2021 Year in Review
From setting new records for student success to transformative major gifts to an amazing football season, 2021 was an unprecedented year for UTSA.
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Bold Is...Committing to Student Success
UTSA represents the future of higher education, preparing students for the in-demand careers of today and tomorrow while embracing the diversity that makes San Antonio and Texas unique. With an undergraduate enrollment that’s 58 percent Hispanic, UTSA is a model for closing the gaps in higher education.
First Gen Focus
45% of UTSA students - like Wayne Gonzales - are the first in their families to attend college. Now a vice president at financial firm USIO, Wayne was empowered by his UTSA education.

Creando Futuros Audaces, Futuros "BOLD"
UTSA is a federally-designated Hispanic Serving Institution committed to becoming a model Hispanic Thriving university where students from all backgrounds excel.
Bold Is... Pioneering Research to solve our Grandest Challenges
UTSA faculty are doing research that will change our South Texas communities—and our world—for the better. UTSA saw a record high $141.5 million in R&D expenditures in 2021-2022 with studies that advance the fields of biomedicine, cybersecurity, sustainability, social transformation, and many more.
REACHING NEW HEIGHTS AS A CARNEGIE R1 UNIVERSITY
UTSA's Tier One classification for research puts us in the top 4% of universities nationwide, enabling us to attract new businesses, research dollars, world-class faculty and the talented students who want to learn from them.

Research to Advance Educational Attainment and Economic Mobility
The Urban Education Institute produces actionable studies on topics such as high school employment trends, college readiness patterns, and how school mobility impacts San Antonio's future talent pipeline.
Learn more about the Urban Education Institute's recent work
Bold Is...Building a vibrant workforce talent pipeline
UTSA is boldly answering the call of employers across San Antonio and the state that need workforce talent to fill open positions requiring in-demand skills. UTSA is investing in programs and people that advance areas of critical need for Texas and our nation, like cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, data science and machine learning.
The First of its Kind in Texas
School of Data Science
In January 2023, UTSA inaugurated a new building in Downtown San Antonio for the School of Data Science and National Security Collaboration Center, a $91.8 million-dollar, 167,000 square foot investment in our students’ and community’s future. Through a targeted focus on workforce development, UTSA continues to be a driver of economic prosperity for our region and state.

Meet Howard Grimes
Chief executive officer of UTSA’s Cyber Security Manufacturing Innovation Institute, is helping American manufacturers adopt secure, energy-efficient practices.
Learn more about how he's revolutionizing the supply chain
UTSA is Paving the way for better, bolder futures

Developing Texas’ Workforce
UTSA is focusing on programs to help Texans advance in their current jobs or explore potential new jobs by learning the skills that are in highest demand by the state’s employers.

Modeling a University of the Future
UTSA is setting the standard for educating students that reflect the demographic future of the United States, proving social mobility and opportunity for underserved Texans.

Serving as a Cyber Powerhouse
Fueling San Antonio’s national reputation as the largest cyber and information security hub outside of Washington, D.C. – second only to our nation’s capital in concentration of cybersecurity professionals.

Expanding as a Destination Downtown
The Downtown Campus, which anchors the city’s technology corridor, is undergoing an expansion that will help economic prosperity, urban revitalization and transdisciplinary discovery.
"Education is an essential service in its own right, and UTSA's resolve to be a driver of economic prosperity and social mobility is stronger than ever. We are creating bold futures for our students and for Texas."
— Taylor Eighmy, President of UTSA

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