Ranked an R1 research university by the Carnegie Classification, UNT is the flagship of the UNT System and is located in Denton, Texas. With 242 degree programs and a thriving community of nearly 44,000 students, UNT serves the North Texas region and helps drive the state’s economy through groundbreaking research, educational excellence focused on career readiness, and a spirit of creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Across its Denton and Frisco campuses, UNT students earned more than 13,000 degrees last year.
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Academic programs ranked among the nation’s Top 100
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U.S. News & World Report rankings in the Top 100
$1.65B
Economic impact generated in Dallas-Fort Worth annually
Top 100 Rankings by College and School
- First jazz studies program in the U.S.
- First undergraduate emergency administration and planning program in the U.S.
- First bachelor’s degree in digital retailing and in consumer experience management in the U.S. and first Master of Science program in merchandising offered completely online
- First retail program in the U.S. to integrate courses in merchandising, digital retailing, store operations, finance and retail strategy
- First school library certification program in the U.S. offered completely online
- First graduate applied anthropology program in the U.S. offered completely online
- First undergraduate program in applied behavior analysis in the U.S. and first accredited master’s program in behavior analysis in the world
- First and only Ph.D. program in art education in Texas
- World’s first graduate program in environmental philosophy and world’s first field station in environmental philosophy, science and policy at Cape Horn, Chile
- First master’s program in international sustainable tourism in the U.S. and the first to require a year abroad
- First standalone M.S. program in artificial intelligence in Texas
- First university in Texas named a Bee Campus USA
- Ranked an R1 research university by the Carnegie Classification, one of 187 in the nation recognized for very high research activity
- Named an America’s Top College by Forbes for 18 consecutive years
- Ranked 2nd in Texas, 34th in the nation for Top Performers on Social Mobility by U.S. News & World Report
- Named one of America’s Best Colleges by The Wall Street Journal
- Named a Best College by Money magazine
- Named an America’s Top Online College by Newsweek
- Named a Best in the Southwest college by The Princeton Review
- Named a Best Bang for the Buckin the South by Washington Monthly
- Named one of Billboard Magazine's Top Music Business Schools in the world eight years in a row
- Named a Green College by The Princeton Review
- Named a Tree Campus Higher Education institution by the Arbor Day Foundation for 16 consecutive years
- Named a First-Generation Forward institution by NASPA's Center for First-Generation Student Success for efforts dedicated to serving first-generation students
- Named one of America’s Best-in-State Employers by Forbes
- Named a Texas Mother Friendly Worksite through the Texas Department of State Health Services
- Denton named one of the Best College Towns in Texas by BestColleges.com
- Named one of the Safest College Campuses in the nation by Alarms.org four years in a row
- Named a Purple Heart University by the Military Order of the Purple Heart Chapter #1315
- Listed as a member of the Phi Theta Kappa Excellence in Community College Transfer Honor Roll three years in a row
- Ranked 1st in Texas for best college food by Niche.com
- Ranked 2nd in the nation as a college with the best food by Delish.com
- Denton ranked 4th in the nation as a Top College Music Scene by The University Network
- Ranked 5th in the nation for best financial aid counseling program by Lendedu.com
- Ranked 6th in the nation as a public university on the rise by CollegeGazette.com
- Murchison Performing Arts Center ranked 6th in the nation for best college theaters by BestCollegeReviews.org
- Ranked among the Top 50 college financial literacy programs in the nation by Lendedu.com
- Ranked one of the nation's top colleges for enrolling transfer students by U.S. News & World Report
- Ranked 19th in the nation as a Best for Vets College by Military Times
- Online graduate education programs ranked 3rd in the nation by U.S. News & World Report
- Graduate rehabilitation counseling program ranked 1st in Texas, 12th in the nation by U.S. News & World Report
- Online bachelor's degree programs ranked 25th in the nation by U.S. News & World Report
- Online master's in curriculum and instruction program ranked 17th in the nation by U.S. News & World Report
- Graduate supply chain management program ranked 2nd in Texas, 23rd in the nation by U.S. News & World Report
- M.B.A. in sport entertainment management program ranked 10th globally (online-only program) and 23rd globally (in-person program) by SportBusiness
- Ranked 27th globally for education and educational research by U.S. News & World Report
- Master’s in data science program ranked 2nd in the nation by Fortune magazine
- Undergraduate supply chain management program ranked 4th in North America by Gartner Inc.
- Graduate supply chain management program ranked 2nd in Texas, 23rd in the nation by U.S. News & World Report
- Undergraduate communication design (graphic design) program ranked 2nd in Texas, 9th in the nation by Animation Career Review
- M.P.A. program with specialty in local government management ranked 1st in Texas, 8th in the nation by U.S. News & World Report
- In the homeland security and emergency management category under Public Affairs Programs, UNT's College of Public Affairs and Health Science is ranked 1st in Texas, 5th in the nation by U.S. News & World Report
- Graduate audiology program ranked 4th in Texas by U.S. News & World Report
- Online graduate criminal justice program ranked 24th in the nation by U.S. News & World Report
- UNT is one of the nation's largest public research universities, enrolling nearly 44,000 students, including more than 2,000 doctoral students.
- In 2023, UNT became the 128th member of the Association of Research Libraries, a nonprofit made up of top research libraries in Canada and the U.S.
- UNT Libraries' Government Documents Collection was named best website in the Federal Depository Library Program for 2025 by the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
- UNT leads Texas universities in the number of Goldwater Scholars in math, science and engineering, with 76 named since 1996
- UNT’s global alumni network has 480,000 members, with 324,000 alumni living and working in Dallas-Fort Worth
- UNT generates an economic impact of $1.65 billion in Dallas-Fort Worth annually.