Academic Affairs Home   News   2021   April   Roadrunners continue their academic journeys
Academic Affairs
Academic Insights
Academic Insights

Roadrunners continue their academic journeys

April 29, 2021
Academic Strategic Communications
More and more Roadrunners are recognizing the value in pursuing advanced learning. 20% of UTSA undergraduates continue on to graduate school to seek in-depth knowledge and expanded career options in their fields.
1 in 5 undergraduates continue on to graduate school. Of those pursuing graduate studies:
57%
are female
65%
are URM*

Where the Class of 2020 attended graduate school:
pie chart showing destinations of UTSA graduates for graduate school: 69% UTSA, 22% Other Texas schools, 9% Schools outside Texas
Over the past four years, the number of Roadrunners who stay at UTSA to pursue graduate studies has grown by 43%!

Top schools where our graduates go (excluding UTSA):
  1. UT Health San Antonio
  2. St. Mary's University
  3. UT Health Science Center Houston
  4. University of the Incarnate Word
  5. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
  1. Texas State University
  2. Texas A&M-College Station
  3. University of Houston
  4. UT Austin
  5. UT Rio Grande Valley

*Underrepresented minority (URM) students are those who identify race/ethnicity in one of the following groups: Hispanic, Black/African-American, American Indian or Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, or two or more races.