Editing University of Texas at Austin (section)

==Student life==
{| class="wikitable floatright sortable collapsible"; text-align:right; font-size:80%;"
|+ style="font-size:90%" |Student body composition as of May 2, 2022
|-
! Race and ethnicity<ref>{{cite web |title=College Scorecard: University of Texas at Austin|url=https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?228778-The-University-of-Texas-at-Austin |publisher=[[United States Department of Education]] |access-date=May 24, 2022}}</ref>
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total
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| [[Non-Hispanic whites|White]]
|align=right| {{bartable|37|%|2||background:gray}}
|-
| [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]
|align=right| {{bartable|26|%|2||background:green}}
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]]
|align=right| {{bartable|23|%|2||background:purple}}
|-
| Other{{efn|Other consists of [[Multiracial Americans]] & those who prefer to not say.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|5|%|2||background:brown}}
|-
| [[African Americans|Black]]
|align=right| {{bartable|6|%|2||background:mediumblue}}
|-
| [[Foreign national]]
|align=right| {{bartable|4|%|2||background:orange}}
|-
! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |[[Economic diversity]]
|-
| [[American lower class|Low-income]]{{efn|The percentage of students who received an income-based federal [[Pell grant]] intended for low-income students.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|23|%|2||background:red}}
|-
| [[Affluence in the United States|Affluent]]{{efn|The percentage of students who are a part of the [[American middle class]] at the bare minimum.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|77|%|2||background:black}}
|}

===Student profile===
For fall 2023, the university enrolled 42,444 undergraduate students and 10,638 postgraduate students, bringing the total student count to 53,082. Out-of-state students accounted for 9.4% of the undergraduate student body, and international students comprised 9.6% of the total student body.<ref name="UTSystemSmartbook" />

For fall 2015, the undergraduate student body was 48.9% male and 51.1% female.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ISSS_Fall21_Snapshot_8.5x11.pdf {{!}} Powered by Box |url=https://utexas.app.box.com/s/iqxv2kcpciy6106jvuvm8ss1aimgta88 |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=utexas.app.box.com |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2022, the three most popular undergraduate majors were Biology/Biological Sciences, Psychology, and Computer and Information Sciences. For graduate studies, the top choices were Business Administration and Management, Accounting, and Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods.<ref>{{cite web |title=Top Majors and Programs – Most Popular Degrees 2022 |url=https://www.collegeraptor.com/colleges/majors/The-University-of-Texas-at-Austin-TX--228778 |website=collegeraptor.com |publisher=Collegeraptor |access-date=23 March 2024}}</ref>

===Residential life===
The campus has fourteen residence halls, the newest of which opened in spring 2007. As of 2024, there are a total of fifteen on-campus residence halls, with eight located in North Campus and seven in South Campus.<ref>{{cite web |title=Residence Hall Locations |url=https://housing.utexas.edu/housing/residence-halls/residence-hall-locations |website=housing.utexas.edu |publisher=The University of Texas at Austin |access-date=27 March 2024}}</ref> Residence Hall Rates for the 2024–25 fall and spring terms vary across eleven different rates, ranging from the lowest rate of $13,504 to the highest rate of $20,447, each corresponding to different room types.<ref>{{cite web |title=Residence Hall Rates |url=https://housing.utexas.edu/housing/residence-halls/residence-hall-rates |website=housing.utexas.edu |publisher=The University of Texas at Austin |access-date=27 March 2024}}</ref> On-campus housing can hold more than 7,100 students.<ref>[https://www.utexas.edu/student/housing/pdfs/reshall_masterplan_100405.pdf Residence Hall Master Plan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304133448/http://www.utexas.edu/student/housing/pdfs/reshall_masterplan_100405.pdf |date=March 4, 2016 }} ''The University of Texas Division of Housing and Food.'' Retrieved February 5, 2007.</ref> [[Jester Center]] is the largest residence hall with its capacity of 2,945.<ref>[https://www.utexas.edu/student/housing/?site=1&scode=4&id=140 Residence Halls at a Glance] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617042224/http://www.utexas.edu/student/housing/?site=1&scode=4&id=140 |date=June 17, 2016 }} ''The University of Texas Division of Housing and Food.'' Retrieved December 2, 2005.</ref> Academic enrollment exceeds the on-campus housing capacity; as a result, most students must live in private residence halls, [[housing cooperative]]s, apartments, or with [[fraternities and sororities|Greek organizations]] and other off-campus residences. University Housing and Dining, which already has the largest market share of 7,000 of the estimated 27,000 beds in the campus area, plans to expand to 9,000 beds.<ref name="Texan-housing">{{cite news|last=Ward|first=Justin|url=http://www.dailytexanonline.com/media/storage/paper410/news/2006/08/03/TopStories/Ut.Residences.To.Expand-2143178.shtml?norewrite200608032103&sourcedomain=www.dailytexanonline.com|title=University of Texas residences to expand|newspaper=The Daily Texan|date=August 3, 2006|access-date=August 3, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930205828/http://www.dailytexanonline.com/media/storage/paper410/news/2006/08/03/TopStories/Ut.Residences.To.Expand-2143178.shtml?norewrite200608032103&sourcedomain=www.dailytexanonline.com|archive-date=September 30, 2007}}</ref>

