University of Texas at Dallas

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Population 5,500,000

Weather

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

Honors College

Name Hobson Wildenthal Honors College
Students 1,200 (6%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 19,568
Men / Women 55% / 45%
From State 93%
From Region 1%
Athletes 247 (1.3%)

Racial/Ethnic

Asian 43%
White 20%
Hispanic 18%
Black 6%
International 6%
Mixed 4%
Native American 0%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science 2,042 74% 21% 48% 5% 14% 6% $107,941 97 -0.29 96 95%
Biomedical Engineering 91 — 49% 24% 42% 5% 18% 3% $87,180 17 -0.99 86 93% — — — —
Computer Engineering 92 +2 77% 23% 51% 4% 11% 3% $110,856 44 -0.29 97 96% — — — —
Electrical Engineering 98 +1 91% 27% 31% 4% 29% 3% $104,286 23 -0.60 95 97% — — — —
Mechanical Engineering 203 — 87% 34% 23% 4% 29% 3% $89,129 6 -1.27 88 96% — — — —
Computer Science 988 +4 76% 20% 49% 4% 11% 8% $111,748 39 -0.39 97 94% — — — —
Computer Software Engineering 149 +2 73% 28% 36% 7% 15% 5% $110,856 37 -0.41 97 96% — — — —
Information Technology 421 +5 62% 14% 67% 5% 7% 3% $111,748 75 +0.66 97 94% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Naveen Jindal School of Management 1,137 52% 22% 40% 4% 24% 3% $92,086 91 +0.38 89 95%
Public Health 2 — 50% 0% 50% 50% 0% 0% $66,854 59 +0.16 59 — — — — —
Accounting 206 — 50% 17% 44% 5% 26% 3% $89,739 62 +0.18 88 96% — — — —
Business Administration 229 +1 58% 31% 26% 4% 29% 2% $131,779 98 +2.82 99 94% — — — —
Business Analytics 57 +1 68% 16% 49% 0% 21% 7% $82,591 32 -0.56 82 95% — — — —
Business Analytics 54 +1 52% 26% 43% 4% 15% 7% $84,809 35 -0.44 84 — — — — —
Finance 271 +4 70% 21% 48% 3% 18% 3% $91,241 44 -0.27 89 95% — — — —
Health Administration 90 — 22% 18% 59% 8% 10% 1% $65,814 61 -0.03 57 96% — — — —
Human Resources Management 33 — 30% 33% 21% 0% 42% 0% $65,223 19 -0.78 56 100% — — — —
International Business 51 — 35% 22% 29% 2% 29% 10% $65,520 12 -0.80 56 90% — — — —
Marketing 144 +6 34% 20% 32% 2% 31% 3% $72,734 37 -0.38 70 93% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology 437 49% 38% 22% 8% 22% 1% $51,742 1 -0.09 20 91%
American Studies — — — — — — — — $57,264 50 -0.16 34 — — — — —
Comparative Literature 41 +1 22% 37% 24% 15% 17% 0% $56,731 75 +0.53 33 96% — — — —
History 30 — 73% 53% 20% 3% 20% 0% $55,664 52 -0.12 30 89% — — — —
Latin American Studies 2 — 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% $57,702 50 -0.12 36 — — — — —
Philosophy 10 +1 80% 50% 30% 0% 10% 0% $61,179 56 -0.02 45 — — — — —
Animation 7 — 57% 0% 43% 43% 14% 0% $58,966 76 +0.22 39 — — — — —
Digital Arts 298 — 53% 38% 23% 7% 22% 1% $50,362 34 -0.36 17 91% — — — —
Digital Media — — — — — — — — $70,317 86 +0.99 66 91% — — — —
Visual and Performing Arts 49 — 20% 37% 10% 10% 27% 2% $50,362 88 +0.98 17 91% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences 811 27% 21% 47% 5% 19% 2% $61,994 15 +0.06 47 90%
Neuroscience 202 +3 42% 12% 61% 3% 14% 1% $63,664 28 -0.29 52 86% — — — —
Healthcare Studies 158 — 25% 16% 62% 4% 9% 2% $64,869 43 -0.25 55 95% — — — —
Speech-Language Pathology 62 +1 8% 29% 23% 3% 35% 0% $60,948 43 -0.15 44 85% — — — —
Cognitive Science 32 +6 28% 16% 62% 6% 9% 0% $75,508 42 -0.30 75 89% — — — —
Developmental and Child Psychology 41 +58 5% 32% 24% 10% 27% 2% $57,192 34 -0.46 34 88% — — — —
Psychology 316 +14 24% 25% 36% 6% 23% 2% $58,951 74 +0.59 39 92% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences 231 42% 29% 25% 8% 29% 3% $70,726 46 -0.00 67 89%
Economics 23 — 61% 30% 35% 4% 17% 13% $87,714 40 -0.39 87 90% — — — —
Economics 23 — 74% 22% 43% 4% 9% 9% $87,714 40 -0.39 87 90% — — — —
Geographic Information Science and Cartography 9 — 44% 22% 22% 11% 22% 11% $71,546 87 +1.08 68 100% — — — —
International Policy Analysis 11 — 27% 27% 18% 18% 36% 0% $76,884 68 +0.22 76 96% — — — —
Political Science 58 +1 41% 26% 29% 9% 31% 0% $73,924 60 +0.13 72 85% — — — —
Public Administration 9 — 67% 33% 22% 22% 22% 0% $73,685 58 +0.11 72 88% — — — —
Public Policy 3 — 33% 33% 67% 0% 0% 0% $76,884 69 +0.34 76 96% — — — —
Sociology 16 — 12% 19% 31% 19% 25% 0% $60,208 73 +0.30 43 90% — — — —
Criminology 79 — 33% 35% 11% 4% 39% 1% $59,097 48 -0.11 40 89% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Interdisciplinary Studies 91 43% 33% 29% 11% 21% 1% $57,279 4 +0.03 34 91%
Interdisciplinary Studies 81 — 47% 36% 23% 12% 21% 1% $57,111 60 -0.02 34 91% — — — —
Education 10 — 10% 10% 70% 0% 20% 0% $58,640 75 +0.42 38 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics 525 50% 22% 47% 5% 15% 3% $72,917 52 -0.16 71 93%
Data Science 54 — 57% 11% 65% 6% 4% 4% $104,266 26 -0.31 95 — — — — —
Chemistry 24 — 46% 25% 50% 0% 21% 0% $63,228 14 -0.81 50 100% — — — —
Geosciences 17 — 53% 47% 18% 0% 24% 0% $71,143 81 +0.55 68 92% — — — —
Mathematics 37 — 76% 41% 30% 0% 14% 0% $84,691 60 -0.02 84 88% — — — —
Mathematics and Statistics — — — — — — — — $128,028 84 +0.61 99 — — — — —
Physics 27 — 70% 48% 11% 15% 19% 4% $81,941 46 -0.12 82 — — — — —
Biochemistry 56 — 55% 11% 59% 4% 12% 5% $67,618 29 -0.34 61 93% — — — —
Biology 278 +3 42% 19% 50% 5% 17% 4% $66,146 50 -0.04 58 92% — — — —
Molecular Biology 16 — 50% 25% 25% 6% 19% 0% $67,618 29 -0.34 61 93% — — — —
Actuarial Science 16 — 62% 25% 38% 12% 12% 6% $82,591 12 -1.18 82 95% — — — —

