Extended Overview

The UT TeleCampus
The University of Texas System - Online

The UT TeleCampus (UTTC), operating at the University of Texas System administration level, works with all 15 UT System institutions to build and deliver high-quality online courses, degree programs and support services for distance learners in its mission to expand the reach of the UT System.

Since launching in 1998, UTTC has facilitated more than 40,000 enrollments. This has generated more than $41 million in tuition, fees and formula funding for the campuses offering these courses. UTTC partners with the same faculty that teach on campus, and provides a full spectrum of training and support services for both faculty and students. UTTC also provides grants to UT institutions to help fund course and program development, including faculty course release time, instructional design support, and course production.

UTTC is nationally recognized for its inter-campus collaborative degree programs and for the expansive array of student services offered in support of the distant student. Students apply to the campus offering the program they wish to take and graduate from that campus, but receive courses and support centrally via the UTTC for cost-savings and efficiencies of scale System-wide. The same general admissions criteria that apply to the on campus program apply to its online equivalent. Courses are rigorous and interactive.

UTTC offers more than 17 graduate and undergraduate programs with more than two dozen certificate and degree options; a growing menu of professional development courses; and a successful K-12 project, TRACK (TAKS Readiness and Core Knowledge) offered in partnership with the Institute for Public School Initiatives.

Completion rates in UTTC-based academic programs range from 91 – 95 percent. Fall and Spring semesters average more than 4,000 enrollments per semester. Most graduate students are truly distant learners and busy working professionals, while most undergraduate students are taking on campus courses and need the online course for scheduling flexibility. The exceptions are the bachelor degree completion programs that serve working adults in criminology and criminal justice and allied health services. Students range in age from 17 – 61+ but most are from 20 – 40 years old.

UTTC works to attract a diverse ethnic mix and typically has less than half of the students identify as Anglo/White. Fall 2005 ethnicity was: White: 1,307 students; Not selecting: 612; Hispanic: 670; Black: 221; Asian: 77; American Indian: 13; and Other: 17.

For more information:
1-888-TEXAS-16
telecampus@utsystem.edu