Editing University of Texas at Austin (section)

====Undergraduate====

{{Infobox U.S. college admissions
|year              = 2021
|admit rate        = 28.8
|admit rate change = -11.6
|yield rate        = 47.7
|yield rate change = +2.2
|SAT Total         = 1230–1480<br />(among 56% of [[freshman|FTFs]])
|SAT Total change  = 
|ACT               = 29–34<br />(among 26% of [[freshman|FTFs]])
|ACT change        = 
|float             = right
|ref               = <ref name="cds21-22">{{cite web|url=https://utexas.app.box.com/s/h79j1xzkkerlycekcifawxnuyz8945v2 |title=University of Texas at Austin Common Data Set 2021–2022|publisher=University of Texas at Austin |access-date=2022-11-26}}</ref>
|change ref        =<ref name="cds16-17">{{cite web |url=https://utexas.app.box.com/v/CDS2016|title=University of Texas at Austin Common Data Set 2016–2017|publisher=University of Texas at Austin|access-date=2022-11-26}}</ref>
}}

The University of Texas at Austin encourages applicants to submit [[SAT]]/[[ACT (test)|ACT]] scores, but it is not required.<ref>{{cite web |title=Standardized Testing Policy FAQs |url=https://admissions.utexas.edu/standardized-testing-policy-FAQ |website=admissions.utexas.edu |publisher=The University of Texas at Austin |access-date=29 December 2022}}</ref> However, for students applying for admission from fall 2025 onwards, submission of [[SAT]]/[[ACT (test)|ACT]] scores is mandatory as part of their undergraduate admission application.<ref>{{cite web |title=Frequently Asked Questions |url=https://admissions.utexas.edu/apply/frequently-asked-questions/ |website=admissions.utexas.edu |publisher=The University of Texas at Austin |access-date=23 March 2024}}</ref> As of 2011, the university was one of the most selective universities in the region. Relative to other universities in the state of Texas, UT Austin was second to [[Rice University]] in selectivity according to a ''[[American City Business Journals|Business Journal]]'' study weighing acceptance rates and the mid-range of the SAT and ACT. The University of Texas at Austin was ranked as the 18th most selective in the South.<ref>{{cite web|last=Thomas|first=G. Scott|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/bizjournals/on-numbers/scott-thomas/2011/12/vanderbilt-duke-sit-atop-souths.html?appSession=661298019421031|title=The colleges in the South with the toughest admission standards – The Business Journals|publisher=Bizjournals.com|access-date=December 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216175329/http://www.bizjournals.com/bizjournals/on-numbers/scott-thomas/2011/12/vanderbilt-duke-sit-atop-souths.html?appSession=661298019421031|archive-date=December 16, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

As a state public university, UT Austin was subject to [[Texas House Bill 588]], which guaranteed Texas high school seniors graduating in the top 10% of their class admission to any public Texas university. A new state law granting UT Austin (but no other state university) a partial exemption from the top 10% rule, Senate Bill 175, was passed by the 81st Legislature in 2009. It modified this admissions policy by limiting automatically admitted freshmen to 75% of the entering in-state freshman class, starting in 2011. The university will admit the top one percent, the top two percent and so forth until the cap is reached; the university currently admits the top 6%.<ref>{{cite web|title=The University of Texas at Austin to Automatically Admit Top 8 Percent of High School Graduates for 2011|url=https://www.utexas.edu/news/2009/09/16/top8_percent/|access-date=April 5, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100419073139/http://www.utexas.edu/news/2009/09/16/top8_percent/|archive-date=April 19, 2010}}</ref> Furthermore, students admitted under [[Texas House Bill 588]] are not guaranteed their choice of college or major, but rather only guaranteed admission to the university as a whole. Many colleges, such as the Cockrell School of Engineering, have secondary requirements that must be met for admission.<ref>{{cite web|title=Admission: Undergraduate Admission|url=http://registrar.utexas.edu/catalogs/gi09-10/ch02/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527133759/http://registrar.utexas.edu/catalogs/gi09-10/ch02/|archive-date=May 27, 2010 }}</ref>

