University of Texas at Austin

Austin, TX · Public research
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Acceptance rate
26.6%
19,417 admitted
SAT · 50th
6-yr grad
88.9%
Retention 96.7%
Undergrads
18:1 S-F
Admissions
37.7% / 10.1%
in-state / out-of-state
admit rate spread
Applications72,885
Overall admit rate26.6%
In-state admit rate37.7%
Out-of-state admit rate10.1%
Enrolled9,210 · 47.4% yield
Very important factorsGPA, Class rank, Rigor of HS record, State residency
Important factorsApplication essay
Selection factors from CDS §C7 (Basis for selection).
Test scores
SAT composite · 50th %ile
Cost & aid
$11,688
in-state tuition
out-of-state $44,908
Tuition (in-state)$11,688
Tuition (out-of-state)$44,908
Room & board$14,828
Books$724
Avg need-based grant$14,446
% need met75.0%
Avg debt at graduation$19,919
Academics
18 : 1
student-faculty ratio
96.7% retention
Student-faculty18 : 1
Retention96.7%
4-year graduation73.5%
6-year graduation88.9%
Enrollment
undergraduates
6.0% out-of-state · 393 intl freshmen
First-year9,210
Transfer1,704
Full-time94%
Female58%
Out-of-state6.0%
International (freshmen)393
Rankings
#2
Princeton Review
Undergraduate Colleges for Entrepreneurship
SourceListRankYr
Princeton ReviewUndergraduate Colleges for Entrepreneurship#226
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Business Specialties: Accounting#226
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Engineering Specialties: Petroleum (Doctorate)#226
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Business Specialties: Marketing#326
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Business Specialties: Finance#526
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Engineering Specialties: Chemical (Doctorate)#526
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Engineering Specialties: Civil (Doctorate)#526
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, Niche, Princeton Review, U.S. News & World Report, WSJ/College Pulse). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
Classifications & designations
R1 Research University
Carnegie Classification
131 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationR1 Research University131
Athletic conferenceSoutheastern Conference16
Athletic divisionNCAA D1-FBS95
Institutional controlPublic college153
Geographic groupingTexas colleges14
ForbesNew Public Ivy
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
Application timeline & requirements
$75
application fee
waivable
Regular decision12/1 → 15-Feb → May 1
Deferred admissionAllowed
Test policyConsidered but not required
HS units required4 Eng, 3 Math, 2 Sci, 2 FL, 3 SS
Admissions URLhttps://www.applytexas.org/
Admissions emailadmissions@austin.utexas.edu
Admissions phone(512) 475-7399
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Peers by the numbers
Texas A&M University
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
Texas A&M University TX · Public62.6%127059K
University of Southern California CA · Public11.2%151020K
University of California CA · Public8.8%33K
University of Michigan MI · Public16.4%147035K
Georgia Institute of Technology GA · Public13.3%146021K
Purdue University IN · Public43.4%136043K
University of Florida FL · Public20.3%141037K
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.

Official Common Data Set Documents — University of Texas at Austin

7 years of University of Texas at Austin's officially published CDS, archived by CollegeNumbers. PDF and spreadsheet originals exactly as the school filed them.