Campus profile

With its beautiful campus and long-standing traditions, ˿Ƶ offers students a quintessential college experience right in the heart of Dallas. Students benefit from the innumerable social and academic opportunities available to them at ˿Ƶ, a Research One University, as well as the many professional and cultural opportunities in Dallas, a global hub for business, arts and entertainment. ˿Ƶ was founded in 1911 by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South to promote higher education and freedom of inquiry and remains secular in its teaching. Today, eight degree-granting schools elevate ˿Ƶ to the top tier of national universities. ˿Ƶ prepares more than 12,000 undergraduate and graduate students for the demands of a rapidly changing world. ˿Ƶ’s innovative, flexible Common Curriculum builds a solid liberal arts foundation that allows students to pursue multiple majors and graduate programs and experience different cultures. ˿Ƶ graduates greet the workforce with multiple competencies and global savvy and join an engaged alumni network of over 140,000 Mustangs worldwide. Mustangs leave ˿Ƶ empowered to own their future.

Fall 2025

Endowment (June 30, 2025) $2.3 billion
Fiscal Year 2025 Operating Budget $922 million
Total Staff and Administrators 1,739
Faculty

86% of full-time faculty members hold the doctorate or highest degree in their fields.
The student-faculty ratio is 11-to-1.
Total Fall 2024 Full-time Faculty – 788

Faculty Demographic Profile
Female – 43%
Male – 57%
Minority – 24%
Enrollment

Total Fall 2025 enrollment – 12,554

Undergraduate students – 7,554
Graduate students – 4,999
Total first-year undergraduate students – 1,715

Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender Female – 51%
Male – 49%
Graduate Enrollment by Gender Female – 48%
Male – 52%
Average Age Undergraduate – 20
Graduate – 30
Degrees Awarded

Academic Year 2025

Total – 3,890

Bachelor’s – 1,926
Master’s – 1,623 
Doctoral-Professional (J.D.) – 233 
Doctoral-Research/Scholarship – 118

Degrees Awarded by School in Academic Year 2025

Cox School of Business – 1,199
Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences – 1,011
Lyle School of Engineering – 510
Meadows School of the Arts – 447
Dedman School of Law – 447
Simmons School of Education and Human Development – 409
Perkins School of Theology – 94
The Guildhall – 76