The University Of Texas At Arlington

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

The University of Texas at Arlington was founded in 1895 as Arlington College. The university adopted its current name in 1967 and is also referred as UT Arlington or UTA. Its main campus sits on 400 acres of land in Arlington, Texas. UTA offers more than 70 baccalaureate and masters degree and is divided into numerous academic divisions. These include:

• College of Business Administration
• College of Education
• College of Engineering
• College of Liberal Arts
• College of Science
• School of Architecture
• School of Nursing
• School of Social Work
• School of Urban and Public Affairs
• The Graduate School
• The Honors College

UTA has officially recognized more than 30 fraternities and sororities as part of their Greek Association. These include 11 Interfraternity Councils, 8 National Pan-Hellenic Councils, 4 Panhellenic Councils and 9 Multicultural Greek Councils.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in fine arts, business and management, architecture and planning, engineering, and family and social work.
• Large number of students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• High faculty salary.
• High yield: the portion of accepted students who enroll.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: 4-1-4 plan.
• Carnegie classification: Doctoral/Research Universities, Extensive.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

Financial Aid

UT Arlington participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

In 2009-2010, 78% of students received financial aid of some sort.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 25,084 in 2009-2010 (20,594 full-time equivalent).

About 51% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 49% of the class.

Undergrads are 74% of enrolled students and graduate students are 26%.

Students under 25 years old represent 57% of the student body. About 9% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 96% are full-time and 4% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

UT Arlington provides on-campus housing for 4,271 of its 20,594 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Athletics

The school is in the Southland Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 91 male students received the aid (men were 52% of those receiving aid) and 83 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 48% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

UT Arlington offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship).

Graduate offerings include continuing professional education.The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Comprehensive Doctoral (No Medical/Veterinary).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (165 awarded)

• Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)
• City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning
• Interior Architecture
• Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD)

ART STUDIES (0 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (1,485 awarded)

• Accounting
• Banking and Financial Support Services
• Business Administration and Management
• Business Statistics
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Finance
• Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration
• International Business/Trade/Commerce
• Logistics and Materials Management
• Management Information Systems
• Marketing Research
• Marketing/Marketing Management
• Taxation

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (190 awarded)

• Computer Engineering
• Computer Science
• Computer Software Engineering
• Computer and Information Sciences

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (2 awarded)

• Environmental Science

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (24 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (173 awarded)

• Curriculum and Instruction
• Education
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Music Teacher Education
• Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor

ENGINEERING (561 awarded)

• Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
• Biomedical/Medical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
• Engineering
• Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Systems Engineering

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (391 awarded)

• Child Development
• Public Administration
• Social Work

FINE ARTS (147 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
• Fine/Studio Arts

LIBERAL ARTS (1,134 awarded)

• Anthropology
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• Foreign Languages and Literatures
• French Language and Literature
• General Studies
• German Language and Literature
• History
• Humanities/Humanistic Studies
• Linguistics
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Russian Language and Literature
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Speech and Rhetorical Studies
• Urban Studies/Affairs

MATHEMATICS (45 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (245 awarded)

• Advertising
• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia
• Journalism
• Public Relations/Image Management
• Radio and Television

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (62 awarded)

• Health/Health Care Administration/Management

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (2 awarded)

• Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist

MUSIC (43 awarded)

• Music Performance
• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (433 awarded)

• Clinical Nurse Specialist
• Family Practice Nurse/Nurse Practitioner
• Nursing Administration (MSN, MS, PhD)
• Nursing Science (MS, PhD)
• Nursing
• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (121 awarded)

• Athletic Training/Trainer
• Health and Physical Education
• Kinesiology and Exercise Science

REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT (32 awarded)

• Real Estate

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (14 awarded)

• Philosophy

SCIENCE (391 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biological and Physical Sciences
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Biometry/Biometrics
• Chemistry
• Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
• Geology/Earth Science
• Microbiology
• Physics

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (171 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Safety Studies

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (134 awarded)

• Experimental Psychology
• Psychology