Facts and Rankings

The College of Natural Sciences is UT Austin’s largest college, home to top-ranked academic specialties, a dozen departments and award-winning student programs and faculty.

College Facts


With 14 programs and specializations for graduate and undergraduate students currently ranked in the top 10 nationally, Texas Science offers unmatched breadth and depth in our disciplines.

 

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Statistics and Rankings


14,981

undergraduate and graduate students, including online master’s students (Fall 2022)

701

faculty members, including 363 who are tenured or on the tenure-track

14

top-10 ranked graduate and undergraduate programs and specializations

 

80,000

living alumni including three Nobel Prize winners since 2007, NASA mission leaders and technology pioneers.

20

faculty who are members of the National Academies

23

faculty fellows of the American Academy of Arts & Science

 

Top-10 Ranked


The College of Natural Sciences at UT Austin offers excellence across our disciplines.

  • 5th in U.S. for Mathematics (Shanghai Global Rankings of Academic Subjects, 2022)
  • 7th Best Computer Science Program in the World (Academic Ranking of World Universities*)
  • 7th Best in Family Studies Globally (Center for World University Rankings*)
  • 12 UT Austin degrees top ranked as Degrees of the Future (Gizmodo, 2022)

U.S. News Graduate Program Rankings

#3 in Analytical Chemistry
#7 in Analysis (Math)
#9 in Applied Math
#10 in Artificial Intelligence
#25 in Biological Sciences
#17 in Chemistry
#9 in Computer Science
#10 in Computing Systems
#7 in Computing Theory
#7 in Cosmology/Relativity/Gravity
#8 in Ecology/Evolutionary Biology
#15 in Elementary Particles
#16 in Inorganic Chemistry
#14 in Mathematics
#18 in Organic Chemistry
#15 in Physical Chemistry
#15 in Physics
#3 in Plasma Physics*
#9 in Programming Language
#27 in Statistics
#10 in Topology
* most recent ranking is from before 2023

U.S. News Undergraduate Rankings

#11 in Computer Science 

#10 in Computer Systems

#10 in Programming Languages

#9 in Computer Science Theory

#7 in Software Engineering

Source: Unless otherwise noted U.S. News & World Report, 2023.

 

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Texas Science Pride


The University of Texas at Austin is highly ranked for what it offers students in their experience, education and value. 

  • Top 5 for undergraduate research among public universities (U.S. News & World Report)
  • Top 6 most innovative public universities in the country (U.S. News & World Report)
  • Top 10 overall public universities in the United States (U.S. News & World Report)
  • Best-value university in Texas according to Princeton Review.