University of Texas System

The University of Texas System

Motto	Disciplina Praesidium Civitatis
Motto in English	A cultivated mind is the guardian genius of democracy.[1]
Type	Publicuniversity system
Established	1876
Endowment	$42.7 billion (fall 2022)[2]
Budget	$26.1 billion (fall 2022)[3]
Chancellor	James B. Milliken
Academic staff	21,000
Administrative staff	83,000
Students	254,254 (fall 2022)
Undergraduates	188,752[3]
Postgraduates	61,505[3]
Address	210 West 7th Street , Austin, Texas, U.S.
Website	www.utsystem.edu

The University of Texas System(UT System) is apublicuniversity systemin the U.S. state ofTexas. It includes nine universities and five independent health institutions. The UT System is headquartered inDowntown Austin. It is the largestuniversity system in Texaswith 250,000+ enrolled students, 21,000+ employed faculty, 83,000+ health care professionals, researchers and support staff. The UT System's $42.7 billion endowment (as of the 2022 fiscal year) is the largest of any public university system in the United States.^[2]

The University of Texas System has nine universities that each confers its own degrees.

Official Name	Abbrev.	Location	Estab.	Joined system	Total Enrollment (Fall 2022)[4]	Undergrad Enrollment (Fall 2022)[4]	Graduate Enrollment (Fall 2022)[4]	Team name	Athletic conference	Endowment (Fall 2022)[4]	Refs
Stephen F. Austin State University	SFA	Nacogdoches	1923	2023	11,232	9,772	1,460	Lumberjacks & Ladyjacks	Southland NCAA D-I FCS	$106,762,909	[5][6]
The University of Texas at Arlington	UTA UT Arlington	Arlington,Fort Worth	1895	1965	40,942	29,366	11,576	Mavericks	WAC NCAA D-I (non-football)	$203,134,018	[7][8][9][10]
The University of Texas at Austin	UT UT Austin	Austin	1883		52,384	41,309	11,075	Longhorns	SEC NCAA D-I FBS	$18,795,792,115	[11][12][13]
The University of Texas at Dallas	UTD UT Dallas	Richardson,Dallas	1961	1969	31,570	21,311	10,259	Comets	Lone Star NCAA D-II (non-football)	$746,071,702	[14][15][16]
The University of Texas at El Paso	UTEP UT El Paso	El Paso	1913	1967	23,880	20,165	3,715	Miners	Conference USA NCAA D-I FBS	$353,327,002	[17][18][19][20]
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	UTRGV UT Rio Grande Valley	Edinburg,Brownsville	2015		31,559	26,434	5,125	Vaqueros	Southland NCAA D-I (Adding football in 2025)	$162,179,991	[21][22]
The University of Texas at San Antonio	UTSA UT San Antonio	San Antonio	1969		33,557	28,590	4,967	Roadrunners	American NCAA D-I FBS	$264,163,030	[23][24][25][26][27]
The University of Texas at Tyler	UTT UT Tyler	Tyler	1971	1979	9,064	6,960	2,104	Patriots	Lone Star NCAA D-II (non-football)	$188,738,734	[28][29][30][31]
The University of Texas Permian Basin	UTPB UT Permian Basin	Odessa	1973		5,250	4,288	962	Falcons	Lone Star NCAA D-II	$64,244,334	[32][33][34]

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  Stephen F. Austin
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  UT Arlington
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  UT Austin
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  UT Dallas
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  UT El Paso
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  UT Rio Grande Valley
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  UT San Antonio
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  UT Tyler
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  UT Permian Basin

On November 29, 2022, the Board of Regents ofStephen F. Austin State University(SFA) announced their decision to accept an invitation to join the UT System. This decision occurred following an announcement at the start of the fall semester by SFA President Steve Westbrook that the board was considering joining a system. At the time, Stephen F. Austin was one of two independent public universities in Texas, alongsideTexas Southern University. The Texas A&M University System, the Texas Tech University System, and the Texas State University System all extended invitations as well. The decision to join the UT System was made following a process that included faculty, staff, student, and alumni input.^[5]Stephen F. Austin's addition to the UT System was approved by the Texas Legislature during the 2023 session. The identically worded House and Senate bills that would formally add SFA to the UT System specified that SFA would retain its name, but with the phrase "a member of The University of Texas System" appended to the legal school name. They also stated that SFA would be technically dissolved and then immediately reconstituted as a member of the UT System.^[35]The Senate unanimously passed its bill on April 16, 2023,^[36]and the House passed its version on April 26.^[37]GovernorGreg Abbottsigned the measure into law on May 10.^[38]

On June 14, 2013, TexasGovernor Rick Perrysigned a law officially approving the creation of a new university in South Texas within the UT System and replacingUT BrownsvilleandUT Pan American. The initiative resulted in a single institution, includinga medical school, spanning the entireRio Grande Valley, with a presence in each of the major metropolitan areas ofBrownsville,Edinburg,Harlingen, andMcAllen. On December 12, 2013, the UT Board of Regents voted to name the new university the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.^[39]The new university began full operation in the 2015–16 school year.

