The University
of Texas at Dallas
Public Research University in Richardson, TX. Six-year graduation rate 76%. Median 10-year earnings $68,227.
Students who entered The University of Texas at Dallas reach a median of $68,227 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. Completion is a strength: 76% of students finish within six years. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $18,000, neither a bargain nor a burden. It also moves people — 2.4% of students climb from the bottom fifth of the income distribution to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.26 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ Graduation rate 76% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
65% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. With 31,789 applications received, this is a school operating at national scale. About 20% of admitted students enroll, a yield in the normal range. Score ranges below describe the middle half of score submitters among enrolled first-years; students who applied test-optional are not represented in them.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 580–690 | 3,290 (78%) |
| SAT Math | 580–720 | |
| ACT Composite | 24–32 | 566 (15%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion runs to 76% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. First-year retention of 90% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. A 15% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 75% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 21,319 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $14,916 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $12,814 while those at $110k+ pay $26,596. About 62% get grants averaging $12,627, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. About 33% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 4,001 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $12,814 |
| $30–48k | $13,510 |
| $48–75k | $14,030 |
| $75–110k | $19,892 |
| $110k+ | $26,596 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 7,079 of these 21,319 students, totalling $55,029,918 — an average of $7,774 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Dallas County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)