University of Texas System

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The University of Texas System (UT System) is a public university system in the U.S. state of Texas. It includes nine universities and five independent health institutions. The UT System is headquartered in Downtown Austin. It is the largest university system in Texas with 250,000+ enrolled students, 21,000+ employed faculty, 83,000+ health care professionals, researchers and support staff. The UT System's $47.5 billion endowment (as of the 2024 fiscal year) is the largest of any public university system in the United States.<ref name="NACUBO"/>

Component institutions

Academic institutions

The University of Texas System includes nine universities, each of which confers its own degrees.

Official Name	Abbrev.	Location	Estab.	Joined system	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Undergrad Enrollment (Fall 2022)<ref name=":2" />	Graduate Enrollment (Fall 2022)<ref name=":2" />	Team name	Athletic conference	Endowment (Fall 2022)<ref name=":2" />	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	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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	<ref>"University of Texas at Arlington". US News. Retrieved November 23, 2011.</ref><ref name = "UTA College Portrait">"Template:Usurped". College Portraits. Retrieved July 6, 2012.</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Nowrap	UT UT Austin	Austin	1883		52,384	41,309	11,075	Longhorns	SEC NCAA D-I FBS	$18,795,792,115	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name = "UT Portrait">"Template:Usurped". College Portraits. Retrieved July 6, 2012.</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="UTD Portrait">"Template:Usurped". College Portraits. Retrieved July 6, 2012.</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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 Template:Small	$353,327,002	<ref>"UTEP". US News. Retrieved November 23, 2011.</ref><ref name = "UTEP Portrait">"Template:Usurped". College Portraits. Retrieved July 6, 2012.</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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	<ref name="UTSA">"UTSA". US News. Retrieved November 23, 2011.</ref><ref name="utsa.edu">"UTSA Fact Book 2011 (New Undergraduates Section)". Office of Institutional Research. Retrieved April 28, 2012.</ref><ref name="collegeportraits.org">"Template:Usurped". College Portrait. Retrieved July 6, 2012.</ref><ref name="Fast Facts - About - UTSA">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="UTSA Enrollment">"[1]". UTSA IR. Retrieved October 29, 2020.</ref>
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	<ref>"UT Tyler". US News. Retrieved November 23, 2011.</ref><ref name = "UTT Portrait">"Template:Usurped". College Portraits. Retrieved February 21, 2013.</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=autogenerated1>Template:Cite manual</ref>
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	<ref>"UTPB". US News. Retrieved November 23, 2011.</ref><ref name = "UTPB Portrait">"Template:Usurped". College Portraits. Retrieved July 6, 2012.</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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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

Addition of Stephen F. Austin State University

On November 29, 2022, the Board of Regents of Stephen 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, alongside Texas 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.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The Senate unanimously passed its bill on April 16, 2023,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and the House passed its version on April 26.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Governor Greg Abbott signed the measure into law on May 10.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

UT Brownsville and UT Pan American (UTRGV) merger

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On June 14, 2013, Texas Governor Rick Perry signed a law officially approving the creation of a new university in South Texas within the UT System and replacing UT Brownsville and UT Pan American. The initiative resulted in a single institution, including a medical school, spanning the entire Rio Grande Valley, with a presence in each of the major metropolitan areas of Brownsville, Edinburg, Harlingen, and McAllen. On December 12, 2013, the UT Board of Regents voted to name the new university the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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 Template:Small	<ref>"University of Texas Brownsville". US News. Retrieved November 23, 2011.</ref><ref name="UTB Portrait">"Template:Usurped". College Portraits. Retrieved July 6, 2012.</ref>
The University of Texas–Pan American	UTPA UT Pan American	Edinburg	1927	1989		<ref>"UTPA". US News. Retrieved November 23, 2011.</ref><ref name="UTPA Portrait">"Template:Usurped". College Portrait. Retrieved July 6, 2012.</ref>

UT Tyler and UTHSC Tyler merger

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In December 2019, the UT System Board of Regents unanimously agreed to merge The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler (UTHSCT) under The University of Texas at Tyler (UTT), creating a single unified institution.<ref>Template:Cite manual</ref> Two months later, the UT System formally announced its intention to establish a new medical school that will be added under the new unified UT Tyler administration.<ref>Template:Cite manual</ref> It will be the first medical school in the East Texas region.

