Academics
All programs are fully accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and the UTSA College of Business is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. The College of Business is the largest business school in the University of Texas System and is nationally ranked by Princeton Review, BusinessWeek and HispanicBusiness. The College of Liberal and Fine Arts, which has the highest enrollment at UTSA, ranks second in the system for external research funding in arts, humanities and social sciences. More than 50 percent of Honors College graduates have been accepted into postgraduate universities and medical and professional schools. The College of Sciences collaborates with other leading research institutions such as Southwest Research Institute. Since 2005, UTSA and Southwest Research Institute have maintained a joint doctoral program focusing on space physics.
As of 2012, UTSA has a 12% four year graduation rate for its students earning bachelors degrees. The Coordinated Admission Program (CAP), a program offered to some freshmen to transfer to the University of Texas at Austin after a year at UTSA, has a large adverse effect on this. The university has the most CAP students in the entire system, with only one-third of these undergraduates staying for their sophomore year. UTSA plans to phase out the CAP program in the next ten years to focus on students seeking degrees at the university.
UTSA generates more than $1.2 billion in annual business revenue in San Antonio and directly employs more than 5,000 people.
The University of Texas at San Antonio is comprised of the following colleges:
- Business
- Education and Human Development
- Engineering
- Honors College
- Liberal and Fine Arts
- Public Policy
- Architecture
- Sciences
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