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#49 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#169 Best Value Schools
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#16 Undergraduate Research/Creative Projects
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#11 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
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#1 Accounting
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#7 Entrepreneurship
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#4 Finance
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#7 Insurance
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#16 International Business
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#4 Management
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#4 Management Information Systems
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#4 Marketing
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#11 Production / Operation Management
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#5 Quantitative Analysis
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#6 Real Estate
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#9 Supply Chain Management / Logistics
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#7 Aerospace /Aeronautical / Astronautical
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#12 Biomedical
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#4 Chemical
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#6 Civil
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#8 Computer
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#10 Electrical / Electronic / Communications
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#7 Environmental / Environmental Health
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#17 Industrial / Manufacturing
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#16 Materials
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#10 Mechanical
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#1 Petroleum
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#22 Best Colleges for Veterans
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#12 Most Innovative Schools
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#134 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#14 Top Public Schools
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#14 First-Year Experiences
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#45 Study Abroad
University of Texas--Austin is ranked #48 in National Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
64
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
80
Graduation and retention rank
58
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
82%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
95%
Social Mobility Rank
134
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
73%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
86%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
84%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
-1
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
4.1
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
182
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
42
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
93.4%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
91%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
37.6%
Classes with 50 or more students
26%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
19:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
33
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (7.75%)
1230-1480
First-year students in top 10 percent of high school class (2.25%)
85%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
76
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
115
Average alumni giving rate
10.2%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