For others who go through the traditional application process, selectivity is deemed "more selective" according to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and by ''U.S. News & World Report''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/university-of-texas-austin-3658|title=University of Texas-Austin|magazine=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=August 11, 2020|archive-date=September 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908040718/http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/university-of-texas-austin-3658}}</ref><ref name="Carnegie">{{cite web |title=Carnegie Classifications Institution Lookup |url=https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=228778 |publisher=Center for Postsecondary Education |website=carnegieclassifications.iu.edu |access-date=July 19, 2020 |archive-date=July 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720032431/https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=228778 }}</ref> For fall 2023, 66,109 applied and 19,253 were accepted (29.1%), and of those accepted, 48.8% enrolled.<ref name="CDS">{{cite web|title=The University of Texas at Austin 2023 Common Data Set, Part C|url=https://reports.utexas.edu/common-data-set/interactive|publisher=The University of Texas at Austin}}</ref> Among freshman students who enrolled for fall 2024, the average [[SAT]] English reading and writing score was 680, with the 25th percentile at 630 and the 75th percentile at 730, while the average [[SAT]] Math score was 690, with the 25th percentile at 610 and the 75th percentile at 760.<ref>{{cite web|title=UT Austin SAT Scores: Full Breakdown| date=February 26, 2025| url=https://nextadmit.com/blog/ut-austin-sat-scores/|publisher=NextAdmit|access-date=March 2, 2025}}</ref> In terms of class rank, 74.4% of enrolled freshmen were in the top 10% of their high school classes and 91.7% ranked in the top quarter.<ref name="CDS" /> In the 2020–2021 academic year, 79 freshman students were [[National Merit Scholars]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalmerit.org/s/1758/images/gid2/editor_documents/annual_report.pdf|title=National Merit Scholarship Corporation 2019–20 Annual Report|publisher=National Merit Scholarship Corporation|access-date=2022-12-07}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; float:left; font-size:90%; margin:10px;"
|+ '''Fall First-Time Freshman Statistics'''
<ref name="cds21-22" />
<ref>{{cite web |url=https://utexas.box.com/s/0q96nlhe3qry51rn0upfl64uoqkygkj6 |title=University of Texas at Austin Common Data Set 2020–2021
 |publisher=University of Texas at Austin |access-date=2022-11-26}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |url=https://utexas.app.box.com/s/dg7br334l4bpx26l9qzz8ciws0nh7rol |title=University of Texas at Austin Common Data Set 2019–2020
 |publisher=University of Texas at Austin |access-date=2022-11-26}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |url=https://utexas.box.com/v/CDS2018 |title=University of Texas at Austin Common Data Set 2018–2019
 |publisher=University of Texas at Austin |access-date=2022-11-26}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |url=https://utexas.box.com/v/CDS2017 |title=University of Texas at Austin Common Data Set 2017–2018
 |publisher=University of Texas at Austin |access-date=2022-11-26}}</ref>
<ref name="cds16-17" />
|-
! 
! 2021 !! 2020 !! 2019 !! 2018 !! 2017 !! 2016
|-
! Applicants
| 66,043 || 57,241 || 53,525 || 50,575 || 51,033 || 47,511
|-
! Admits
| 18,989 || 18,291 || 17,029 || 19,482 || 18,620 || 19,182
|-
! Admit rate
| 28.8 || 32.0 || 31.8 || 38.5 || 36.5 || 40.4
|-
! Enrolled
| 9,060 || 8,459 || 8,170 || 8,960 || 8,381 || 8,719
|-
! Yield rate
| 47.7 || 46.2 || 48.0 || 46.0 || 45.0 || 45.5
|-
! ACT composite*<br /><small>(out of 36)</small>
| 29–34<br /><small>(26%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || 26–33<br /><small>(47%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || 27–33<br /><small>(54%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || 27–33<br /><small>(56%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || 26–33<br /><small>(65%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || 26–32<br /><small>(64%<sup>†</sup>)</small>
|- 
! SAT composite*<br /><small>(out of 1600)</small>
| 1230–1480<br /><small>(56%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || 1220–1450<br /><small>(79%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || 1240–1470<br /><small>(79%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || 1230–1480<br /><small>(78%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || 1230–1460<br /><small>(73%<sup>†</sup>)</small> || {{sdash}}
|-
| colspan=7 | * middle 50% range<br /> <sup>†</sup> percentage of first-time freshmen who chose to submit
|}

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