UNT Proud
- Student-centered public research university
- Nationally recognized institution with highly rated programs
- Thriving university with a legacy of excellence in many academic areas
- Flagship university of the UNT System
- 19:1 student-faculty ratio
- Most comprehensive university in the Dallas-Fort Worth region
- 93 bachelor’s, 111 master’s and 50 doctoral degree programs, many nationally recognized
- One of the largest universities in Texas, enrolling more than 33,500 students
- Founded in 1890
- Offers a traditional college experience and the quality of a private university at an affordable cost
- Named one of America’s 100 Best College Buys® for 10 consecutive years
- Largest provider of online credit courses among Texas universities
- Library system designated a major research library by the U.S. Department of Education (5.8 million cataloged holdings)
- NCAA Division I-A football — winner of four consecutive Sun Belt Conference championships — plus basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, and volleyball
- More students named Barry M. Goldwater Scholars than any other Texas university in 2005 and 2006
- More computers per student than any other public university in the Dallas-Fort Worth region
- Home of the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, the nation’s first accelerated residential program for gifted teens
- UNT Dallas Campus, an extension of the flagship, will move to the first building on the new 264-acre campus in January 2007. UNT at Dallas will become the city’s first public university in 2009.
- Named one of the top 100 colleges for Hispanic students
- Students score an average of 1105 on the SAT, significantly higher than the state average of 993 and the national average of 1021
- Largest residential campus in the North Texas region (12 residence halls with two more opening in August 2007)
- 60 research and service centers, including the internationally recognized Center for Collaborative Organizations
- Student team placed 14th in 2006 international computer programming competition — the first-ever U.S. team to reach the final round of the contest
- Online M.B.A. program ranked among the Top 25 Best Buys in the U.S. by GetEducated.com, indicating that UNT’s program offers a high-quality distance degree to a national audience at tuition rates well below the national average
- Communication design students won the Best School Award at a 2006 national student design competition hosted by the Dallas Society of Visual Communications
- Jazz studies graduate program consistently rated the nation’s best
- One of the nation’s best music schools
- The largest play therapy training facility in the world
- Journalism alumni have earned seven Pulitzer Prizes, the nation’s top writing award
- One of the nation’s most comprehensive visual arts schools at a public university
- World’s leading graduate program in environmental ethics and environmental philosophy
- City management and urban policy field in the master of public administration program ranked first in Texas, 10th nationally
- Moot Court team ranked first in Texas the last three years in a row
- One of the largest logistics and supply chain management programs in the Southwest; UNT team placed first nationally at the 2005 Logistics Challenge
- Entrepreneurship program ranked as one of the Top 100 Collegiate Entrepreneurship Programs in the United States by Entrepreneur magazine in 2004 and 2005
- Graduate library science program ranked 15th nationally; health librarianship program ranked second nationally
For more information:
(800) UNT-8211
E-mail: undergrad@unt.edu
Phone: (940) 565-2681
TTY callers: (940) 369-8652
University of North Texas
Office of Admissions
P.O. Box 311277
Denton, Texas 76203-1277
UNT is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools [1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Ga. 30033-4097, telephone (404) 679-4501] to award bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees. (Inquiries to the commission should relate only to the accreditation status of the institution.) Its degree programs are approved by numerous other accrediting organizations.
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