Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Denton, TX
Population 1,500,000
Map of the United States

Weather

Comfortable Days 95 (20%)
Sunshine Hours 2,750 (74%)
Days Without Precipitation 283 (90% 🏖️)

Honors College

Name Honors College
Students 1,500 (5%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 30,475
Men / Women 46% / 54%
From State 91%
From Region 1%
Athletes 2.0%

Racial/Ethnic

White 34%
Hispanic 30%
Black 17%
Asian 8%
Mixed 5%
International 5%
Native American 0%

Schools & Majors

Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Business 1,738 48% / 52% 4% $67,908 80 95%
Accounting 217 +1 48% / 52% 6% $84,623 93 97%
Customer Service Management 16 25% / 75% 0% $75,711 87 98%
E-Commerce/Electronic Commerce 25 28% / 72% 4% $75,711 87 98%
Economics 26 58% / 42% 0% $95,277 97 93%
Economics 22 55% / 45% 9% $62,019 72 96%
Entrepreneurship 77 58% / 42% 4% $67,139 79 84%
Finance 212 70% / 30% 4% $78,280 89 96%
Financial Planning 17 +1 59% / 41% 6% $78,280 89 97%
General Business 135 63% / 37% 4% $67,462 79 94%
Hospitality Management 52 42% / 58% 10% $51,293 48 94%
Management Science $76,585 87
Marketing 301 +3 46% / 54% 4% $61,993 72 96%
Meeting and Event Planning 29 7% / 93% 3% $51,293 48 94%
Operations Management 35 83% / 17% 3% $75,711 87 98%
Organizational Behavior Studies 77 32% / 68% 0% $66,821 79 98%
Project Management 9 33% / 67% 0% $75,711 87 98%
Real Estate 30 +3 60% / 40% 0% $77,011 88 94%
Retail Management $75,711 87
Risk Management and Insurance 14 29% / 71% 0% $95,553 97 100%
Science/Technology Management 1 100% / 0% 0% $75,711 87 98%
Special Products Marketing Operations $56,593 62 95%
Supply Chain Management 78 76% / 24% 9% $75,711 87 98%
Fashion Merchandising 72 +5 12% / 88% 3% $56,593 62 95%
Criminal Justice 253 +1 32% / 68% 1% $50,580 46 94%
Emergency Management 40 48% / 52% 2% $68,045 80 100%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Engineering 1,281 44% / 56% 3% $62,641 73 94%
Biomedical Engineering 52 27% / 73% 13% $86,490 94 100%
Computer Engineering 31 81% / 19% 19% $107,624 99 96%
Electrical Engineering 48 90% / 10% 4% $96,660 97 100%
Materials Engineering 11 64% / 36% 0% $76,487 87 94%
Mechanical Engineering 91 84% / 16% 7% $81,180 91 93%
Communication Sciences and Disorders 54 4% / 96% 0% $56,596 62 94%
Health Promotion 8 62% / 38% 0% $55,857 60
Kinesiology 182 51% / 49% 2% $57,909 64 96%
Medical Laboratory Science 28 7% / 93% 4% $72,561 84
Public Health 103 18% / 82% 3% $54,212 56
Rehabilitation Science 65 +1 20% / 80% 2% $47,544 37 91%
Engineering Management 25 76% / 24% 0% $74,408 86
Recreation and Event Management 37 73% / 27% 0% $53,493 54 98%
General Studies 374 +1 43% / 57% 1% $55,086 58 92%
Human Development and Family Studies 39 8% / 92% 0% $44,225 27 89%
Human Services 17 +1 24% / 76% 0% $53,339 54
Social Work 51 10% / 90% 0% $56,067 60 96%
Substance Use and Addiction Counseling 3 +1 33% / 67% 0% $47,847 38
Aviation 17 76% / 24% 6% $73,216 85 100%
Construction Engineering Technology/Technician 14 79% / 21% 0% $90,632 95 100%
Mechanical Engineering Technology 31 77% / 23% 23% $71,073 83 91%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Health and Public Service 1,033 25% / 75% 3% $52,481 52 94%
Biochemistry 40 40% / 60% 8% $63,706 75 100%
Biology 334 33% / 67% 4% $55,069 58 96%
Ecology 54 39% / 61% 0% $50,213 45 95%
Applied Behavior Analysis 25 +1 4% / 96% 0% $56,264 61 94%
Psychology 580 +4 19% / 81% 2% $50,266 45 92%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences 2,895 39% / 61% 2% $53,691 55 92%
Data Science 56 52% / 48% 9% $84,364 92
Advertising 31 26% / 74% 0% $59,927 68
Business Analytics 64 62% / 38% 14% $75,756 87
Anthropology 28 +1 25% / 75% 0% $45,591 31 95%
Broadcast Journalism 30 63% / 37% 0% $53,390 54 94%
Communication 69 28% / 72% 1% $52,264 51
English 125 +3 34% / 66% 0% $47,834 38 90%
French 5 40% / 60% 0% $50,811 47 94%
Geographic Information Science and Cartography 6 100% / 0% 0% $58,551 66 98%
Geography 31 61% / 39% 0% $58,551 66 98%
German 4 +1 25% / 75% 0% $50,125 45
History 116 +14 55% / 45% 0% $54,621 57 91%
Interdisciplinary Studies 708 44% / 56% 2% $58,097 65 92%
International Studies 45 +4 24% / 76% 0% $49,010 42 87%
Japanese 21 +1 38% / 62% 0% $50,256 45
Journalism 128 39% / 61% 0% $53,390 54 94%
Latin American Studies 1 0% / 100% 0% $49,906 44
Linguistics 27 63% / 37% 0% $36,659 11 100%
Philosophy 14 64% / 36% 0% $42,147 22 90%
Political Science 84 +12 48% / 52% 1% $56,587 62 92%
Public Relations 1 0% / 100% 0%
Religious Studies 3 67% / 33% 0% $49,584 43
Social Sciences 32 38% / 62% 3% $57,097 63 95%
Sociology 39 +3 44% / 56% 3% $56,015 60 90%
Spanish 23 26% / 74% 0% $50,811 47 94%
Technical and Scientific Communication 17 41% / 59% 6% $56,356 61
Education 211 10% / 90% 0% $59,210 67 92%
Art Education 42 7% / 93% 0% $76,205 87 92%
Art History 20 10% / 90% 0% $41,865 21 88%
City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning 24 58% / 42% 4% $58,670 66
Dance 18 0% / 100% 0% $43,876 26 95%
Design and Visual Communications 61 20% / 80% 2% $55,063 58 91%
Fashion Design 37 27% / 73% 3% $55,063 58 91%
Fine Arts 151 18% / 82% 1% $41,865 21 88%
Interior Design 36 8% / 92% 8% $55,063 58 91%
Jazz Studies 24 79% / 21% 12% $51,978 50 92%
Music 110 69% / 31% 2% $51,978 50 92%
Music Performance 37 +7 51% / 49% 14% $51,978 50 92%
Music Theory and Composition 7 71% / 29% 14% $51,978 50 92%
Radio, Television, Film, and Production 202 58% / 42% 0% $41,588 20 96%
Studio Art 143 +2 22% / 78% 1% $41,865 21 88%
Theatre 64 +3 38% / 62% 3% $40,077 17 93%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Science 628 68% / 32% 14% $91,701 96 93%
Computer Science 290 78% / 22% 21% $101,640 98 93%
Cybersecurity 21 67% / 33% 29% $86,398 94
Information Science 84 44% / 56% 4% $67,387 79 98%
Information Technology 154 69% / 31% 11% $101,640 98 93%
Chemistry 31 +1 42% / 58% 0% $58,714 66 88%
Mathematics 32 50% / 50% 3% $63,670 75 91%
Physics 16 88% / 12% 0% $70,505 83