Official name	Official abbreviations	Location	Founded	Joined system	Merged	Refs
The University of Texas at Brownsville	UTB UT Brownsville	Brownsville	1973	1991	2015 (merged to form The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)	[40][41]
The University of Texas–Pan American	UTPA UT Pan American	Edinburg	1927	1989		[42][43]

In December 2019, the UT System Board of Regents unanimously agreed to mergeThe University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler(UTHSCT) underThe University of Texas at Tyler(UTT), creating a single unified institution.^[44]Two months later, the UT System formally announced its intention to establish a newmedical schoolthat will be added under the new unified UT Tyler administration.^[45]It will be the first medical school in theEast Texasregion.

On December 8, 2020, TheSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Schoolsapproved a plan to merge UT Tyler and UTHSCT. UTHSCT will retain its status as a health-related institution but will now come under the administration of UT Tyler. The UT System Board of Regents met in late December 2020 and took action on the implementation of the merger which began on January 1, 2021.^[46]

On January 4, 2021, the Board of Regents installed Kirk A. Calhoun, M.D. as president of the newly aligned UT Tyler and UTHSCT. As of January 4, these two institutions are officially one. On January 15, 2021 the institution publicly named the new line of executive leadership for the merged institution.^[47]

The medical school is expected to open in 2023.

Official name	Official abbreviations	Location	Founded	Joined system	Merged	Refs
The University of Texas at Tyler	UTT UT Tyler	Tyler	1971	1979	2021 (merged asThe University of Texas at Tyler)	[48][31]
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler	UTHSCT UT Health Tyler	Tyler	1943	1977		[49][50]

The University of Texas System has 5 independent health institutions. None are officially associated with any of the 4-year academic institutions, though some may have close relationships or special joint programs with them due to geographical location (Dallas–Fort Wortharea institutions &San Antonioinstitutions) or historical relationships (UT Austin & UT Medical Branch at Galveston).

UT MD Anderson Cancer Center is one of the six schools at UT Health Science Center at Houston. Despite being officially associated under UT Houston, the UT System lists MD Anderson as a separate health institution due to its unique specialization.

Additionally, there are medical schools at UT Austin and UT Rio Grande Valley that are not directly affiliated with any of the independent health institutions.^[51]The third medical school organized under an academic institution in the UT System isUT Tyler Medical School, which began operations in 2023.^[52]

Official name	Abbrev.	Medical school	Location	Estab.	Total Enrollment (Fall 2022)[4]	Undergrad Enrollment (Fall 2022)[4]	Graduate Enrollment (Fall 2022)[4]	Endowment (Fall 2022)[4]	Refs
TheUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio	UTHSA or UTHSCSA UT Health San Antonio	Long School of Medicine	San Antonio,Laredo	1959	3,491	783	2,708	$774,507,419	[53][54]
TheUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	UTH or UTHSCH UTHealth or UT Houston	McGovern Medical School	Houston	1972	5,319	554	4,765	$899,272,216	[55]
TheUniversity of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center	UTMDA MD Anderson	N/A(associated with UT Houston)	Houston,Katy,League City, Memorial City,Sugar Land,The Woodlands	1941	364	337	27	$1,729,114,508	[56]
TheUniversity of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston	UTMB UT Galveston	John Sealy School of Medicine	Galveston	1891	3,291	581	2,710	$779,202,806	[57]
TheUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center	UTSW UT Southwestern	UTSW Medical School	Dallas,Fort Worth,Frisco,Irving,Richardson	1943	2,351	N/A (Graduate students only)	2,351	$3,157,125,475	[58][59]

Medical school	Academic institution affiliation	Location	Estab.	Refs
Dell Medical School	UT Austin	Austin	2013	[60]
UTRGVSchool of Medicine	UT Rio Grande Valley	Harlingen,Brownsville,Edinburg	2013	[61]
UT Tyler School of Medicine	UT Tyler	Tyler	2023	[62]

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  UT Health Science Center - Houston
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  UT Health Science Center - San Antonio
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  UT MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston, TX)
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  UT Medical Branch at Galveston
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  UT Southwestern Medical Center (Dallas, TX)

San Antonio

In 2010, a study was commissioned to explore the possibility of mergingUT San AntonioandUT Health San Antonio.^[63]Officials ultimately decided against it, citing significant costs, administrative challenges, and different university cultures.^[64]In 2016, an op-ed published in the San Antonio Express-News urged the UT System Board of Regents to reconsider their decision.^[65]It was announced in August 2024 that the Board of Regent voted to merge the two into one university, a merger set to be completed by 2025^[66]

Dallas–Fort Worth

In 2001 the77th Texas Legislatureproposed HB 3568, which would have merged allDallas–Fort WorthUT System institutions (UT Dallas,UT Arlington, andUT Southwestern) under the name "The University of Texas at Dallas". UTD's Richardson campus would have been designated as the main campus, UTA's Arlington campus would have become a satellite campus, and UTSW's Dallas campus would have become the merged university's medical school.^[67]The purpose was to help the metroplex gain one unified flagship-level university, but the House Bill ultimately failed to pass due to objections from UT Arlington (which wanted to retain its identity as a separate university) and the lack of time to properly explain the complex process to state representatives.^[68]

