What are the ranking criteria at the University of Texas at Austin for QS World?
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For the year 2025, QS has ranked over 1,500 institutions. The key metrics are academic reputation, citations per faculty, employer reputation, faculty/student ratio, and international faculty ratio / international student ratio. The overall score that The University of Texas at Austin has attained in 2025 is 69.5.
Given below are the scores mentioned for The University of Texas at Austin:
Parameters
Scores
Academic reputation
93.5
Citations per paper
76.7
Employer reputation
81.7
H-Index Citations
86.6
Faculty Student Ratio
8.1
International Faculty Ratio
6.1
International Research Network
91.7
International Student Ratio
11.7
Sustainability
52.1
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