College profile
University of Texas at Austin
Listed in federal data as “The University of Texas at Austin”.
TX · Public · Large city · 66,109 applicants 2023
A parent's read
- Top feeder high schools: Westwood High School (90), LASA High School (54), St. John's School (19.4), Prestonwood Christian Academy (19), The Hockaday School (15). Graduates per class year, from each high school's own published list. 131 high schools' lists name University of Texas at Austin; every one is ranked below.
- The major moves the money more than the admit letter. Computer and Information Sciences grads from here earn about $155,168 four years out; east asian languages, literatures, and linguistics grads about $38,455 — a 4.0× spread on the same diploma. Have the major conversation before you deposit, not after.
- Built for the AI economy. Top 18 in the country. About 1 in 14 degrees here is already in AI, computer science, or data fields; its AI research output ranks #18 among US universities. This campus is leaning into the shift, not waiting for it.
- The payoff holds even at full price: roughly 6× over a decade. With no aid at all — the full in-state ~$31,247/yr — a decade of median earnings (~$75,121/yr) still runs about 6× the four-year cost. This payoff doesn't depend on qualifying for anything. (Out-of-state costs more.)
Composed from this page's data — every claim is backed by a number in the sections below.
Feeder high schools
Which high schools send graduates to University of Texas at Austin?
The high schools sending the most graduates per class year to University of Texas at Austin, from each school's own published list: Westwood High School (90), LASA High School (54), St. John's School (19.4), Prestonwood Christian Academy (19), The Hockaday School (15). 131 high schools' lists name University of Texas at Austin.
Enrolled — from the schools' matriculation lists
All 131 schools, with the class years each list covers
Published, but not ranked — these schools name University of Texas at Austin on a list of where their graduates enrolled whose class years we cannot read ("Since 2023", or no class year printed), so their totals are shown rather than divided: The Lovett School (1, List as of 5/1/2026 (no class year printed on the list itself; page 2 header reads "College Acceptance and Matriculation" and links this file as the "Class of 2026 matriculation list")); Yorba Linda High School (1, not stated).
How this is counted
131 high schools publish a numbered matriculation list — where their graduates actually enrolled, counted, in the school's own School Profile — and name University of Texas at Austin on it. Between them they printed 1014 enrolled graduates. Ranked by graduates per class year enrolling at University of Texas at Austin, from each school's own published list: the number that school printed, divided by the class years its list covers. The published total and the school's own years label are shown beside every school, so a one-year list and a five-year list can sit on the same page. A list whose class years we cannot read is not divided by a guess — it is listed below with its total instead.
Is my high school on this list?
Admitted — from the schools' acceptance lists
All 15 schools, with the class years each list covers
Published, but not ranked — these schools name University of Texas at Austin on a list of the colleges that admitted their graduates whose class years we cannot read ("Since 2023", or no class year printed), so their totals are shown rather than divided: Seven Lakes High School (19, not stated).
How this is counted
15 high schools publish a numbered list of college acceptances — where their graduates were admitted, not where they enrolled — and name University of Texas at Austin on it. Between them they printed 156 admissions. Ranked by admissions per class year to University of Texas at Austin, from each school's own published acceptances list: the number that school printed, divided by the class years its list covers. Admits are counted at each college a student was admitted to, the same way the UC Reach Score counts a student admitted to three UC campuses three times — so this is a count of admissions, not of students. The published total and the school's own years label are shown beside every school, and a list whose class years we cannot read is listed below with its total rather than divided by a guess.
All 143 feeder schools, ranked →
Counted from each school's own published document, linked on that school's page. A high school that is not here does not publish a numbered list we could read — that is all absence means, and it says nothing about its graduates. Where a school publishes both, the two lists are shown separately: an acceptances list is not a list of enrollments, and the two are never added together.
Parent/student verdict
SelectiveSelective but achievable for strong students. Affordable — net price averages ~$19,857/yr among aid recipients. Major value play for in-state residents.