===Greek life===
{{See also|List of fraternities and sororities at University of Texas at Austin}}
The University of Texas at Austin is home to an active Greek community. Approximately 14 percent of undergraduate students are in fraternities or sororities.<ref name="Austin">{{cite web|author=<!--Not stated-->|title=Sorority and Fraternity Community|url=http://deanofstudents.utexas.edu/glie/comm.php|work=GLIE Website|publisher=UT Austin Dean of Students|access-date=November 4, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111031042334/http://deanofstudents.utexas.edu/glie/comm.php|archive-date=October 31, 2011}}</ref> With more than 65 national chapters, the university's Greek community is one of the nation's largest.<ref name="Austin" /> These chapters are under the authority of one of the school's six Greek council communities, [[North American Interfraternity Conference|Interfraternity Council]], [[National Pan-Hellenic Council]], Texas Asian Pan-Hellenic Council, Latino Pan-Hellenic Council, Multicultural Greek Council and University Panhellenic Council.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://deanofstudents.utexas.edu/gle/comm.php|title=Greek communities|author=The University of Texas Office of the Dean of Students|access-date=December 2, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051115184705/http://deanofstudents.utexas.edu/gle/comm.php|archive-date=November 15, 2005 }}</ref> Other registered student organizations also name themselves with Greek letters and are called affiliates. They are not a part of one of the six councils but have all of the same privileges and responsibilities of any other organization.<ref name="GreekGuide">{{cite web|title=Sorority & Fraternity Information Guide 2007–2008|work=The University of Texas Office of the Dean of Students|url=http://www.txcn.com/sharedcontent/dws/txcn/austin/stories/041508kvuefratagreement-cb.68426ca3.html|format=PDF|access-date=April 18, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717120230/http://www.txcn.com/sharedcontent/dws/txcn/austin/stories/041508kvuefratagreement-cb.68426ca3.html|archive-date=July 17, 2011}}</ref> Most Greek houses are west of the [[Drag (Austin, Texas)|Drag]] in the [[West Campus, Austin, Texas|West Campus]] neighborhood.

===Media===
{{See also|Texas Student Media}}
Students express their opinions in and out of class through periodicals including ''Study Breaks'' magazine, Longhorn Life, ''[[The Daily Texan]]'' (the most award-winning daily college newspaper in the United States),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.utexas.edu/student/registrar/catalogs/gicurrent/ch5/ch5g.html|title=Student Publications|access-date=August 5, 2007|work=University of Texas at Austin }}{{dead link|date=May 2017|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> and the ''[[Texas Travesty]]''. Over the airwaves students' voices are heard through Texas Student Television ([[Texas Student Television|K29HW-D]]) and [[KVRX]] Radio.

The Computer Writing and Research Lab of the university's Department of Rhetoric and Writing also hosts ''the Blogora'', a blog for "connecting rhetoric, rhetorical methods and theories, and rhetoricians with public life" by the [[Rhetoric Society of America]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rsa.cwrl.utexas.edu/|title=The Blogora – The Blog of The Rhetoric Society of America|access-date=August 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801140923/http://rsa.cwrl.utexas.edu/|archive-date=August 1, 2015}}</ref>

===Traditions===
[[File:Bevo 30.jpg|thumb|The "Silver Spurs" with the university's mascot, [[Bevo (mascot)|Bevo]]]]
Traditions at the University of Texas are perpetuated through several school symbols and mediums. At athletic events, students frequently sing "[[Texas Fight]]", the university's fight song<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of School and Fight Songs  |website=The University of Texas Longhorn Band|url=http://lhb.music.utexas.edu/history/songs_index.html|access-date=October 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060615172507/http://lhb.music.utexas.edu/history/songs_index.html|archive-date=June 15, 2006}}</ref> while displaying the [[Hook 'em Horns]] hand gesture<ref>{{Cite web|title= Hook 'em Horns|url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/hook-em-horns|access-date=October 29, 2021|website=Handbook of Texas |publisher=TSHA |first1=Andrew |last1=Roush |date= April 11, 2017 }}</ref>—the gesture mimicking the horns of the school's mascot, [[Bevo (mascot)|Bevo]] the [[Texas Longhorn]].

==== Smokey the Cannon ====
[[File:Smokey the Canon.jpg|thumb|The [[Texas Cowboys]] fire [[Smokey the Cannon]] during a football game.]]
The University of Texas is also represented by the [[Texas Cowboys]], who maintain [[Smokey the Cannon|Smokey]], the university's replica 1,200-pound [[American Civil War|Civil War]] artillery cannon.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Traditions: Smokey the Cannon |url=https://texassports.com/sports/2013/7/28/traditions_0728135646 |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=University of Texas Athletics |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dukes |first=Chris |date=2020-03-18 |title=Texas Longhorns: The History of Smokey the Cannon |url=https://www.si.com/college/texas/football/texas-longhorns-the-history-of-smokey-the-cannon |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=Sports Illustrated Texas Longhorns News, Analysis and More |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Smokey The Cannon |url=http://www.texascowboys.org/smokey-the-cannon |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=Texas Cowboys |language=en-US}}</ref>