Surrounding City at The University of Texas - Austin (StudentsReview ™)

Breakdown of “Surrounding City” at UTexas-Austin

By Gender

Males	A-
Females	A

By Major

Accounting	A+
Aerospace Engineering	A+
Anthropology	A
Architecture	A+
Art & Design Department	A
Athletics/Training	A+
Biology	A
Business - Management and Administration	B+
Chemical Engineering	A+
Chemistry	A
Communications	A
Computer Engineering	A+
Computer Science	A+
Economics	A
Education	A+
Electrical Engineering	B+
Engineering Department	A+
English	A+
Finance	A-
Fine Arts - Painting/Sculpture/Photography/etc	B+
Geography and Geosciences	A
History/Histories (art history/etc.)	B-
Journalism	A+
Kinesiology	C+
Linguistics	A
Math	A+
Mechanical Engineering	A
Music - Performance	A+
Nursing	A+
Other	A
Perfomance Arts	A+
Physics	A
Political Science	A
PreLaw and Legal	A+
PreMed and Medical	A+
Psychology	A+
Sociology	A
Undecided	A+
Video/Media	A+

Against similar schools

Surrounding City compared with similar schools in class.

University of Texas - Austin
A
Average of All Schools
B-
Average of schools in class
B+
Harvard University
B+
University of California - Berkeley
B+
Stanford University
B-
University of Southern California
B+
New York University
A
Texas Tech University
B-
Texas A & M University - College Station
B-
F
A+

Surrounding City

“... If you don't mind feeling like a face in the crowd, killing yourself to get to classes on time due to the school's sheer size, or living in a ci...Read full comment

“... Austin itself is a city with a lot to do; clubbing, party, music, art, theater, restaurants ...Read full comment

“... just the feeling to being in the midst of a large city atmosphere motives me as a student to one day be a professional in the real world ...Read full comment

“... Today, I am a proud Longhorn who lives in New York City, another large place ...Read full comment

“Everyone will tell you that having a degree will be easy to get a job or prepares you for anything life throws at you. False. A degree is the lie th...Read full comment

“... The surrounding city has lots to do as well, with the entertainment district, lots of hike and bike trails, nearby lakes and campgrounds, etc .....Read full comment

“... Great University in a medium sized city which revolves around the college students during the schoolyear and one of the best values for an excelle...Read full comment

“... As a freshman, you get dozens of emails weekly, urging you to go out and meet new people, see the city, get free food and free shirts ...Read full comment

“UT offers highly challenging academic environments and the chances to meet people from many countries/cultures. A UT degree means a lot on a resume. I...Read full comment

“... Its got the best sports team (Hook 'em,) in the coolest city in the south, diverse and beautiful people, and just about something for everyone wi...Read full comment

“... Pros- -Austin is a great city ...Read full comment

“... Regarding extra-curriculars and the social life, there really is something for everyone either on campus or in the surrounding city of Austin ...Read full comment

“... I got into an amazing program, and fell in love with the city of Austin ...Read full comment

“... The University of Texas at Austin has it all: stellar reputation, beautiful campus, friendly people, exciting city, and nice professors ...Read full comment

“... The city of Austin is the live music capital of the world and is consistantly ranked as one of the best cities in the U ...Read full comment

“... UT Austin has such alluring and deceitful marketing and advertising campaigns to make their city and campus appear to be good for everybody ...Read full comment

“... Don't let the surrounding city fool you--there isn't that much to do in Austin if you don't like 6th street or alcohol ...Read full comment

“... It is right next to downtown and Austin is a GREAT city ...Read full comment

“... Austin's a great city, and the atmosphere of the university is nice, but the administration ...Read full comment

“... And Austin is probably the best city I've EVER been to ...Read full comment

“... ) Austin itself is a pretty neat city ...Read full comment

“... Austin is a beautiful city and the weather in Texas is just another reason for me to choose UT over schools in the north ...Read full comment

“... It is a shame because Austin is such a great city, but you are stuck with 50k other students whose main prerogative is to party and be preten...Read full comment

“... UT Austin has such alluring and deceitful marketing and advertising campaigns to make their city and campus appear to be good for everybody ...Read full comment

“... It is a beautiful city with a ton of diverse things to do ...Read full comment

“... Austin itself is a cool and eclectic city; however, like others have said, the homeless people berating you does get annoying after a while ...Read full comment

“... Austin is a great city to live in, great sports tradition, live music capital of the world, it really is too, allways a good band playing somewh...Read full comment

“... UT Austin has such alluring and deceitful marketing and advertising campaigns to make their city and campus appear to be good for everybody ...Read full comment

“... Great city, superior athletics, and the social life is great ...Read full comment

“... The surrounding city has lots to do as well, with the entertainment district, lots of hike and bike trails, nearby lakes and campgrounds, etc .....Read full comment

“... Austin is a WONDERFUL city ...Read full comment

“... The city of Austin always has something going on ...Read full comment