The University of Texas at Arlington can be found in Arlington, TX, a public college which focuses on only a select few programs offered. The University of Texas at Arlington has nearly fifty thousand students enrolled yearly.

The majority of students that got into The University of Texas at Arlington got an SAT score within the range of 1040 to 1250, or got accepted with an ACT score within the range of 20 to 27. We were able to estimate the UT Arlington average GPA (3.06 – 3.45) of admitted students by applying sampled GPA data on over 150 schools. 83% of all those who apply are admitted to The University of Texas at Arlington, from which 35 percent choose to enroll. Based on historical acceptance rate data, the projected UT Arlington acceptance rate 2021 is estimated to be 73%. You can get more information from the admissions office website at .uta.edu.

The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) offers a variety of nursing programs, including an associate’s degree in nursing, a bachelor’s degree in nursing (BSN), and a master’s degree in nursing.

To be eligible for the BSN program, you must have completed an accredited associate’s degree or its equivalent from a regionally-accredited institution. You also need to have a minimum GPA of 3.0, as well as meet all other requirements for admission to the UTA School of Nursing.

The application process consists of three steps: submitting an application; submitting official transcripts; and completing interviews with faculty members at UTA. Applicants who meet these requirements will then be ranked by their GPAs and other relevant factors such as extracurricular activities and work experience.

Students can expect to spend about four years studying for their bachelor’s degrees in nursing at UTA if they have no previous experience with the subject matter; however, some students may be able to complete it faster depending on their circumstances.

Overall UT Arlington Acceptance Rate – Fall 2020

82.9%

The overall acceptance rate for The University of Texas at Arlington was reported as 82.9% in Fall 2020 with over 12,700 college applications submitted to this school. Both in state and out of state applicants are included in these figures. We do not have data on transfer acceptance rates currently.

Accepted Applicants Profile

• UT Arlington ACT Scores: 20 – 27
• UT Arlington Average GPA: 3.06 – 3.45

Applicant Selectivity: Medium

When determining how difficult it is for students to get into The University of Texas at Arlington, ACT/SAT test scores and high school average GPA ranges of accepted students of previous years can help estimate the selectivity of a school.

Historical Trend and Acceptance Rate 2021 Projection

20162017201820192021

Year	Acceptance Rate
2016	69.8
2017	71.2
2018	79.5
2019	82.9
2021	72.6

The historical trend chart shows acceptance rates from the previous years, from which we have projected the acceptance rate for the 2021-2022 school year. The overall acceptance rate trend for The University of Texas at Arlington has been getting much higher in the past few years.

Acceptance Rate By Year

• 2016-2017: 69.8%
• 2017-2018: 71.2%
• 2018-2019: 79.5%
• 2019-2020: 82.9%
• Projected UT Arlington Acceptance Rate 2021-2022: 72.6%

How Does UT Arlington Compare?

82.9%This School56.7%National Avg

The acceptance rate for The University of Texas at Arlington is forty-six percent higher than the national average of all colleges which is around 56.7%.

Nearby Similar College Acceptance Rates

School	Acceptance Rate
Texas Christian University	47.2%
Southern Methodist University	47.3%
The University of Texas at Dallas	78.6%
University of North Texas	73.6%
Texas Woman’s University	93.2%

Admissions Rates & Enrollment Rates – Details

General Recommendations & Requirements for Admissions

• High School GPA Scores are Required
• High School Class Rankings are Required
• School Records are Required
• Standardized Test Scores (SAT,ACT,…) are Required
• TOEFL Exam (Foreign Language Students) are Required

Number of Applicants, Percent Accepted, and Enrolled Students (Fall 2020)

	Total	Male	Female
Applicants	12,650	43.2%	56.8%
Admitted	10,485	44.1%	55.9%
Enrolled	3,679	47.0%	53.0%

Average ACT/SAT Scores of Applicants to UT Arlington (Fall 2020)

SAT® Section	Score Range
Critical Reading	520 – 620
Math	520 – 630
Total Score	1040 – 1250

ACT®	Score Range
English	19 – 26
Math	19 – 26
Composite Score	20 – 27

The University of Texas at Arlington Reviews

•  162 Reviews
•  Arlington (TX)
• Annual Tuition: $28,129

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Programs with 5+ Reviews

Biology
Bachelor’s3.69 Liberal Studies
Bachelor’s3.98 Nursing
Bachelor’s2.56 RN to BSN
Bachelor’s2.5 Social Work
Master’s4.19 

