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Facts and Rankings

The College of Natural Sciences is UT Austin’s largest college, home to top-ranked academic specialties, a dozen departments and award-winning student programs and faculty.

College Facts

With 16 programs and specializations for graduate and undergraduate students currently ranked in the top 10 nationally, Texas Science offers unmatched breadth and depth in our disciplines.

  • Among the best forundergraduate innovation, with the award-winning Freshman Research Initiative
  • 15 majorsfor undergraduates offered across 12 departments and a School of Human Ecology
  • One of the largest colleges of science in the U.S.

By the Numbers

11,199

undergraduate students, plus 1,344 residential graduate students and 1,912 online master’s students

760

faculty members, including 390 who are tenured or on the tenure-track

16

top-10 ranked graduate and undergraduate programs and specializations

84,300

living alumni including three Nobel Prize winners since 2007, NASA mission leaders and technology innovators.

22

faculty who are members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering & Medicine

23

faculty fellows of the American Academy of Arts & Science

Top-Ranked

The College of Natural Sciences at UT Austin offers excellence across our disciplines.

  • 5th in U.S. for Mathematics (Shanghai Global Rankings of Academic Subjects, 2022)
  • 7th Best Computer Science Program in the World (Academic Ranking of World Universities*)
  • 7th Best in Family Studies Globally (Center for World University Rankings*)
  • 12UT Austin degrees top ranked asDegrees of the Future(Gizmodo, 2022)

U.S. News Graduate Program Rankings

#19in Algebra / Number Theory / Algebraic Geometry
#4in Analytical Chemistry
#8in Analysis (Math)
#7in Applied Math
#9in Artificial Intelligence
#25in Biological Sciences
#16in Chemistry
#7in Computer Science
#10in Computing Systems
#8in Computing Theory
#22in Condensed Matter
#10in Cosmology/ Relativity/ Gravity

#8in Ecology/ Evolutionary Biology
#15in Elementary Particles
#14in Inorganic Chemistry
#13in Mathematics
#20in Organic Chemistry
#14in Physical Chemistry
#13in Physics
#3in Plasma Physics*
#7in Programming Language
#27in Statistics
#8in Topology
* U.S. News no longer ranks plasma physics; the most recent ranking is reflected here.

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U.S. News Undergraduate Rankings

#11in Computer Science
#8in Computer Systems
#7in Programming
#9in Computer Science Theory
#9in Cybersecurity
#10in Artificial Intelligence

Source: U.S. News & World Report

Key Pride Points

The University of Texas at Austin is highly ranked for what it offers students in their experience, education and value.

  • Top 5for undergraduate researchamong public universities (U.S. News & World Report)
  • Top 10 most innovativepublic universities in the country (U.S. News & World Report)
  • Top 10 overallpublic universities in the United States (U.S. News & World Report)
  • Best-valueuniversity in Texas according toPrinceton Review.
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