Firsts and Bests
UNT Firsts
- First jazz studies program in the U.S.
- First emergency administration and planning program in the U.S.
- First petroleum accounting program in the U.S.
- First bachelor’s degree in e-merchandising in the U.S. and first master of science program in merchandising offered completely online
- First school library certification program in the U.S. offered completely online
- First accredited counseling program in the U.S.
- First comprehensive training/research center for Spanish language media
- First graduate applied anthropology program in the U.S. offered completely online
- First accredited master’s program in applied behavior analysis in the U.S.
- First and only Ph.D. program in art education in Texas
- World’s first graduate program in environmental philosophy and world’s first field station in environmental philosophy, science and policy at Cape Horn, Chile
UNT Bests
- Graduate rehabilitation counseling program ranked in top 25 in the nation by U.S. News and World Report
- Medical librarianship program ranked third nationally by U.S. News and World Report
- Texas’ best public administration (city management/urban policy) master’s program ranked ninth nationally by U.S. News and World Report
- Graduate counseling program ranked first in Texas and 15th nationally by U.S. News and World Report
- Master of fine arts program ranked in top 25 percent by U.S. News and World Report
- Jazz studies program ranked No. 1 and College of Music master’s programs ranked 15th nationally by U.S. News and World Report
- Environmental philosophy program recognized as the best in the world by the International Association for Environmental Philosophy
- Online M.B.A. ranked one of the top 25 best buys among distance programs
- Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Writers Conference of the Southwest considered among the nation’s best
- Athletics programs ranked No. 1 among Division I-A Bowl Championship Series universities on the Penn State Gender Equity Scorecard
- UNT named one of America’s 100 Best College Buys®® for 13 consecutive years
- UNT named a “Best in the West” college by The Princeton Review