Student Diversity Ethnicity by Academic Year
Ethnicity |
Academic Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | |
American Indian |
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| Student Count | 145 | 125 | 117 | 127 | 123 | 95 |
| % of Academic Year Total | 0.34% | 0.29% | 0.26% | 0.27% | 0.24% | 0.23% |
Asian |
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| Student Count | 3953 | 4094 | 4169 | 4572 | 4830 | 4302 |
| % of Academic Year Total | 9.35% | 9.58% | 9.37% | 9.60% | 9.51% | 10.31% |
Black |
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| Student Count | 6750 | 6671 | 6956 | 7381 | 8157 | 6435 |
| % of Academic Year Total | 15.96% | 15.61% | 15.63% | 15.50% | 16.06% | 15.43% |
Hispanic |
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| Student Count | 8546 | 9085 | 9799 | 10905 | 12317 | 10818 |
| % of Academic Year Total | 20.21% | 21.26% | 22.02% | 22.90% | 24.26% | 25.93% |
International |
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| Student Count | 3373 | 3916 | 4764 | 5361 | 5436 | 4655 |
| % of Academic Year Total | 7.98% | 9.17% | 10.71% | 11.26% | 10.71% | 11.16% |
Multiracial |
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| Student Count | 710 | 774 | 832 | 884 | 965 | 850 |
| % of Academic Year Total | 1.68% | 1.81% | 1.87% | 1.86% | 1.90% | 2.04% |
Pacific Islander |
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| Student Count | 83 | 85 | 80 | 79 | 66 | 32 |
| % of Academic Year Total | 0.20% | 0.20% | 0.18% | 0.17% | 0.13% | 0.08% |
Unknown |
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| Student Count | 432 | 381 | 408 | 397 | 329 | 221 |
| % of Academic Year Total | 1.02% | 0.89% | 0.92% | 0.83% | 0.65% | 0.53% |
White |
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| Student Count | 18293 | 17592 | 17369 | 17913 | 18552 | 14304 |
| % of Academic Year Total | 43.26% | 41.18% | 39.04% | 37.62% | 36.54% | 34.29% |
Total |
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| Student Count | 42285 | 42723 | 44494 | 47619 | 50775 | 41712 |
Gender Ratio, Students
Gender |
Academic Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | |
Female |
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| Student Count | 24886 | 25045 | 26048 | 28251 | 31036 | 24747 |
| % of Academic Year Total | 58.85% | 58.59% | 58.54% | 59.33% | 61.12% | 59.33% |
Male |
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| Student Count | 17399 | 17678 | 18446 | 19368 | 19739 | 16965 |
| % of Academic Year Total | 41.15% | 41.38% | 41.46% | 40.67% | 38.88% | 40.67% |
Total |
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| Student Count | 42285 | 42723 | 44494 | 47619 | 50775 | 41712 |
Diversity at the Workplace
UTA 2016
We are proud that many of our faculty and staff have devoted their entire professional lives to UTA. Our 1702 employees have a collective 569 years of tenure according to our 2016 year end count. Others are members of families with direct engagement on campus and in the local community. There is a direct correlation between their satisfaction and the excellent educational community they create for our student body.
Promoting Health, Safety and Security
Laboratory Evaluation Program
Environmental Health & Safety has implemented a revised Laboratory Evaluation Program Standard Operating Procedure (SOP). This SOP placed increased importance on timely response and accountability of the individual responsible for the laboratory and encouraged consistent and effective safety practices.
UTA MavSafe Emergency Response App
Every member of the campus community needs to know what to do in various emergencies. Environmental Health & Safety and the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) have launched MavSafe, an Emergency Response Plan App, so the UTA community can have emergency resources readily available on any phone, tablet, or computer device.
Serving Our Local Communities
The Big Event
The purpose of The Big Event at UT Arlington is to plan and implement a day of community service and outreach involving students, faculty, staff, and community members in an effort to engage, educate, and mobilize volunteers throughout the community. The Big Event impacts the community by bringing the campus together with the surrounding community in an effort to show gratitude to those who help others. Numerous community-based and non-profit organizations and agencies benefit from volunteer efforts, as well as local residents, including those that provide services to children, senior citizens and low-income families, or those that promote the quality of life, such as the Science Center at River Legacy Park, Arlington ISD, and other various projects. Volunteers are proud to help others improve the lives of the people who rely on these important services and facilities The Big Event has seen tremendous growth over the past 17 years since the first event in 2000. Participation grew in 2017 to reach more than 800 volunteers who completed projects at more than 50 different agency project sites and donated thousands of hours of community service.
The event continues to gain momentum by attracting more volunteers and providing more assistance to our community. Enthusiastic volunteers participate in various service project sites such as painting, landscaping, youth development workshops, and facility cleanup all on one BIG day.
UTA engages in philanthropic endeavors and in community service projects in Arlington and across the Dallas Fort Worth metroplex. The UTA family is continually reaching out to those in need. There are many student organizations on campus that make notable contributions to the community through service and fundraising support.
The women of Delta Delta Delta sorority led the campus in raising funds for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in April 2016. The 3-on-3 basketball tournament was a local effort in support of a goal set by the national sorority to raise $60 million in 10 years. Thanks to the activities and the support of students across campus who took part in various events, families with children with some of the rarest forms of childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases are able to envision a future of hope.