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $15,385
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $42,708
Est. In-State Cost $19,902
Est. Out-of-State Cost $55,247
ROI Percentile 86th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 90%
4-Year Graduation Rate 60%
6-Year Graduation Rate 76%
Transfer-Out Rate 15%

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 White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Computer Science 30.6% 1,612 71% 19% 53% 5% 10% 6% $111,415 51 -0.11 97 94% —
Business & Economics 22.7% 1,197 53% 22% 40% 4% 23% 4% $91,833 76 +0.33 89 95% —
Life & Natural Sciences 10.5% 552 44% 16% 54% 4% 15% 3% $65,430 39 -0.17 56 90% —
Social Sciences 9.4% 495 26% 25% 35% 7% 24% 2% $62,675 65 +0.37 49 91% —
Engineering 9.2% 484 79% 29% 33% 4% 23% 3% $95,961 20 -0.89 91 96% —
Arts 6.7% 354 49% 37% 22% 8% 23% 1% $50,532 46 -0.16 17 91% —
Health Sciences 4.2% 222 21% 20% 51% 5% 16% 1% $63,792 9 -0.22 52 92% —
Humanities 3.1% 164 47% 40% 23% 10% 20% 1% $57,007 62 +0.10 34 92% —
Physical Sciences & Math 2.0% 105 64% 40% 28% 4% 18% 1% $76,885 45 -0.13 76 92% —
Professional 1.5% 79 33% 35% 11% 4% 39% 1% $59,097 24 -0.11 40 89% —
Education 0.2% 10 10% 10% 70% 0% 20% 0% $58,640 80 +0.42 38 — —

Research R1

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Engineering $70.9M #73 50% $9.7M 76 #53 510 33
Health Sciences $33.8M #87 46% $2.0M 2 #219 28 3
Physical Sciences & Math $29.5M #104 51% $1.0M 60 #49 347 32
Life & Natural Sciences $13.6M #141 45% $0.1M 23 #96 188 32
Business & Economics $13.4M #45 1% $0.0M 16 #78 29 —
Computer Science $10.5M #84 63% $0.7M 21 #45 168 2
Humanities & Social Sciences $8.4M #162 37% $0.2M 41 #120 143 5
Education $1.5M #202 44% $0 — — — —
Agriculture & Food Science $0.0M #297 100% $0 — — — —
Total $181M #126 45% $13.7M 239 #100 1,413 107

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.

Sports NCAA D2

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Baseball 35 $332K $327K $5K
Track & Field (outdoor) 30 $54K $63K -$9K
Soccer 28 $288K $271K $17K
Cross Country 20 $51K $33K $18K
Basketball 16 $347K $348K -$957
Track & Field (indoor) 15 $28K $25K $3K
Golf 12 $124K $134K -$9K
Tennis 8 $104K $107K -$2K
Total 129 $1.3M $1.3M $20K
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (outdoor) 26 $54K $63K -$9K
Soccer 25 $260K $264K -$3K
Softball 24 $285K $300K -$14K
Volleyball 17 $259K $260K -$735
Basketball 14 $292K $277K $14K
Track & Field (indoor) 14 $28K $25K $3K
Cross Country 11 $51K $33K $18K
Golf 6 $124K $134K -$9K
Tennis 6 $104K $107K -$2K
Total 118 $1.5M $1.5M -$5K
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (outdoor) 56 $108K $127K -$19K
Soccer 53 $548K $535K $13K
Baseball 35 $332K $327K $5K
Cross Country 31 $103K $67K $36K
Basketball 30 $640K $626K $13K
Track & Field (indoor) 29 $56K $50K $6K
Softball 24 $285K $300K -$14K
Golf 18 $249K $269K -$19K
Volleyball 17 $259K $260K -$735
Tennis 14 $208K $214K -$5K
Total 247 $4.4M $4.0M $420K

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 69%
Yield (non-ED) 20%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 71% 68% 54%

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 91%
SAT Range 1170 – 1390
SAT Math Range 580 – 710
SAT RW Range 580 – 690