Best for
- Strong academic profiles — students here cluster in the top test and GPA tiers (bands above)
- In-state residents (tuition ~$11,688 — major value play)
- Research-oriented students (R1 — top tier of federal research funding)
- Students who thrive in a large, programmatic environment
The reality
- You'd be near the bottom of their admitted class if: SAT below 1230, or ACT below 27, or unweighted GPA below ~3.80 (test bands are the school's own; the GPA floor is our estimate, not a published figure)
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- Out-of-state tuition is 3.8× the in-state rate
Verdict is composed from this college's structured data (admit rate, SAT bands, net price with aid and at full price, Carnegie classification, scholarship grids) using transparent rule thresholds — not a chat-bot's opinion.
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Institutional snapshot
What kind of college is this?
Source: federal IPEDS Admissions 2023 for scores + admit rate; federal College Scorecard (20260606 vintage) for earnings + outcomes. SAT/ACT bands are the 25th–75th percentile of enrolled submitters.
Outcomes & cost
What graduates actually earn, finish, and owe.
Federal College Scorecard data. Earnings are median annual income measured years after entering. Debt is for federal-aid borrowers only (cash-pay students aren't counted).
The real cost
What University of Texas at Austin actually costs
Which side your family lands on isn't set by any national income line — it's set by University of Texas at Austin's own aid decision: the gap between its price and your family's finances.
University of Texas at Austin's own published aid policy · 2026-27
Who qualifies: TX residents only.
with family-adjusted gross incomes (AGIs) of up to $100,000, will have tuition covered
Income thresholds assume typical assets. Policy independently verified against the college's financial-aid pages ↗.
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The payoffTen years of typical graduate pay minus four years of cost — how many dollars ahead a typical graduate runs by year ten. Check both the full-price and with-aid versions to see which applies to you; median pay reflects who a college admits and what they study as much as the college itself., both ways
+$626K ahead at full price +$672K with aidSource: College Scorecard (average net price among Title IV first-time, full-time undergraduates who received aid) and each college's published cost of attendance. We don't show the federal net-price-by-income brackets: their categories were fixed in 2008 and never adjusted, and none of the averages is your family's own number — the full story. Payoff = (10-yr median earnings × 10) − (4 years of cost), in dollars — how far ahead a typical graduate runs by year ten; medians travel with the students a college admits and the majors they choose as much as with the college itself. Full price is the published cost of attendance, largely in-state for publics; earnings are 10 years after enrollment, all majors combined.
What students study here
Most popular majors at University of Texas at Austin
Top 5 fields of study by bachelor's degrees awarded (most recent IPEDS Completions). Use this to see what University of Texas at Austin actually graduates — not just what it markets.
What those majors earn here
Median earnings 4 years after entry, by major — University of Texas at Austin's own graduates, not national averages.
| Major (CIP) | 4-yr earnings |
|---|---|
| Law. | $156,311 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | $155,168 |
| Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering. | $146,003 |
| Engineering-Related Fields. | $145,638 |
| Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration. | $143,049 |
| Petroleum Engineering. | $139,867 |
| Finance and Financial Management Services. | $132,075 |
| Management Information Systems and Services. | $127,158 |
| Chemical Engineering. | $115,423 |
| Accounting and Related Services. | $105,143 |
Sources: IPEDS Completions (C2023_a; bachelor's-level first majors, 2-digit CIP family — share is of the top 5 only) · College Scorecard program-level outcomes (PP-FOS). Full college-vs-major comparison: /college-outcomes →
Student body & economic mobility
Who attends here — and what the campus adds.
Opportunity Insights data. It measures two things at once: how many lower-income students a college enrols, and how many of them reach the top earnings quintile later. A high rate says the college does both — it does not establish that the campus caused the earnings, because the students it admits differ from the students it doesn't. Read it as a signal about access and destination, not as proof of value added.