Houston

In 2015, the UT System purchased 300 acres of land in the Houston area for $215 million for the development of a research campus, spearheaded by then-ChancellorWilliam H. McRaven.^[69]While the UT System publicly denied plans to build a new university on the land, the land acquisition drew criticism from theUniversity of Houston Systemand several Texas State Senators, notablyJohn Whitmire, focusing on the UT System encroaching on the UH System, given the UT System's access to the Permanent University Fund, as well as the process by which the land was purchased.^[70]In 2017, the UT System announced it would be cancelling plans for the Houston campus.^[71][72]

Demographic information of the total student population at all UT system academic and health institutions compared to 2020 US Census data.

	UT System Students(2022)[4]	Texas(Census 2020)[73]	US(Census 2020)[73]
Asian	14%	5.7%	6.3%
Black	8%	13.4%	13.6%
Hispanic	50%	40.2%	19.1%
White (Non-Hispanic)	23%	39.8%	58.9%
International student	3%	N/A	N/A
Other races or unknown	3%	0.9%	2.1%

Reported 2022 statistics of Texas residents that attended UT system academic institutions.

Official name	Abbrev.	Retention Rate (1st Year Freshman)	Graduation Rate (4 Year)[4]	Graduation Rate (6 Year)[4]	Avg. Student Loan Debt forBachelor's[4]	Median Income (1yr after graduation)[4]	Median Income (5yrs after graduation)[4]	Median Income (10yrs after graduation)[4]
Stephen F. Austin State University	SFA	73%	43%	64%	$27,314	N/A (No data reported yet)	N/A (No data reported yet)	N/A (No data reported yet)
The University of Texas at Arlington	UTA UT Arlington	74%	38%	65%	$20,183	$60,676	$69,029	$71,901
The University of Texas at Austin	UT UT Austin	93%	74%	91%	$22,044	$52,084	$71,614	$88,825
The University of Texas at Dallas	UTD UT Dallas	85%	58%	75%	$21,953	$51,725	$66,540	$78,748
The University of Texas at El Paso	UTEP UT El Paso	75%	24%	50%	$20,952	$40,146	$54,294	$58,937
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	UTRGV UT Rio Grande Valley	76%	33%	57%	$14,950	$35,518	$53,219	$58,837
The University of Texas at San Antonio	UTSA UT San Antonio	80%	39%	67%	$21,147	$40,143	$58,625	$64,866
The University of Texas at Tyler	UTT UT Tyler	61%	51%	61%	$19,701	$53,243	$59,622	$66,116
The University of Texas Permian Basin	UTPB UT Permian Basin	65%	27%	47%	$19,930	$52,750	$59,650	$63,574

The administrative offices are inDowntown Austin.^[74]The UT system approved moving the system headquarters in November 2012.^[75]Bonds from the UT System's endowment funded the construction of the new 19-story, 330,000-square-foot (31,000 m²) headquarters, which had a price tag of $102 million. The UT System planned to lease a portion of the facility for shops and other offices, with the approximately 200,000-square-foot (19,000 m²) remaining portion used for its own employees.^[76]The system headquarters opened on August 1, 2017.^[77]

In July 2018, the Pentagon announced it had selected the UT System administrative building as the headquarters for the Army Futures Command, a new organization committed to coordinating modernization efforts and integrating innovation across the Army.

The University of Texas System was previously headquartered inO. Henry Hallin Downtown Austin.^[78]The system headquarters complex previously included multiple buildings, which had 550 employees in 2014.^[76]These facilities included O. Henry Hall, Claudia Taylor Johnson Hall (named afterLady Bird Johnson),Ashbel SmithHall, the Colorado Building, and the Lavaca Building,

In 2013 the UT system approved the demolitions of the Colorado Building and the Lavaca Building,^[75]and the new UT System headquarters was built where these buildings previously stood.^[76]TheTexas State University Systempurchased O. Henry Hall in 2015 for $8.2 million;^[75]the UT System leased it and continued using it as its administrative headquarters prior to the 2017 completion of the UT System's current headquarters.^[79]The UT System leased the land containing Claudia Taylor Johnson Hall and Ashbel Smith Hall toTrammell Crow^[75]which is constructing a commercial property on the site that uses the facade of Johnson Hall. Ashbel Smith Hall was imploded on March 25, 2018.^[80]

The Coordinated Admissions Program (CAP) offers some UT Austin applicants the chance to attend the university if they complete their freshman year at another system school and meet specified requirements.^[81]Each institution in the University of Texas System sets its own admissions standards, and not all schools may accept a particular CAP student.^[81]

UT Dallas does not participate in the CAP program, andUniversity of Texas at San Antonio, the largest recipient of CAP students, has stated that it will be phasing out the program within the next ten years.^[82][83]

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