University Of North Texas

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a medium-sized city.

Overview

The University of North Texas, or UNT, was established by Joshua Chilton in 1890. At that time, the university was known as the Texas Normal College and Teacher Training Institute. In 1988, UNT adopted its current name.

The university is a four-year public doctoral/research University with high research activity, as designated by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. It is located in Denton, a city of approximately 119,454, and in the Dallas/Fort Worth area of over 6.5 million.

UNT is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award baccalaureate, master's, and doctoral degrees. It is the fourth largest university in Texas and among the 50 largest in the United States.

The university is organized into the following colleges and schools:

• College of Arts and Sciences
• College of Business Administration
• College of Education
• College of Engineering
• College of Law
• College of Music
• College of Public Affairs and Community Service
• College of Visual Arts and Design
• School of Library and Information Sciences
• School of Merchandising and Hospitality Management
• Toulouse School of Graduate Studies

UNT has been designated as one of the top national universities because of its innovative changes, in the 2010 U.S. News & World Report's rankings of colleges and universities. The university tied for ninth among public national universities in the magazine's "America's Best Colleges" of 2010--the only Texas public university on the list.

The athletic teams are known as the Mean Greens.

Among the famous alumni in the music world are Roy Orbison, Meat Loaf, Tom "Bones" Malone and "Blue Lou" Marini (both members of The Blues Brothers Band and Saturday Night Live Band), and Grammy Award-winners Don Henley, Norah Jones and Pat Boone. Other notable alumni include American Football League MVP Abner Haynes; Pro Football Hall of Famer "Mean" Joe Greene; KDGE disc jockey Josh Venable; Michael C. Burgess, current Texas congressman; Adel al-Jubeir, Saudi ambassador to Washington and former adviser to the Royal Court of Saudi Arabia; Charlie Fern, White House speech writer for First Lady Laura Bush; journalist-author Bill Moyers; 1971 Miss America, Phyllis George; TV star/model Jessie Pavelka; award-winning author/filmmaker Christopher Largen; Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry, and Phil McGraw, host of the TV show "Dr. Phil."

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in fine arts, music, liberal arts, nutrition and exercise therapy, hospitality, and computer science and engineering.
• Large number of students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• High faculty salary.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• 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 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

University Of North Texas participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

In 2009-2010, 75% 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 34,830 in 2009-2010 (29,995 full-time equivalent).

About 45% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 55% of the class.

Undergrads are 77% of enrolled students and graduate students are 23%.

Students under 25 years old represent 66% of the student body. About 7% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 97% are full-time and 3% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

University Of North Texas provides on-campus housing for 5,876 of its 29,995 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 21 meals weekly.

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Sun Belt Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 124 male students received the aid (men were 48% of those receiving aid) and 132 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 52% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

University Of North Texas offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship & Professional Practice).

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Comprehensive Doctoral (No Medical/Veterinary).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

(0 awarded)

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (35 awarded)

• City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning
• Interior Architecture

ART STUDIES (70 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (1,230 awarded)

• Accounting
• Banking and Financial Support Services
• Business Administration and Management
• Business/Commerce
• Business/Managerial Economics
• E-Commerce/Electronic Commerce
• Fashion Merchandising
• Finance
• Financial Planning and Services
• Human Resources Development
• Insurance
• Labor and Industrial Relations
• Logistics and Materials Management
• Management Information Systems
• Management Science
• Marketing/Marketing Management
• Merchandising and Buying Operations
• Operations Management and Supervision
• Organizational Behavior Studies
• Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations
• Special Products Marketing Operations
• Taxation

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (236 awarded)

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

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (2 awarded)

• Environmental Science

DESIGN (25 awarded)

• Design and Visual Communications
• Fashion/Apparel Design

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (38 awarded)

• Dance
• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (479 awarded)

• Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching
• Art Teacher Education
• Computer Teacher Education
• Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Educational Statistics and Research Methods
• Educational/Instructional Media Design
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Elementary and Middle School Administration/Principalship
• Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education
• Health Teacher Education
• Higher Education/Higher Education Administration
• Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching
• Multicultural Education
• Music Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Reading Teacher Education
• Secondary Education and Teaching
• Special Education and Teaching
• Teacher Education/Profess Development, Levels & Methods
• Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor
• Trade and Industrial Teacher Education

ENGINEERING (50 awarded)

• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
• Materials Science
• Mechanical Engineering

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (61 awarded)

• Architectural Engineering Technology/Technician
• Construction Engineering Technology/Technician
• Electrical/Electronic/Communications Engr Technology/Technician
• Engineering Technology
• Manufacturing Technology/Technician
• Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology/Technician

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (229 awarded)

• Business Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
• Child Development
• Community Organization and Advocacy
• Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
• Human Development and Family Studies
• Human Services
• Public Administration
• Social Work

FINE ARTS (175 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
• Ceramic Arts and Ceramics
• Fiber, Textile and Weaving Arts
• Fine/Studio Arts
• Metal and Jewelry Arts
• Painting
• Sculpture

HOSPITALITY (152 awarded)

• Hospitality Administration/Management

LIBERAL ARTS (2,682 awarded)

• American Government and Politics (United States)
• American Literature (United States)
• Anthropology
• Comparative Literature
• Creative Writing
• Economics
• English Composition
• English Language and Literature
• English Literature (British and Commonwealth)
• French Language and Literature
• General Studies
• Geography
• German Language and Literature
• History
• International Relations and Affairs
• International/Global Studies
• Latin Language and Literature
• Library Science/Librarianship
• Linguistics
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Social Sciences
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Speech and Rhetorical Studies
• Technical and Business Writing

MATHEMATICS (45 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (381 awarded)

• Advertising
• Broadcast Journalism
• Journalism
• Photojournalism
• Public Relations/Image Management
• Radio and Television

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (8 awarded)

• Hospital and Health Care Facilities Administration/Management

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (126 awarded)

• Audiology/Audiologist and Hearing Sciences
• Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist
• Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist
• Cytotechnology/Cytotechnologist
• Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences
• Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist

MEDICINE (12 awarded)

• Gerontology

MUSIC (304 awarded)

• Jazz/Jazz Studies
• Music History, Literature, and Theory
• Music Performance
• Music Theory and Composition
• Music
• Musicology and Ethnomusicology

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (316 awarded)

• Health and Physical Education
• Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management
• Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
• Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor

OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATION (0 awarded)

• General Office Occupations and Clerical Services

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (30 awarded)

• Commercial and Advertising Art
• Photography
• Printmaking

REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT (62 awarded)

• Real Estate

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (26 awarded)

• Philosophy

SCIENCE (241 awarded)

• Analytical Chemistry
• Atomic/Molecular Physics
• Biochemistry
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Botany/Plant Biology
• Chemistry
• Ecology
• Geology/Earth Science
• Inorganic Chemistry
• Microbiology
• Molecular Biology
• Nuclear Physics
• Optics/Optical Sciences
• Organic Chemistry
• Physics

SCIENCE AND LABORATORY TECHNICIAN (1 awarded)

• Nuclear/Nuclear Power Technology/Technician

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (229 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Safety Studies

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (434 awarded)

• Behavioral Sciences
• Clinical Psychology
• Counseling Psychology
• Educational Psychology
• Experimental Psychology
• Industrial and Organizational Psychology
• Psychology
• School Psychology