University Attributes

UNT is recognized as a comprehensive, metropolitan research university and as a leader in the performance of many public services, assisting in the economic diversification of the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area and the state of Texas. In 1987, the Select Committee on Higher Education designated UNT as one of five comprehensive research and graduate institutions in Texas. Since 1976, UNT has been classified by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as a Doctoral I University. In 1992, UNT was elected to full membership in the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges.

With an enrollment of approximately 25,000 in 1997-98 and a faculty of more than 1,000, UNT serves students from every state in the nation and from approximately 100 foreign countries.

The university offers 126 undergraduate and graduate degree majors. Undergraduate students may choose from 91 bachelor's degrees. Since its founding, UNT has awarded more than 150,000 bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. It has offered master's degrees since 1935 and doctoral degrees since 1950. As of October 1997, there were more than 79,000 active alumni in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and another 46,000 active alumni residing elsewhere.

Location

The University of North Texas is in Denton, a friendly college town with a population of more than 70,000 located 37 miles northwest of Dallas, 35 miles northeast of Fort Worth and 27 miles from the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. The university campus is composed of 134 structures on 500 acres.

Degrees Available

• Associates
• Bachelor of Science
• Bachelor of Arts
• Master of Science
• Master of Arts

Subject Areas

Experience Required

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