University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
About
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center is a public academic health science center in Dallas, Texas. With approximately 23,000 employees, more than 3,000 full-time faculty, and nearly 4 million outpatient visits per year, UT Southwestern is the largest medical school in the University of Texas System and the State of Texas.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 29 Title IV programs, 4 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 25 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing4 · 13.8%
- No Data25 · 86.2%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Programmatic accreditations · 11
Action history · 20
- Jul 2025Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Psychological Association, Commission on Accreditation · Clinical Psychology (CLPSY) - PhD Doctoral programs
- Jun 2025Heightened Monitoring or Focused ReviewSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jun 2025Grant Substantive Change: OtherSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Apr 2025Heightened Monitoring or Focused ReviewSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jul 2024Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, students received in Pell grants, alongside $22.8M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 242 borrowers who entered repayment, 1 (0.4%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at UTSMC
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus29
- Public property5
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Data quality: 6 reports were later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
UTSMC vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions UTSMC selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center | — | — | 2,549 | — | — |
Eastern Virginia Medical School | — | — | 1,216 | — | — |
Medical University of South Carolina | — | — | 3,246 | — | — |
Oregon Health & Science University | — | — | 2,942 | — | — |
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center | — | — | 5,098 | — | — |
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center | — | — | 3,101 | — | — |
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston | — | — | 4,938 | — | — |
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio | — | — | 3,786 | — | — |
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston | — | — | 3,241 | — | — |
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences | — | — | 3,485 | — | — |
University of California-San Francisco | — | — | 3,007 | — | — |
University of Maryland, Baltimore | — | — | 6,636 | — | — |
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School | — | — | 1,489 | — | — |
University of Nebraska Medical Center | — | — | 3,988 | — | — |
University of Oklahoma-Health Sciences Center | — | — | 3,680 | — | — |
| Peer group median | — | — | 3,246 | — |
UTSMC Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The Office of Institutional Effectiveness, Accreditation, and Assessment serves as a central administrative support system that facilitates UTSW’s commitment to excellence, accountability, and continuous quality improvement in the academic enterprise.
Visit IR office pageReports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Notable alumni of UTSMC (7)
A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.
- Bruce BeutlerMedicine
- Linda B. BuckMedicine
- Joseph L. GoldsteinMedicine
- Thomas C. SüdhofMedicine
- Robert CadeMedicine
- Xiaodong WangBiochemistry
- Norman ThagardSpace exploration
Frequently asked questions about University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
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