#180, overall score 35.08/100
Fun Fact:
UT Dallas’ chess team recruits students from around the world, often winning or tying for first place in national competitions.
CAMPUS INFORMATION
- Location: Richardson, Texas
- Region: South
- Campus type: Suburb
- Public/Private: Public
- Undergraduate enrollment: 17,350
- Jewish undergraduate enrollment: 100
- Jewish population share: 1%
- Student origin: 96% in-state / 4% out-of-state
- Student newspaper: The Mercury
- NCAA Division: III
- NCAA team: Comets
- Ultimate Frisbee teams: Woof / MonStars
COST & AID Score: 5.83/15
- Score: 5.83/15
- In-state tuition: $12,162
- Out-of-state tuition: $33,654
- Room & board costs: $11,112
- Average annual scholarship/grant package: $10,751
- Average loan debt: $23,565
- Starting median salary: $53,600
ACADEMICS Score: 3.33/20
- Score: 3.33/20
- Acceptance rate: 76%
- Student/faculty ratio: 23:1
- Median SAT range: 1220-1430
- Jewish Studies program: No
- Jewish Studies major: No
- Hebrew major: No
ISRAEL Score: 10/20
- Score: 10/20
- Size of Birthright trip: 13
- Israel Studies center: No
- Israel-related clubs: None
- BDS vote in last four years: Never introduced
SAFETY Score: 9.33/11
- Score: 9.33/11
- Anti-Semitic incidents in 2017: 0
- Campus crime rate: 0.60/1,000 students (low)
- City crime rate: 23.22/1,000 people (medium low)
- LGBT center: No
JEWISH LIFE Score: 6.58/34
- Score: 6.58/34
- Hillel: Hillel at the University of Texas at Dallas
- Chabad: Chabad on Campus DFW
- Jewish fraternities: AEPi
- Jewish sororities: None
- Synagogues within 10 miles: 14 (5 Orthodox, 4 Conservative, 5 Reform)
- Eruv: Within a mile of campus
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