Texas, United States
University of Texas at Austin Alumni
International Students
9.8
% of international students in the university
6189
Total International Students in the university
Known for its powerhouse programs in business, law, engineering, and the arts, UT Austin has one of the largest alumni networks in the U.S. From presidents and entrepreneurs to Oscar winners and astronauts, Longhorns are everywhere!
|
Alumni Name |
Notable Achievement / Famous For |
Degree |
Graduating Year |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Matthew McConaughey |
Academy Award-winning actor (Dallas Buyers Club) |
BS (Radio-Television-Film) |
1993 |
|
Michael Dell |
Founder & CEO of Dell Technologies |
Attended (No degree) |
Left in 1984 |
|
Laura Bush |
Former First Lady of the United States |
MS (Library Science) |
1973 |
|
Rex Tillerson |
Former U.S. Secretary of State; ex-CEO of ExxonMobil |
BS (Civil Engineering) |
1975 |
|
Janis Joplin |
Iconic rock singer |
Attended (Art) |
Left in 1962 |
|
Neil deGrasse Tyson |
Renowned astrophysicist; Director of Hayden Planetarium |
MA (Astrophysics) |
1983 |
|
Owen Wilson |
Actor and screenwriter (Wedding Crashers, Loki) |
BA (English) |
1991 |
|
Wes Anderson |
Director (The Grand Budapest Hotel, Moonrise Kingdom) |
BA (Philosophy) |
1990 |
|
Jeb Bush |
Former Governor of Florida |
BA (Latin American Studies) |
1973 |
|
Roger Clemens |
MLB legend, 7-time Cy Young Award winner |
BS (Kinesiology) |
1983 |
|
Kevin Durant |
NBA star; two-time NBA Champion, Olympic gold medalist |
Attended (1 year) |
2007 (left early) |
|
Farrah Fawcett |
Actress and pop culture icon (Charlie’s Angels) |
BFA (Art) |
1968 |
|
Tom C. Clark |
U.S. Supreme Court Justice |
LLB (Law) |
1922 |
|
Walter Cronkite |
Legendary CBS news anchor |
Attended |
Left in 1935 |
|
Jon Hamm |
Actor (Mad Men) |
MA (Acting – MFA Program) |
1995 (attended briefly) |
|
James Baker III |
Former U.S. Secretary of State and Treasury |
JD |
1957 |
|
Robert Rodriguez |
Filmmaker (Spy Kids, Sin City) |
BA (Radio-Television-Film) |
1990s |
|
Marcia Gay Harden |
Academy Award-winning actress (Pollock) |
BFA (Theater) |
1980 |
|
Jenna Bush Hager |
TV host, author, daughter of President George W. Bush |
BA (English) |
2004 |
|
René Zellweger |
Academy Award-winning actress (Judy, Chicago) |
BA (English) |
1991 |
|
Admiral William McRaven |
Former Navy SEAL Admiral, oversaw bin Laden raid |
BJ (Journalism) |
1977 |
|
Richard Linklater |
Director (Boyhood, Dazed and Confused) |
Attended (Film) |
N/A |
|
Earl Campbell |
Heisman Trophy winner; NFL Hall of Famer |
BS (Kinesiology) |
1979 |
|
Edith Irby Jones |
First African American student at UT Medical School |
MD |
1952 |
|
Trey Hillman |
MLB manager; former manager of Kansas City Royals |
BA (Physical Education) |
1991 |
|
Jamie Chung |
Actress (Lovecraft Country, The Real World) |
BA (Economics) |
2005 |
|
Barbara Smith Conrad |
Trailblazing opera singer, civil rights symbol |
BM (Voice) |
1959 |
|
Charles Whitman |
UT tower shooter; former Marine |
Attended |
N/A (tragic history) |
|
Alan Bean |
Apollo 12 astronaut, 4th man to walk on the moon |
BS (Aeronautical Engineering) |
1955 |
Students
University of Texas at Austin admitted student profiles
GRE
321
TOEFL
107
IELTS
7
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