University of North Texas

• 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