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The University of North Texas

University of North Texas
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Former names
Texas Normal College and
   Teacher Training Institute
      (1890–1894)
North Texas Normal College
      (1894–1901)
North Texas State Normal College
      (1901–1923)
North Texas State Teachers College
      (1923–1949)
North Texas State College
      (1949–1961)
North Texas State University
      (1961–1988)
Type Public
Established 1890 (1890)
Endowment $143.4 million
Budget $865,343,896
Chairman Brint Ryan
Chancellor Lee F. Jackson
President Neal Smatresk
Provost Finley Graves
Academic staff
1,063 full-time
145 part-time
10 modified services
382 teaching fellows
548 teaching assistants
Students 37,979 (Fall 2016)
Undergraduates 31,209 (Fall 2016)
Postgraduates 6,770 (Fall 2016)
Location Denton, Texas, U.S.
33°12′35″N 97°9′0″W / 33.20972°N 97.15000°W / 33.20972; -97.15000Coordinates: 33°12′35″N 97°9′0″W / 33.20972°N 97.15000°W / 33.20972; -97.15000
Campus University town; 875 acres (3.54 km2)
Newspaper North Texas Daily
Colors Green, White and Black
              
Athletics North Texas Mean Green
Nickname Mean Green, Eagles
Mascot Scrappy the Eagle
Affiliations

Academics and research
   APLU
   Phi Kappa Phi
   URA
   SACS
   ORAU

Intercollegiate athletics
   Conference USA
   NCAA Div. IFBS
Website www.unt.edu
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University rankings
National
Forbes 553
Washington Monthly 143
US News & World Report
(2016)
Graduate school rankings
Public Affairs 59
Library and Information Sciences
(Information)*
21
Health Librarianship
(Information)
6
School Library Media
(Information)
8
Political Science
Arts and Sciences
61
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(1994–1997)
(every year that USNWR ranked the category)
Jazz Studies
(Music)
1
US News & World Report
(2016)
Departmental rankings
City Management and Urban Policy
(Public Affairs and Community Service)
8
Rehabilitation, Social Work and Addictions
(Public Affairs and Community Service)
15
Fine Arts
(Visual Arts and Design)
62
Audiology
(Public Affairs and Community Service)
52
US News & World Report
(2016)
Best online programs
MBA 47

North side of Adminstration building

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Academics and research
   APLU
   Phi Kappa Phi
   URA
   SACS
   ORAU

The University of North Texas (UNT), is a public university and research institute based in Denton, Texas, that offers courses and degree programs in sciences, engineering fields, liberal arts, fine arts, performing arts, humanities, public policy, and graduate professional education. Ten colleges, two schools, an early admissions math and science academy for exceptional high-school-age students from across the state, and a library system comprise the university core. Its research is driven by 34 doctoral degree programs. During the 2013–2014 school year, the university had a budget of $865 million, of which $40 million was allocated for research. North Texas was founded as a nonsectarian, coeducational, private teachers college in 1890; and, as a collaborative development in response to enrollment growth and public demand, its trustees ceded control to the state in 1899. In 1901, North Texas was formally adopted by the state. UNT is the main campus of the University of North Texas System, which includes additional campuses in Dallas and Fort Worth.

The Denton campus is located in the largest populated region of Texas under two categories defined by the U.S. Census: (i) core based statistical area (CBSA; Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington—4th largest, nationally) and (ii) combined statistical area (CSA; Dallas-Fort Worth—7th largest, nationally). From an economic perspective, the Denton campus lies within the Dallas-Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area, as defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, which as of 2011, had the sixth highest GDP (aka gross metropolitan product) of the nation's 366 metropolitan areas. As a state, Texas, as of 2011, had the second highest GDP in the country.


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