Student Profile — 2003
Academics

Courseload

Average courseload for undergraduates entering in the fall of 2003 was 13.11 semester hours. The highest undergraduate courseloads are found in Pharmacy (14.87), Engineering (13.38), and Fine Arts (13.35).

Undergraduate Academic Performance

The average cumulative GPA for all undergraduates for the fall semester 2002 was 3.04.
The average cumulative GPA by class level was:

• 2.98 — Freshman
• 3.01 — Sophomore
• 3.05 — Junior
• 3.09 — Senior

Persistence and Graduation — Undergraduates

Relatively large percentages of first-time entering freshmen at UT Austin persist to the start of the sophomore year. Among the first-time freshmen who entered the University during the summer/fall 2002, 91.8 percent returned for the 2003 fall semester.

Consistent with national trends, less than half of the first-time freshmen who enrolled at the University of Texas at Austin graduated within four years. Of those who entered during 1997:

• 41.7 percent graduated within four years
• 67.4 percent graduated within five years
• 70.5 percent graduated within six years

Degrees Conferred

In 2002-2003, the University of Texas at Austin conferred 12,377 degrees:

• 8,463 Bachelor's degrees
• 2,650 Master's degrees
• 668 Doctor of Philosophy degrees
• 488 Doctor of Jurisprudence degrees
• 108 Doctor of Pharmacy degrees

Student Profile:
Table of Contents

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