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Tyler, TX · Public · 7,440 undergraduates · urban

The University of Texas at Tyler

Less selective

UT Tyler is an East Texas professional university with especially substantial nursing, engineering, health, and business pathways.

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Institutional profile

Well established Strong in affordability, and solid in student experience.
Academic Emerging Affordability Strong Career Solid Mobility Solid Experience Solid
Academic standing Emerging
Affordability Strong
Career outcomes Solid
Mobility Solid
Student experience Solid
Admission
91.5% admitted

5,521 applicants in the reported year

Price by income
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Completion
58.4%

$57,053 median earnings 10 years after enrollment

What sets The University of Texas at Tyler apart

Academic design

Nursing, engineering, health sciences, business, computing, and education are major undergraduate strengths.

Campus pattern

Tyler serves as the medical and business hub of East Texas.

Career & value signal

Hospitals, engineering firms, schools, and regional employers provide clinical and internship opportunities.

Can I get in?

91.5% admitted

Traditional BSN students complete prerequisites and then apply separately to the upper-division nursing sequence.

Recent applicant pool

5,521

About 92 in every 100 applicants were admitted.

Admission rate 91.5%
Entering class

Academic range

SAT middle 50%1010–1220
8801360
ACT middle 50%19–25
1529

Of admitted students, 40% submitted an SAT, and 19% submitted an ACT. The ACT range comes from a small share of admitted students and does not describe the full class.

Entered with a 4.0 GPA3.4%

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Where your GPA sits in the entering class

The full entering-class GPA distribution for The University of Texas at Tyler, in nine bands from 4.0 down, with your own record marked on it.

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What The University of Texas at Tyler weighs when it reads a file

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  • GPA  
  • Test scores  
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  • Recommendations  
  • Extracurriculars  
  • Demonstrated interest  
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What moves the application

The evidence that separates a strong file

01

Show preparation for this curriculum

Nursing, engineering, health sciences, business, computing, and education are major undergraduate strengths.

02

Make institutional fit specific

UT Tyler is an East Texas professional university with especially substantial nursing, engineering, health, and business pathways.

03

Use the application route carefully

Traditional BSN students complete prerequisites and then apply separately to the upper-division nursing sequence.

How to apply

Rounds, route, and required materials

Traditional BSN students complete prerequisites and then apply separately to the upper-division nursing sequence.

Application routeInstitution application

$60 application fee

Major and program admission

Some fields have their own entry path.

The college admit rate above covers the university as a whole. These requirements apply only to the named program.

NursingAdmits separately

What this program asks for, and when it closes.

Can I afford it?

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Published annual cost$29,550
Average annual cost after aid, in-state$13,000
Affordability profileStrong

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Average annual cost by household income at The University of Texas at Tyler

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  • $0–30k 
  • $30–48k 
  • $48–75k 
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  • $110k+ 
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Is it worth it?

Completion, debt, and earnings

Read completion, borrowing, field mix, and earnings together. One university-wide earnings figure does not describe every student path.

Complete within 8 years58.4%

Degree completion across the reported entering cohort

Return after year one75%

First-year students who return for year two

Median federal debtWhat students owe on the way out

And what that comes to against what they earn.

Median earnings$57,053

Reported 10 years after enrollment

Academic portfolio

Largest bachelor’s fields

How many students finish in each field, and median earnings four years after completing the program.

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other

Recent graduates252
Median earnings$48,369

Psychology, General

Recent graduates116
Median earnings$43,908

Business Administration, Management and Operations

Recent graduates79
Median earnings$67,980

Admits separately

Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness

Recent graduates72
Median earnings$52,101

What is campus life like?

The University of Texas at Tyler beyond the classroom

Tyler serves as the medical and business hub of East Texas.

Academics

A defining academic feature

Nursing, engineering, health sciences, business, computing, and education are major undergraduate strengths.

Campus setting

What shapes an ordinary week

Tyler serves as the medical and business hub of East Texas.

Career & value

Where the degree can lead

Hospitals, engineering firms, schools, and regional employers provide clinical and internship opportunities.

7,440 undergraduatesSouthwesturban setting49% of first-year students live on campus