The University Of Texas At San Antonio

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

The University of Texas at San Antonio is a co-educational, public university. It is currently the second largest university in the state of Texas. It was established in 1969. The university currently has eight colleges under it:

• Architecture
• Business
• Education and Human Development
• Engineering
• Honors College
• Liberal and Fine Arts
• Public Policy
• Sciences

The University of Texas at San Antonio’s campus stretches across 725 acres of land.

The university’s sports teams are known as the Roadrunners. Rowdy the Roadrunner is the official mascot of UTSA. The various sports programs sponsored by UTSA include basketball, cross country, golf, indoor and outdoor track & field, baseball and tennis. UTSA also sponsors women’s teams in soccer, softball and volleyball.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in business and management, architecture and planning, science, mathematics, and liberal arts.
• Large number of students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• High faculty salary.
• Affordable tuition & fees.
• Racially diverse student body.
• High male/female ratio.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Masters Colleges and Universities I.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• 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 San Antonio participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

In 2009-2010, 68% of students received financial aid of some sort.

(Please refer to BrainTrack's financial aid articles section for background information.)

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 28,413 in 2009-2010 (23,171 full-time equivalent).

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

Undergrads are 86% of enrolled students and graduate students are 14%.

Students under 25 years old represent 71% of the student body. About 5% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 98% are full-time and 2% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

UT San Antonio provides on-campus housing for 3,647 of its 23,171 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 19 meals weekly.

Athletics

The school is in the Southland Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 87 male students received the aid (men were 50% of those receiving aid) and 88 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 50% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

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

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Doctorate, Professional Dominant.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (149 awarded)

• Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)
• Interior Architecture

ART STUDIES (32 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (1,253 awarded)

• Accounting
• Actuarial Science
• Business Administration and Management
• Business/Commerce
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Finance
• Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration
• International Business/Trade/Commerce
• Knowledge Management
• Management Information Systems
• Management Science
• Marketing/Marketing Management
• Operations Management and Supervision
• Organizational Behavior Studies
• Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations
• Taxation

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (90 awarded)

• Computer Engineering
• Computer Science
• Computer and Information Sciences
• Computer and Information Systems Security
• Information Science/Studies

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (28 awarded)

• Environmental Science

CONSTRUCTION TRADES (0 awarded)

• Building/Construction Site Management/Manager

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (371 awarded)

• Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching
• Bilingual and Multilingual Education
• Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Education
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Higher Education/Higher Education Administration
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Music Teacher Education
• Reading Teacher Education
• Special Education and Teaching
• Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor

ENGINEERING (218 awarded)

• Biomedical/Medical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
• Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (48 awarded)

• Public Administration
• Social Work

FINE ARTS (45 awarded)

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

HOSPITALITY (7 awarded)

• Tourism and Travel Services Management

LIBERAL ARTS (1,127 awarded)

• American/United States Studies/Civilization
• Anthropology
• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Demography and Population Studies
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• General Studies
• Geography
• German Language and Literature
• Hispanic-American,Puerto Rican & Mexican-American/Chicano Studies
• History
• Humanities/Humanistic Studies
• Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Social Sciences
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Speech and Rhetorical Studies
• Technical and Business Writing
• Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (72 awarded)

• Applied Mathematics
• Mathematics
• Statistics

MEDIA (157 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Mass Communication/Media Studies
• Public Relations/Image Management

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (38 awarded)

• Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist
• Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

MEDICINE (3 awarded)

• Neuroscience

MUSIC (31 awarded)

• Music Management and Merchandising
• Music Performance
• Music Theory and Composition
• Music

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (150 awarded)

• Health and Physical Education
• Kinesiology and Exercise Science

REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT (23 awarded)

• Construction Management
• Real Estate

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (26 awarded)

• Philosophy

SCIENCE (486 awarded)

• Biological and Physical Sciences
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology
• Chemistry
• Geology/Earth Science
• Physics

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (209 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Safety Studies

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (258 awarded)

• Psychology