by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
The University of Texas at Arlington was awarded 62 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is social work.
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UT Arlington is ranked #304 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 20% of all schools in the nation.
UT Arlington is also ranked #12 out of 115 schools in Texas.
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The University of Texas at Arlington has an acceptance rate of 81%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
About 61% of students accepted to UT Arlington submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 500 and 620. Math scores were between 500 and 620.
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The student to faculty ratio at The University of Texas at Arlington is 24 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1. This may indicate that some of your classes will be larger in size than they would be at other schools. However, upper level classes will probably be smaller.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at The University of Texas at Arlington is 62%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The University of Texas at Arlington has a freshmen retention rate of 74%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
When it comes to finishing their studies on time, those seeking a bachelor's degree from UT Arlington have a four-year graduation rate of 28%. This is comparable to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 35,064 undergraduates at UT Arlington with 19,770 being full-time and 15,294 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $12,455 | $12,597 | $13,915 | $18,843 | $21,411 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of UT Arlington, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At UT Arlington, approximately 30% of students took out student loans averaging $5,959 a year. That adds up to $23,836 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at UT Arlington is 2.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for UT Arlington are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 701 S. Nedderman Dr., Arlington, TX 76013 |
| Phone: | 817-272-2011 |
| Website: | https://www.uta.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 4,834 | $85,513 |
| Business Administration & Management | 986 | $45,534 |
| Social Work | 852 | $38,174 |
| Curriculum & Instruction | 585 | NA |
| Educational Administration | 343 | NA |
| Communication & Media Studies | 306 | $32,990 |
| General Biology | 304 | $30,432 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 285 | $53,980 |
| Marketing | 275 | $43,406 |
| General Psychology | 264 | $30,210 |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 23,642 students took at least one online class at The University of Texas at Arlington. This is a decrease from the 28,716 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 23,642 | 13,578 |
| 2021-2022 | 28,716 | 17,309 |
| 2020-2021 | 26,614 | 18,401 |
| 2018-2019 | 24,864 | 18,425 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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