Facts about the College of Arts & Sciences — "the academic heart of the university"

• 18 departments, with more than 30 additional academic centers, institutes, programs, and offices
• 309 tenure system faculty members, including 111 full professors, 111 associate professors, and 85 assistant professors. The instructional and research mission of the college is also supported by 116 full-time non-tenure-system lecturers and instructors, 125 part-time adjunct faculty members, and more than 600 graduate students with teaching/research responsibilities.
• More than 200 support staff members
• 35 undergraduate and 61 graduate degree options
• 10,979 total students (9,809 undergraduates and 1,170 graduate students) out of a total UNT population of 33,253 [Based on spring 2009 enrollment statistics]
• 37% of UNT's undergraduate student population and 21% of its graduate student population
• 540 of 1,022 UNT's Honors College students
• 386 of UNT's 1,615 international students or 24 % of UNT's international student population [based on fall 2008 data]
• 34% of CAS undergrads are minority students, as of spring 2008 (approximately 13% African American, 12% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 1% Native American)
• 26% of CAS grad students are minority students, as of spring 2008 (approximately 13% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 5% African American, 1% Native American)
• 16 of UNT's 28 faculty-led study abroad programs
• CAS awarded 2,329 degrees in 2008-2009 including 2,072 Bachelor's, 196 master's, and 61 doctoral degrees
• CAS annual external research funding: $13,316,224 of $37,676,912 total to UNT

Much of the above data is based on information in the 2008-2009 UNT Fact Book, available on the Institutional Research and Effectiveness website at http://www.unt.edu/ir_acc/

Additional information came from reports available on the website of the Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development at http://research.unt.edu/