Full leaderboards: /college-mobility →
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At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantUniversity of Texas at Austin is a public four-year college in TX. It admitted 29% of applicants (66,109 applied, 2023). Test policy: Required.
Middle 50% of enrolled first-years who submitted that test: SAT 1230–1490, ACT 27–33.
Cost: about $19,857 a year on average with aid, $31,247 a year at full price for in-state students.
Median earnings ten years after entry: $75,121 a year. Payoff, meaning ten years of that pay minus four years of cost: $671,782 ahead with aid, $626,222 ahead at full price.
Highest median earnings four years after the degree, by program: Law ($156,311); Computer and Information Sciences, General ($155,168); Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering ($146,003).
Economic mobility (Opportunity Insights): 5% of students came from families in the bottom fifth of income, and 44% of those reached the top fifth as adults.
Aid pledge published by the college for 2026-27: families earning under $100,000 pay no tuition (TX residents only).
High schools that publish a numbered matriculation list and name University of Texas at Austin: 131, 1014 enrolled students between them — ranked by graduates per class year, most often Westwood High School (90.0 per class year, 90 over 1 class year, Class of 2026); LASA High School (54.0 per class year, 54 over 1 class year, Class of 2025); St. John's School (19.4 per class year, 97 over 5 class years, Over the past five (2022-2026) graduating classes). Each figure is the number that school printed divided by the class years its own list covers; the totals and years are shown. These are the schools that publish such a list, not every school that sends students; full list: https://highschoolreach.com/leaderboards/feeder-schools/the-university-of-texas-at-austin.
High schools that publish a numbered list of college acceptances naming University of Texas at Austin: 15, 156 admissions between them — ranked by admissions per class year, most often LASA High School (87.0 per class year, 87 over 1 class year, Class of 2025, counted column "Accept"); Mira Costa High School (11.0 per class year, 11 over 1 class year, 2022-2026 College Admission Data, counted column "The first column represents the number of students admitted from the Class of 2026"); Archbishop Mitty High School (6.0 per class year, 6 over 1 class year, Class of 2026). Admits are counted at each college, so this counts admissions, not students. These are a different set of documents from the matriculation lists above and the two are never added together; full list: https://highschoolreach.com/leaderboards/feeder-schools/the-university-of-texas-at-austin.
Machine-readable version of this page: https://highschoolreach.com/colleges/the-university-of-texas-at-austin.json
Questions families ask
What is University of Texas at Austin's acceptance rate? University of Texas at Austin is a public four-year college in TX. It admitted 29% of applicants (66,109 applied, 2023). Test policy: Required.
Does University of Texas at Austin require the SAT or ACT? University of Texas at Austin is a public four-year college in TX. It admitted 29% of applicants (66,109 applied, 2023). Test policy: Required.
What SAT or ACT scores do University of Texas at Austin students have? Middle 50% of enrolled first-years who submitted that test: SAT 1230–1490, ACT 27–33.
How much does University of Texas at Austin cost? Cost: about $19,857 a year on average with aid, $31,247 a year at full price for in-state students.
What do University of Texas at Austin graduates earn? Median earnings ten years after entry: $75,121 a year. Payoff, meaning ten years of that pay minus four years of cost: $671,782 ahead with aid, $626,222 ahead at full price.
Which majors at University of Texas at Austin pay the most? Highest median earnings four years after the degree, by program: Law ($156,311); Computer and Information Sciences, General ($155,168); Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering ($146,003).
Does University of Texas at Austin offer free tuition or meet full need? Aid pledge published by the college for 2026-27: families earning under $100,000 pay no tuition (TX residents only).
Which high schools send the most graduates to University of Texas at Austin? The high schools sending the most graduates per class year to University of Texas at Austin, from each school's own published list: Westwood High School (90), LASA High School (54), St. John's School (19.4), Prestonwood Christian Academy (19), The Hockaday School (15). 131 high schools' lists name University of Texas at Austin.
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