SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 — UTSA has received national recognition from the 2021 Best College Rankings by U.S. News and World Report as well as The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education 2021 College Rankings.
In the 2021 Best College Rankings, UTSA placed in 44th out of 398 schools nationally for social mobility. In Texas, UTSA placed fourth out of 28 other state universities.
Because economically disadvantaged students are less likely than others to finish college, even when controlling for other characteristics, US News & World Report uses its social mobility rating to measure how university’s work to set these students up for success, including by enrolling and graduating large proportions of disadvantaged students awarded with Pell Grants. UTSA earned a 44% graduation rate with these students. This is the second year U.S. News has published the social mobility ranking.
UTSA’s rank moved up in the social mobility category from last year’s Best College Rankings. Last year UTSA ranked at 62nd out of 381 schools. In Texas, UTSA was seventh out of 28 schools.
The Best College Rankings evaluated more than 1,400 colleges and universities on 17 indicators of academic quality.
For the WSJ/THE 2021 Best College Rankings, UTSA stood out in the Environment category by placing in the first decile with a rank of 79th and a score of 74.6 out of 100.
The Environment category measures faculty diversity, international students, student diversity and student inclusion.
WSJ/THE’s Best College Rankings, which is designed to put graduate success and student learning at the center, uses 15 individual performance metrics before being grouped into four pillars, Resources, Engagement, Outcomes, and Environment.
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Día en la Sombrilla, formerly Fiesta UTSA, is a festival hosted each spring as a part of Fiesta® San Antonio events. Sponsored by Roadrunner Productions, the event features music, food, confetti, games, event t-shirts, and more.
Sombrilla Plaza, Main CampusCovidence is a systematic & scoping review tool used to streamline the process of screening and reviewing articles. Using this software, research teams can easily import studies, perform automatic deduplication, and extract data using templates. This workshop will show attendees how to start a review in Covidence, add collaborators, and get started on screening.
Virtual (Zoom)In this workshop, attendees will be introduced to Pandas, a Python tool for working with data easily. It makes it simple to organize and analyze information when data is organized and categorized, like spreadsheets or tables.
Group Spot B, John Peace LibraryEach fall and spring semester, students convene at the Main Campus at UTSA with booths, ideas and prototypes. A crowd of judges, local organizations, students, faculty and sponsors walk around and talk to the students about their projects and ask questions. Students get the real-life experience of "pitching" their project with hopes of getting funding or support to move to the next level.
UTSA Convocation Center, Main CampusJoin the doctoral candidates for the Doctoral Conferreal Ceremony and celebrate their accomplishments.
Arts Building Recital Hall, Main CampusCelebrate the graduates from the Carlos Alvarez College of Business, College of Education and Human Development, Margie and Bill Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design and University College.
AlamodomeCelebrate the graduates from the College for Health, Community and Policy, College of Liberal and Fine Arts and College of Sciences.
AlamodomeThe University of Texas at San Antonio is dedicated to the advancement of knowledge through research and discovery, teaching and learning, community engagement and public service. As an institution of access and excellence, UTSA embraces multicultural traditions and serves as a center for intellectual and creative resources as well as a catalyst for socioeconomic development and the commercialization of intellectual property - for Texas, the nation and the world.
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