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $11,881
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $22,500
Est. In-State Cost $15,369
Est. Out-of-State Cost $29,106
ROI Percentile 71th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 77%
4-Year Graduation Rate 43%
6-Year Graduation Rate 61%
Transfer-Out Rate 10%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

% Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Humanities & Social Sciences 34.9% 2,646 36% / 64% 1% $53,730 55 92%
Business & Economics 20.2% 1,530 54% / 46% 4% $71,228 83 96%
Arts 13.8% 1,048 35% / 65% 2% $47,915 38 92%
Computer Science 8.0% 605 68% / 32% 15% $94,756 97 94%
Health Sciences 5.8% 440 30% / 70% 2% $56,246 61 94%
Life & Natural Sciences 5.7% 428 34% / 66% 4% $55,264 59 96%
Professional 4.7% 355 42% / 58% 3% $57,001 62 95%
Engineering 3.1% 233 71% / 29% 9% $88,851 95 96%
Education 2.8% 211 10% / 90% 0% $59,210 67 92%
Physical Sciences & Math 1.0% 79 54% / 46% 1% $63,110 74 89%

Research R1

Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Engineering $36.6M #117 53% $0.8M 22 #124 165 22
Humanities & Social Sciences $25.2M #86 19% $0.2M 106 #40 226 1
Business & Economics $15.6M #38 16% $0.0M 21 #59
Physical Sciences & Math $13.6M #159 27% $0.5M 28 #99 237 17
Computer Science $11.9M #75 55% $0.2M 23 #41 309 4
Life & Natural Sciences $11.3M #156 37% $0.1M 17 #119 88 18
Education $3.5M #132 22% $0.0M 60 #38
Health Sciences $2.2M #196 17% $0.3M 5 #183 23
Agriculture & Food Science $1.2M #148 57% $0.0M 1 #115 11
Total $121M #149 35% $2.0M 283 #83 1,059 62

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 81%
Yield (Unbound) 24%
Early Action Nov 1
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 81% 81% 81%

Early Action and Restrictive Early Action applicants are reported at the regular-decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 52%
SAT Range 980 – 1230
SAT Math Range 480 – 600
SAT RW Range 500 – 630