STUDENT & GRADUATE REVIEWS

Catherine Marino

• Reviewed: 9/15/2021
• Degree: Accelerated BSN

“This school is just after your money. Don’t go here unless you’re already employed in a hospital in the state of Texas and have experience or otherwise you won’t get into the nursing upper division clinical. I went in and scored incredibly high on the TEAS examination as well as did very well in my Pre-Nursing Courses and still was waitlisted. The program here is a joke, save your time and money.”Maleah

• Reviewed: 9/2/2021
• Degree: Nursing

“I would not recommend UTA to anyone especially not for the nursing program. The courses are definitely difficult, but I enjoy the challenge and enjoy science. Once you start the nursing program you will spend the first year to two years in non-science related courses like Texas history for example. The courses are incredibly strict with grading, due dates, and testing environment. Be prepared to never hear from your advisor even if you email or call them a million times. Advising appointments usually have to be scheduled months in advance otherwise you’ll never get an appointment on time. The appointment itself is very short and usually not helpful. One of my advising appointments consisted of a advisor telling me “so are we sticking with this nursing thing or”. When you have finally completed all the prerequisites the fun finally begins. Admissions. You’ve already put in an impressive 60+ hours of courses and worked hard to meet the GPA mark, worked for additional considerations, and got your immunizations just to be let down. You have to apply by a deadline. Accept your waitlist or acceptance within a 3-5 day span of getting an email (usually sent without high importance so you better watch those emails like a hawk). Then you have a series of other emails to respond to in a timely manner. If you happen to catch all the emails and don’t forfeit your spot, you still likely won’t make it. Make sure to get your titers done way in advance. I was accepted once and then removed because my hepatitis B titer came back negative. Even though, if I got it again and it was still negative I could sign a waiver and just start the program anyways. That makes absolutely no sense. My spot was taken simply because I wasn’t yet immune to hepatitis B despite having the immunization, but if I did it all over again and I still wasn’t immune I could just sign a waiver. Why could I have not signed a waiver then? Nonetheless, I started the immunizations that day. I would’ve been done with the reimmunizations by the starting date of the nursing program. Also, all this occurred during Covid and the nurse practitioner who gave me my immunizations was reluctant on doing so due to the pandemic going on. Why would you want to weaken your immune system when an incurable disease is surging? I got it done anyways despite the nursing program not caring. I then was wrongly advised TWICE to take pathophysiology and pharmacology over again to improve my chances of getting in the program. I retook both of them and got a higher grade. Come to find out, it doesn’t matter. Since I didn’t fail either course and it hadn’t been longer than 3 years since my last attempt my improved grade had no affect on my standing. I was waitlisted after being previously accepted despite improving my grade. I was waitlisted several times after that; each time improving my GPA by retaking past courses that would affect it. At one time, I tried to fill out my waitlist application and the form wouldn’t open. I contacted them every single day and didn’t get a response til the day before it was due. They couldn’t help. I emailed them again the day of it being due and they finally opened a case. They didn’t do anything. The application was due that day at 5pm. By 2:30pm, I had no help and they essentially told me if I didn’t get it submitted somehow that my application would be tossed. I drove 45 minutes to my grandparents house because my grandpa works with computers. He was able to hack into the document and allow me access. Somehow I was blocked from opening it. I finally submitted it right before the deadline. I was livid and emailed them that I was able to submit it thanks to my grandpa hacking into the document as it was locked from my use. The university of Texas at Arlington nursing advising team replied “yay grandpa!”. Are. You. Kidding. Me. At this point I had friends with lower GPAs than me or on par with mine that were getting accepted. With all the additional considerations, I had a 7.822. Not good enough. At this point I had no way of improving my grade anymore as there was no more nursing courses for me to take. I could never get a hold of nursing advisors so I had no clue what courses to take but I was used to that by now. I ended up completing a psychology and health studies minor in the meantime and applied 3 more times to the nursing program. Waitlisted each time. At this point I was desperate. I had just finished 4 years of school and I didn’t have a degree to show for. I emailed every advisor possible. By this time, the advisors assigned to me never responded to me anyways. I guess they don’t like me. They’ve been incredibly rude and unprofessional to me in the past regarding my concerns and questions. At this point, a completely different advisor that wasn’t mine was all I had to talk to. He didn’t respond either. I emailed the entire advising team one by one. I explained the amount of issues I’ve had with the program and how I was lost at what to do. Thank God. Thank you Mrs. Elizabeth Webb. The first ever nursing advisor to help me, hear me out, and try. She instructed me about the public health program and the university studies degree. It gave me an option to graduate with a bachelors of science in university studies now, or public health in two years. After talking to both programs advisors I finally had a sense of direction after 4 years. I am now essentially starting all over. I am getting a public health degree followed by the nursing degree. Turns out, there is a “wrap-around” program. This means that if you graduate with the public health degree you get automatically accepted to nursing regardless of your academic standing with nursing. Insane. All this time, I could have done this if ONE advisor had taken the time to hear my struggles and help me. Now I have to be in school for 8 years instead of 4 to reach my goal. Hopefully by the end of these next 4 years I will be able to have a public health degree and nursing degree and both of my minors. Although, now I am out of financial aid thanks to the poor advising. I wasted my last two years waiting on a program that is designed to work against you. Most of my schooling from here on out is going to be out of pocket and my future has been put on hold. Thanks UTA. Once I leave here, I will make it my mission to tell everyone I know to not go here especially for nursing. If you’re a non nursing major you may have a chance. However, a few of my friends who went to UTA as well-one for becoming a music teacher, the other an engineer, the other an English teacher-all faced hardships. Two of which dropped out as a result and one went to another school and quickly excelled. I graduated high school with honors at the top 10% of my class and I could have gone to any school in the state of Texas. However, I chose UTA because it was practically a full ride. However, the nursing program made sure that I had to spend money and waste time and is hoping for my failure. I am dead broke now and living with family again to make sure I can save up enough money for my next semester. Run far away from this university.”carry

