Fast Facts

UT Tyler at a Glance

The University of Texas at Tyler is a centerpiece for learning, culture and natural beauty in East Texas, located midway between Dallas and Shreveport, Louisiana. Founded in 1971, UT Tyler is one of the fastest-growing universities in the renowned University of Texas System.

UT Tyler is home to six academic colleges:

• Arts and Sciences
• Business and Technology
• Education and Psychology
• Engineering
• Nursing and Health Sciences
• The Ben and Maytee Fisch College of Pharmacy

Campus

• Tyler Main Campus: Nearly 259 acres nestled in the beautiful pine and oak forests of East Texas. Key facilities include the Herrington Patriot Center, our state-of-the-art fitness center with gymnasium that seats 2,000, and the R. Don Cowan Performing Arts Center that is a cultural attraction for the entire region.

Instructional Sites

• Palestine Campus: Students prepare for a career in nursing using the latest simulated patient technology.

• Longview Campus: Students prepare for a career in nursing using the latest simulated patient technology.

  Houston Engineering Center is offered in partnership with Houston Community College (HCC) to provide a seamless pathway to a four-year degree in civil, electrical or mechanical engineering. Students can take lower-division courses at HCC and upper-division courses from UT Tyler at the Houston Engineering Center, located on the HCC Alief-Hayes Road Campus.

Key Achievements

• Our graduates often outperform graduates from all other Texas public universities with outstanding pass rates on state licensure exams:

• • Nursing: 94.9%
  • Teacher Education: 97.2%
  • Nurse Practitioners (MSN): 100%
  • Counseling (MS Psych): 100%

• One of the only universities in the country to offer a bachelor’s degree in human resource development.
• The only university in Texas to offer three distance-learning campuses where students can take classes close to home.

Degrees Offered

• Undergraduate Bachelor’s Degrees: 48
• Graduate Master’s Degrees: 34
• Doctoral Degrees: 6

Accreditations

• Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)
• Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education
• American Chemical Society (ACS)
• Association of Technology, Management and Applied Engineering (ATMAE)
• Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB)
• Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) – BSN, MSN
• Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) – DNP
• Council for Accreditation of Counseling & Related Educational Programs (CACREP)
• Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology ABET – Engineering
• Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology ABET – Construction Management
• Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA)
• National Association of Schools of Music (NASM)
• Texas Board of Nursing