The University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, TX
The University of Texas at Arlington is a public research university in Arlington, Texas, a large city, with 32,294 undergraduates. Health professions is its signature field: 40% of its bachelor's degrees, about four times its share across the colleges we cover. 54% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $63,199 ten years after starting.
The University of Texas at Arlington admitted 18,799 of 23,126 applicants for the fall 2023 entering class (81.3%).
- Acceptance rate
- 81.3%
- Fall 2023 class
- In-state tuition
- $11,950
- $29,582 out of state
- Paid after aid
- $13,951
- Average, students with aid
- ACT, middle 50%
- 18–26
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, compiled by GoodGoblin, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2023 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What The University of Texas at Arlington is known for
Measured by the 7,307 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.
Health professions
39.7%
of its bachelor's degrees: about four times the 9.1% share across the colleges we cover.
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing2,65236.3% of degrees$99,393+12% vs $88,910 nationally
- Business Administration, Management and Operations3174.3% of degrees$62,978−8% vs $68,257 nationally
- Finance and Financial Management Services2573.5% of degrees$76,623−8% vs $83,343 nationally
- Biology2543.5% of degrees$53,498−6% vs $57,214 nationally
- Public Health2373.2% of degreesToo few graduates to publish
- Marketing2343.2% of degrees$63,088−9% vs $69,303 nationally
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), field-of-study data. Degrees are bachelor's degrees awarded in 2022–23. Earnings are the median for 2017–18 and 2018–19 graduates, in 2024 dollars, working and not enrolled, four years after graduating. Shares across the colleges we cover count every bachelor's degree at the colleges with a page here.
The place
Where it is, how big it is, and how students live.
Setting
Large city
Arlington, TX
Undergraduates
32,294
Fall 2024
Type
Public
Doctoral university, very high research activity
Living on campus
A quarter to half
of undergraduates live on campus
Students per faculty member
23 to 1
Fall 2024
International students
5%
of undergraduates, fall 2024
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), including the Carnegie Classification and the federal locale code it publishes.
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
81.3%
18,799 admitted of 23,126 applicants
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
SAT, middle 50%
Reading 500–620Math 490–610
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
ACT, middle 50%
18–26
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
69%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
12%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Where do you actually stand at The University of Texas at Arlington?
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What The University of Texas at Arlington costs
The published price first, then what students who received aid actually paid, by family income.
In-state tuition and fees for 2024–25 were $11,950 ($29,582 out of state), and the full in-state cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $25,261. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $13,951 a year on average.
In-state tuition and fees
$11,950
2024–25 school year
Out-of-state tuition and fees
$29,582
2024–25 school year
Full cost, in state
$25,261
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$13,951
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $25,261 full cost.
- Under $30k$11,893Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$12,003Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$12,612Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$16,371Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$24,692Typical public university: $22,475
Source: the federal College Scorecard. Tuition and cost of attendance are for the 2024–25 school year; colleges usually raise them each year. What students paid is the average net price for first-year students who received federal financial aid. Typical public university: the median across the 338 public universities on GoodGoblin, for in-state students, compiled by GoodGoblin from the same federal data.
Where it leads
Who finishes, who stays, and what they earn and owe afterwards.
Finish within six years
54%
Our colleges' median: 63%
Return for a second year
73%
Our colleges' median: 79%
Earnings after 10 years
$63,199
Our colleges' median: $57,440
Median debt at graduation
$17,527
Our colleges' median: $23,725
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education). Six-year completion describes students who started in fall 2018; second-year return describes students who started in fall 2023; earnings describe students who started in 2009–10 and 2010–11, measured in 2020 and 2021, in 2022 dollars; debt describes federal loans of students who graduated in fiscal years 2020 and 2021. Medians are across the 1,034 colleges with a page here.
What The University of Texas at Arlington says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Course rigorrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- GPArequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Test scoresconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Class rankconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Not considered
- Essay
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Recommendations
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Legacy
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
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Each of these pages carries the same measured figures and sources.
Other colleges in Texas
Closest acceptance rates in the same state.
- Angelo State University79.2%
- Stephen F Austin State University83.4%
- Saint Edward's University83.7%
- Houston Christian University85.2%
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Closest acceptance rates anywhere in the country.
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