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

Campuses

• 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.

• Palestine Campus: On-site courses and online/interactive television classes are available in new facilities featuring state-of-the-art education in nursing, education, health and kinesiology, and history.

• Longview Campus: Modern facilities including the latest simulated patient technology, with on-site classes in nursing, business, technology, liberal arts, math, sciences and education. Courses are offered via web, interactive television and hybrid formats.

  In addition, the UT Tyler Houston Engineering Center is offered in partnership with Houston Community College 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 (SACS-COC) - 2010
• Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education - Pre-candidate Status 2015
• American Chemical Society - 2012
• Association of Technology, Management and Applied Engineering (ATMAE) - 2012
• Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB) - 2013
• Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) - 2015
• Council for Accreditation of Counseling & Related Educational Programs (CACREP) - 2013
• Engineering Accrediting Commission of ABET - 2015
• National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) - 2013
• Texas Board of Nursing - 2018