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.