• Reviewed: 7/23/2021
• Degree: Nursing

“I wouldn’t recommend University of Texas at Arlington RN to BSN program for my rat. Once they have you sign up for the program , they will just leave you wondering what to do next, what class to take and so on. Then, you’ll find your self begging for help. I’m feeling like I’m in educational gamble. At UTA what you hear is not what you get in reality. Education department should stop this scammers. They post all five weeks assignments on canvas without any explanation. Those videos on modules are not helpful at all. The quizzes don’t match coarse objectives. Teachers and coaches are destined to fail students. They just want students to repeat the coarse so they can make more money. University of Texas Arlington is the reason why the nation couldn’t improve the number of RNs with BSN degree. How do students go to the right RN to BSN program while scammers like UTA are around. I already started telling my colleagues not to fall for UTA’s scam. waste of time.”Camden

• Reviewed: 5/24/2021
• Degree: Information Technology

“The communication between staff (academic advisors, etc.) is horribly lacking here. All student services take forever to get back to you (student conduct, financial aid, etc.). This university has so far made me feel more like someone they can get money from rather than a student they supposedly care for. Also parking is a nightmare. However, there are some really great professors here, unfortunately they seem like rare gems compared to the rest. I don’t have experience with it, but I’ve heard wonderful things about internships and job offers here.”N.Wilson

• Reviewed: 3/12/2021
• Degree: RN to BSN

“I attended UTA RN-BSN Program recently honestly wish I would have just went to a HBCU instead. Never had a issue in any of my programs I received my LVN in 2016 went and did my RN-ADN in 2019 currently completing my BSN. While attending UTA I was taking promoting healthy lifestyles one of the most simplest courses. All you do is tell these people about your lifestyle that’s it. I received a “B” in this course once I logged back into my transcript I see that my grade was a “I” for incomplete. Professor emailed me informing me that my paper was similar to another students paper who took the class prior. I knew I wrote my own paper so I was completely confused. Had a meeting with conduct committee about the issue she informed me that she could tell I wrote my own paper the only similarities that we had were a couple of references…. Since they couldn’t charge me for what the professor originally sent my paper over for these people literally looked for anything to write me up over. I had a hearing with these people I honestly felt like a criminal instead of a paying student. I pay for all my classes out of pocket and the classes are expensive. The whole hearing system was unfair all of these people work together and they stick together even if they made a mistake on their end. They gave me that harshest punishment possible a “F” in the course in order to graduate I will have to retake the course again, and be place on academic probation due to not correctly citing a source. All of these happen after I received my final grade on my transcript in the course. I transferred to another university and currently still on track to graduate this year. The communication or shall I say the lack of communication is horrible. I would not pay for another class or attend again. If the professor would have communicated the whole situation could have been resolve between the professor and myself.”