On December 8, 2020, The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Schools approved 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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 Template:Small	<ref>"UT Tyler Timeline". UT Tyler. Retrieved January 17, 2021.</ref><ref name=autogenerated1 />
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler	UTHSCT UT Health Tyler	Tyler	1943	1977		<ref>"Camp Fannin". TSHA. Retrieved January 17, 2021.</ref><ref name="TSHA">"East Texas Tuberculosis Sanatorium". TSHA. Retrieved January 17, 2021.</ref>

Health institutions

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 Worth area institutions & San Antonio institutions) 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The third medical school organized under an academic institution in the UT System is UT Tyler Medical School, which began operations in 2023.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Independent UT Health institutions

Official name	Abbrev.	Medical school	Location	Estab.	Total Enrollment (Fall 2022)<ref name=":2" />	Undergrad Enrollment (Fall 2022)<ref name=":2" />	Graduate Enrollment (Fall 2022)<ref name=":2" />	Endowment (Fall 2022)<ref name=":2" />	Refs
The University 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	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The University 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	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The University 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	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston	UTMB UT Galveston	John Sealy School of Medicine	Galveston	1891	3,291	581	2,710	$779,202,806	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The University 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	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Medical schools within academic institutions

Medical school	Academic institution affiliation	Location	Estab.	Refs
Dell Medical School	UT Austin	Austin	2013	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
UTRGV School of Medicine	UT Rio Grande Valley	Harlingen, Brownsville, Edinburg	2013	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
UT Tyler School of Medicine	UT Tyler	Tyler	2023	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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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)

Pending mergers

San Antonio

In 2010, a study was commissioned to explore the possibility of merging UT San Antonio and UT Health San Antonio.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Officials ultimately decided against it, citing significant costs, administrative challenges, and different university cultures.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2016, an op-ed published in the San Antonio Express-News urged the UT System Board of Regents to reconsider their decision.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Attempted academic and health institutions and mergers

Dallas–Fort Worth

In 2001 the 77th Texas Legislature proposed HB 3568, which would have merged all Dallas–Fort Worth UT System institutions (UT Dallas, UT Arlington, and UT 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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-Chancellor William H. McRaven.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> While the UT System publicly denied plans to build a new university on the land, the land acquisition drew criticism from the University of Houston System and several Texas State Senators, notably John 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2017, the UT System announced it would be cancelling plans for the Houston campus.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Students

Racial and/or ethnic background

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)<ref name=":2" />	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> !! US (Census 2020)<ref name=":3" />
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%

Undergraduate student success metrics

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

Official name	Abbrev.	Retention Rate (1st Year Freshman)	Graduation Rate (4 Year)<ref name=":2" />	Graduation Rate (6 Year)<ref name=":2" />	Avg. Student Loan Debt for Bachelor's<ref name=":2" />	Median Income (1yr after graduation)<ref name=":2" />	Median Income (5yrs after graduation)<ref name=":2" />	Median Income (10yrs after graduation)<ref name=":2" />
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
Template:Nowrap	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

Administration

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Headquarters

The administrative offices are in Downtown Austin.<ref>"Contact Us." University of Texas System. Retrieved on November 19, 2017. "Address The University of Texas System 210 West 7th Street Austin, TX 78701-2982"</ref> The UT system approved moving the system headquarters in November 2012.<ref name=newHQ>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Bonds from the UT System's endowment funded the construction of the new 19-story, Template:Convert 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 Template:Convert remaining portion used for its own employees.<ref name=Haurwitz>Template:Cite news</ref> The system headquarters opened on August 1, 2017.<ref name=HermanK>Template:Cite news</ref>

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 in O. Henry Hall in Downtown Austin.<ref>"UT System Contact Information." University of Texas System. October 6, 2009. Retrieved on November 19, 2017. "UT System Contact Information General Contact Information 601 Colorado Street Austin TX 78701-2982 "</ref> The system headquarters complex previously included multiple buildings, which had 550 employees in 2014.<ref name=Haurwitz/> These facilities included O. Henry Hall, Claudia Taylor Johnson Hall (named after Lady Bird Johnson), Ashbel Smith Hall, the Colorado Building, and the Lavaca Building,

In 2013 the UT system approved the demolitions of the Colorado Building and the Lavaca Building,<ref name=newHQ/> and the new UT System headquarters was built where these buildings previously stood.<ref name=Haurwitz/> The Texas State University System purchased O. Henry Hall in 2015 for $8.2 million;<ref name=newHQ/> 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.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref> The UT System leased the land containing Claudia Taylor Johnson Hall and Ashbel Smith Hall to Trammell Crow<ref name=newHQ/> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Coordinated Admissions Program

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.<ref name = "CAP Page">"Information about CAP". Be a Longhorn. Retrieved November 23, 2012.</ref> Each institution in the University of Texas System sets its own admissions standards, and not all schools may accept a particular CAP student.<ref name = "CAP Page" />

UT Dallas does not participate in the CAP program, and University 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.<ref>"UTSA to phase out CAP Program Template:Webarchive". The Paisano. Retrieved November 23, 2012.</ref><ref>"CAP students love UTSA, for now Template:Webarchive". The Paisano. Retrieved November 23, 2012.</ref>

See also

• Permanent University Fund
• Education in Texas
• University of Texas at Austin admissions controversy
• List of colleges and universities in the United States by endowment over $1 billion

External links

• Template:Official website
• Current Regents
• Administration and Leadership

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