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
Campus Enrollment
First-Time Freshmen
Age
Gender
Geographic Origin
Ethnicity
Matriculation
Graduation Rates
Degrees Conferred
Undergraduate Academic Performance
Fields of Study
Student Fees & Expenses
Financial Aid
Scholarships
Housing
Sports
Organizations & Clubs

Campus Facts

As the academic flagship of the UT System's 14 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, the main campus has 357 acres and 119 buildings that are home to more than 48,000 students, 2,334 faculty, and almost 15,000 staff members. UT-Austin has 15 colleges and schools and it offers degrees in 270 programs. Each semester more than 6,000 courses are offered to students.

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Campus Enrollment

A total of 47,957 students enrolled at UT-Austin for the fall semester 1994, a decrease of 1.2% from the fall semester 1993.

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First-Time Freshmen

The Admission Process
Of students who applied to the UT-Austin for the fall semester 1994, 66% were admitted. Of those admitted, 59% enrolled for the fall semester.

High School Rank

SAT Scores
The middle 50% of entering freshmen score between 1040 and 1230.

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.

Note: all SAT scores cited are on the scale used prior to April 1995.

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Age

The median age of undergraduates is 21.4 years.

Nontraditional age students, those 25 years old and over, comprise 11% of all undergraduates.

In the Graduate School, the median age is 30.3 years; 13% are 40 years old or older.

The average age in Law School is 25.4 years.

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Gender

Overall, 47% of the UT-Austin student population are women and 53% are men.

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Geographic Origin

UT-Austin students come from 246 out of the 254 counties in Texas, from all 50 states, and from 115 foreign countries.

Texans are:

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

International students make up about 7.8% of the campus population; 3.6% of undergraduates and 18.9% of graduate/professional students are from foreign countries. Countries with more than 100 students attending the 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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Matriculation

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 1984 through 1992, 84% returned for the fall semester of their sophomore year; approximately 75% returned for the start of their junior year.

The table below shows the percentage of students from the 1992 entering class who returned for the start of their sophomore year. The data are presented within selected categories of High School 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 1984-1990:

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Degrees Conferred

In 1993-1994 The University of Texas at Austin conferred 11,256 degrees:

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Undergraduate Academic Performance

The average cumulative grade-point average (GPA) for all undergraduates for fall semester 1993 was 2.81.

The average cumulative GPA by class level was:

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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 1994.

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Student Fees & Expenses

Typical costs for an undergraduate Texas resident living in a university- owned residence hall and taking 15 hours each semester during 1994-1995 are estimated to be:

Undergraduate nonresident tuition and fees (15 hours) are $6,270.

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Financial Aid

In 1992-1993, approximately 18,500 undergraduate students received $77.4 million in financial support. Of this total amount:

Graduate students earned $51.4 million through scholarships, fellowships, teaching and research assistantships, and other campus employment.

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Scholarships

For 1992-93 The University of Texas at Austin awarded 9,648 scholarships to undergraduates including 212 freshman National Merit Scholars, 47 National Achievement Scholars, and 1,706 Texas Achievement Awards and Texas Achievement Honors Awards. The average stipend was $1,985 per recipient.

A total of 5,763 graduate students received $17.5 million dollars in scholarship and fellowship support for the 1992-1993 school year.

Notable graduate student awards for 1992-93 include:

Fellowships carry a stipend of $9,000 plus tuition and fees or a stipend of $4,500 or less plus tuition and fees.

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Housing

More than 6,000 students, approximately 12% of the total student body, live in university-owned housing: 5,362 live in residence halls, 790 in university apartments, and 200 in women's cooperative housing. Approximately 46.8% of freshmen live in residence halls.

In addition, the Division of Food and Housing maintains vacancy listings to help students locate off-campus rental housing.

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Sports

Students at the UT-Austin participate in intramural sports at a very high rate - 86% of all students were involved in one or more recreational sports activities. In 1993-1994 there were more than 400 touch football teams, 500 softball teams, 450 basketball teams, and 140 soccer teams participating in recreational sports leagues.

In addition, Recreational Sports:

• employs over 1,000 students per semester;
• instructs over 4,000 students per semester in aerobics classes;
• rents outdoor equipment to over 4,500 students each year;
• accommodates over 12,000 different individuals each day in recreational activities.

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Organizations &Clubs

In 1993-1994, students at The UT-Austin participated in more than 700 student organizations representing their academic, cultural, ethnic political, recreational, religious, service, and social interests.

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30 January 1997
Office of Admissions at UT-Austin
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