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FACT SHEET - FALL 2001 The University of North Texas
is a four-year public Doctoral/Research University – Extensive (For an
institution to have this Carnegie Classification, they must have awarded 50 or
more doctoral degrees per year across at least 15 disciplines.) The institution
was founded in 1890 as a normal and teacher-training institute.
Its name changed from North Texas State University in 1988.
UNT is located in Denton, a city of approximately 80,000 and in the
Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex area of over 5.1 million.
The university is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award baccalaureate, master's,
and doctoral degrees. UNT is the 4th
largest university in Texas and among the 50 largest in the United States.
FALL
2001 FACTS
Admissions Information:
Alumni: Approximately
144,897 active alumni with about 91,037 residing in the Dallas-Fort Worth
metroplex area. Budget: Total Budget: $344,169,552 (budgeted expenses 2001-02)
Colleges and Schools:
[Source: UNT
Office of Financial Aid – Oct.15, 2001]
Average age:
Ethnicity of Students:
White 70.1%, African-American 9.2%, Hispanic 8.2%, Native American/
Alaskan 0.8%, Asian and Pacific
Islander 4.0%, Non-Resident Alien 5.5%, Unknown 2.4%. African-American enrollment
increased 47.9% since 1990 and Hispanic enrollment increased 93.0%. Faculty:
Full-time: Denton-844; Part-time: Denton-262 ; Modified
Service: Denton-2; Teaching fellows: Denton-289; Teaching
assistants: Denton-473 Total - 1,870. [Source:
Human Resources] Gender of Students: Fall 2001;
56.6% female and 43.4% male – Total Enrolled. Graduation Rate: 36.0% of
1994 first-time full-time freshmen graduated in 6 years from UNT and another
10.7% from other Texas institutions. Total
= 46.7%. [Source: THECB] Housing (Campus): 10
residence halls; 52 units for married/family housing; no faculty/staff housing;
4,547 students lived in residence halls, Fall 2001 (Includes Bruce, Clark, The
College Inn, Crumley Hall, Kerr Hall, Maple Hall, McConnell Hall, Mozart Square,
Santa Fe Square, West Hall) Retention Rates (Full-time New From High School, Fall 99
to Fall 00): Full-time,
first-time new from high school enrolled Fall 00 and returning Fall 01, 69.3%,
Fall 99 to Fall 00 rate was 69.6%. Staff: Non-teaching,
regular, retirement eligible as of September 2001, Secretarial/Clerical -501,
Professional -634, Service Maintenance -287, Technical/Para-Professional -283,
Skilled Crafts -107, Executive/Admin./Managerial –101, Total –1913. [Source: UNT Human
Resources Office] Student-Faculty Ratio:
16.8:1 based on THECB definition [as reported on report
of performance measures]. Tuition and Required Fees: Semester rate based on 12 hours for undergraduates and 9 hours for graduates (instructional fees are additional cost).
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