The University of Texas at Austin

Enrollment

Of 53,864 students enrolled in fall 2024, 43,165 were undergraduates and 10,699 graduate students. 0% studied exclusively online, students who don't need a bed near campus. Headcount rose by 782 from fall 2023 (+1.5%).

Housing the college controls

IPEDS counts 8,588 beds of institutionally controlled housing for 2024-25. That figure is the school's own capacity, on or off campus, so it includes halls the college leases or manages but not private buildings that simply market to students. Capacity grew by 628 beds from the year before (7,960 in 2023-24).

What students pay

The school can't split food from housing, so it reports one combined 2024-25 charge: $14,828 for the academic year. Its aid office budgets $14,964 for food and housing for a student living off campus away from family.

Those are the college's own figures. Private by-the-bed rents near campus can sit well above or below them, so check current asking rents before you underwrite a project.

How lenders read a campus like this

With 53,864 students, most of them full-time, the campus clears the 10,000-student minimum in Fannie Mae's Multifamily Guide for Dedicated Student Housing (Part III, Chapter 1, section 103.01, effective September 28, 2026). Under sections 103.01 and 103.03 a property still has to sit within 2 miles of the campus boundary or near a college-run transit line, have operated a full school year, and lease at least 80% of units for 12 months.

To size a specific property, use the student housing loan sizer. It works by the bed and shows which constraint sets the loan.

Among the 50 Texas campuses on this site, The University of Texas at Austin ranks number 2 by full-time students beyond college housing. See the Texas table.

Other campuses in Austin

• Austin Community College District: 10,574 full-time, 0 beds