The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
The University of Texas at Austin is a public research university in Austin, Texas, a large city, with 42,855 undergraduates. Communication is its signature field: 11% of its bachelor's degrees, two and a half times its share across the colleges we cover. 89% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $75,121 ten years after starting.
The University of Texas at Austin admitted 20,154 of 90,690 applicants for the fall 2025 entering class (22.2%).
- Acceptance rate
- 22.2%
- Fall 2025 class
- In-state tuition
- $11,688
- $44,908 out of state
- Paid after aid
- $19,857
- Average, students with aid
- ACT, middle 50%
- 27–33
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 2025 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What The University of Texas at Austin is known for
Measured by the 10,094 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.
Communication
10.6%
of its bachelor's degrees: two and a half times the 4.5% share across the colleges we cover.
- Biology5905.8% of degrees$66,264+16% vs $57,214 nationally
- Psychology5145.1% of degrees$56,821+12% vs $50,706 nationally
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication4874.8% of degrees$80,221+26% vs $63,560 nationally
- Computer and Information Sciences4704.7% of degrees$155,168+68% vs $92,374 nationally
- Finance and Financial Management Services4344.3% of degrees$132,075+58% vs $83,343 nationally
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering3423.4% of degrees$146,003+45% vs $100,647 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
Austin, TX
Undergraduates
42,855
Fall 2024
Type
Public
Doctoral university, very high research activity
Living on campus
Under a quarter
of undergraduates live on campus
Students per faculty member
18 to 1
Fall 2024
International students
4%
of undergraduates, fall 2024
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), including the Carnegie Classification and the federal locale code it publishes.
What stands out at The University of Texas at Austin
Three things The University of Texas at Austin published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
The University of Texas at Austin files the essay under “very important”.
That is the top of the scale the form offers, and the only other factors this school puts there are Course rigor, GPA, Test scores, Recommendations and Class rank.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
The University of Texas at Austin files test scores under “very important”.
That is the school’s own placement on the grid it publishes every year. 63% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Families paid $19,857 on average after aid.
Averaged across students who received federal aid: the price after grants and scholarships, not the sticker price.
Source: the College Scorecard
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
22.2%
20,154 admitted of 90,690 applicants
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
SAT, middle 50%
Reading 620–730Math 610–760
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
ACT, middle 50%
27–33
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
63%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
20%
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 Austin?
The figures on this page describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores, activities and budget, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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What The University of Texas at Austin 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 $11,688 ($44,908 out of state), and the full in-state cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $31,247. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $19,857 a year on average.
In-state tuition and fees
$11,688
2024–25 school year
Out-of-state tuition and fees
$44,908
2024–25 school year
Full cost, in state
$31,247
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$19,857
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $31,247 full cost.
- Under $30k$12,553Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$14,297Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$17,207Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$24,406Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$30,082Typical 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
89%
Our colleges' median: 63%
Return for a second year
97%
Our colleges' median: 79%
Earnings after 10 years
$75,121
Our colleges' median: $57,440
Median debt at graduation
$20,500
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.
How the rate has moved
Two measured admit rates from the federal survey, the years apart it reports them. A rate that moved, not a forecast.
Over 5 years the admit rate fell from 39% to 29%.
What The University of Texas at Austin says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Essayvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Course rigorvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- GPAvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Test scoresvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Recommendationsvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Class rankvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Essays on this application
9 essay prompts on the application: you would write 2, and 2 are optional.
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
Guides for The University of Texas at Austin applicants
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