First-Time Freshmen

The Admission Process

Of those students who applied to UT-Austin for the summer/fall semesters 2000, 62% were admitted. Of those students admitted, 58% enrolled for the fall semester.

High School Rank

SAT Scores

The middle 50% of entering freshmen score between 1120 and 1310 on the SAT Total.

The table below deals with the two sections of the SAT - verbal and quantitative - and breaks down the scores, numbers, and percentages of students for each.

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Age

The average age of undergraduates is 20.8 years.

Nontraditional age students, those 25 years old and over, comprise 7.6% of all undergraduates.

In the Graduate and Professional Schools, the average age is 29.9 years; 10.1% are more than 40 years old.

The average age in Law School is 25.5 years.

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Gender

Overall, 49.6% of the UT-Austin student population are women and 50.4% are men.

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Geographic Origin

UT-Austin students come from 236 counties in Texas, from 49 states, and from 119 foreign countries.

Texans are:

• 91.8% of undergraduate students;
• 47.1% of graduate/professional students.

The Texas counties sending the most undergraduate students to UT-Austin are:

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International Students

International students make up about 8.6% of the campus population; 3.6% of undergraduates and 27.5% of graduate/professional students are from foreign countries.

The countries with more than 100 students attending UT-Austin are:

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Ethnicity

The number and percentage of students by ethnic category within each type of school are shown in the table below.

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Undergraduate Retention

Relatively large percentages of first-time entering freshmen at UT-Austin remain enrolled through the start of their sophomore year. Among the first-time freshmen who entered UT-Austin from 1990 through 1999, 86.9% returned for the fall semester of their sophomore year.

The table below shows the percentage of students from the summer and fall 1999 entering class who returned for the start of their sophomore year in fall 2000. The data are presented within selected categories of high school class rank and SAT Total test score.

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Graduation Rates

Consistent with national trends, less than half of the first-time freshmen who enrolled at UT-Austin graduated within four years. Of those who entered during 1990-1995:

• 31.0% graduated within four years;
• 59.2% graduated within five years;
• 65.8% graduated within six years.

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Degrees Conferred

During the 2000-2001 academic year The University of Texas at Austin conferred 11,572 degrees:

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Undergraduate Performance

The average cumulative grade-point average (GPA) for all undergraduates for fall semester 1999 was 2.96.

The average cumulative GPA by class level was:

• 2.87 Freshman
• 2.92 Sophomore
• 2.97 Junior
• 3.05 Senior

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Fields of Study

Listed below is the number of students enrolled in the most popular undergraduate and graduate fields of study for fall semester 2000.

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Student Fees & Expenses

Typical costs for an undergraduate taking 13 hours each semester during the 2000-2001 academic year are estimated to be:

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Financial Aid

In 1999-2000, approximately 22,600 undergraduate students received $165.6 million dollars in financial support.

Of this total amount:

Graduate students earned $156.5 million through scholarships, fellowships, teaching and research assistantships, and other campus employment.

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Scholarships

For 1999-2000, The University of Texas at Austin awarded 9,856 scholarships to undergraduates including 878 National Merit Scholars, 36 National Achievement Scholars, 346 National Hispanic Scholars, and 943 Presidential Achievement Scholars. The average stipend was $2,970 per recipient.

Notable graduate student awards for 1999-2000 include:

University fellowships carry a stipend up to $15,500. Tuition and fees may or may not be included, depending on the fellowship.

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Housing

More than 6,400 students, approximately 13% of the total student body, live in university-owned housing. Approximately one-half of freshmen live in residence halls. In addition, the Division of Food and Housing maintains a listing of off-campus, privately-owned housing to help students locate off-campus rental housing.

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Recreational Sports

Students at UT-Austin participate in intramural sports at a very high rate:88% of all students were involved in one or more recreational sports activities. In 2000-2001 there were more than 450 flag football teams, 275 softball teams, 500 basketball teams, and 200 soccer teams participating in recreational sports leagues.

In addition, Recreational Sports:

• employs more than 1,000 students per semester;
• more than 25,000 students participate in activities;
• rents outdoor equipment to more than 4,000 students each year;
• accommodates more than 15,000 different individuals each day in recreational activities;
• accumulates an estimated 2.5 million hours of recreational sports participation annually.

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Organizations & Clubs

In 2000-2001, UT-Austin students participated in more than 700 registered student organizations representing their academic, cultural, ethnic, political, professional, recreational, religious, service, and social interests.

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Student Profile:
Table of Contents

• Student Characteristics
• The Student Body
• Entering Freshman Class
• Academics
• Costs and Financial Aid