Expect
to Challenge Yourself
Don’t let your next four years be limited to learning in a classroom—break out and elevate your educational experience.
You will explore areas of study and the connections between them that lead to opportunities to put your learning into action, while equipping you with the knowledge and experiences you need to succeed after graduation.
At Austin College, 100% of our graduates benefit from an internship, community-based learning, or undergraduate research. We call this applied learning experience—and it is just one pillar of our academic program that helps our students put learning into action and finish in four years.
Applied Learning & Research
You will put your learning into real world action —via an internship, community-based learning, or research.
Majors, Minors & Programs
With 55+ academic areas, plus the option to design your own major, you will find your path at Austin College.
Pre-Professional Tracks
Choose from nine flexible routes to earn your degree and pursue post-graduate programs such as law medical school.
Our Applied Learning Program is a true gem of Austin College: it is the font of myriad funding, research, and experiential opportunities available to our students during their college careers. Beyond its practical merits, though, our Applied Learning program also fulfills dreams and makes personal transformation possible. For me, that's the best part.
Dr. Cate BowmanAssistant Professor of Sociology & Director of Applied Learning
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Expect Mentorship
Your Faculty Mentor will be with you the entire way
Your dedicated faculty mentor, who is your instructor for you First-Year Seminar course, will collaborate with you to maximize your opportunities and stay on track to graduate in four years. Mentoring is helpful in many ways, but at its core, you will meet each semester for guidance on selecting courses, choosing your major and minor, and adding in those additional opportunities that will round out your Austin College Experience.
Your primary faculty mentor guides you through all four years.
Our multi-advisory approach means you are guided and supported by several faculty members.
As part of the advising process, you will discuss your career interests and aspirations and steps for achieving these goals.
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Expect Your Success
From day one until graduation, our community is designed to support you
First Year Experience
Carefully crafted, the first year at Austin College sets you up to thrive. Austin College has assembled a wide variety of campus resources to support you, and it begins before you even arrive on campus.
Finish in Four Guarantee
98% of Austin College graduates finish in four years, compared to less than half, nationally. We want you to succeed, and have many resources available to help.
Expect Adventure
From our campus to the world
An Austin College education isn’t only found on our campus. The world becomes your classroom during our three-week JanTerm and or a semester-long study abroad program. These side ventures will not slow down your four-year journey towards graduation, but rather will accelerate your post-college career.
Expect Adventure
From our campus to the world
An Austin College education isn’t only found on our campus. The world becomes your classroom during our three-week JanTerm and or a semester-long study abroad program. These side ventures will not slow down your four-year journey towards graduation, but rather will accelerate your post-college career.
Expect Adventure
From our campus to the world
An Austin College education isn’t only found on our campus. The world becomes your classroom during our three-week JanTerm and or a semester-long study abroad program. These side ventures will not slow down your four-year journey towards graduation, but rather will accelerate your post-college career.
Expect Adventure
From our campus to the world
An Austin College education isn’t only found on our campus. The world becomes your classroom during our three-week JanTerm and or a semester-long study abroad program. These side ventures will not slow down your four-year journey towards graduation, but rather will accelerate your post-college career.
Expect Adventure
From our campus to the world
An Austin College education isn’t only found on our campus. The world becomes your classroom during our three-week JanTerm and or a semester-long study abroad program. These side ventures will not slow down your four-year journey towards graduation, but rather will accelerate your post-college career.
Expect Adventure
From our campus to the world
An Austin College education isn’t only found on our campus. The world becomes your classroom during our three-week JanTerm and or a semester-long study abroad program. These side ventures will not slow down your four-year journey towards graduation, but rather will accelerate your post-college career.
Expect Adventure
From our campus to the world
An Austin College education isn’t only found on our campus. The world becomes your classroom during our three-week JanTerm and or a semester-long study abroad program. These side ventures will not slow down your four-year journey towards graduation, but rather will accelerate your post-college career.
Experiencing such moments and forming new bonds with incredible people, during my JanTerm "Mexico, Queretaro, and Beyond", has been surreal. These are things I never imagined because I thought they were impossible for someone like me.
As the child of immigrant parents, I saw other kids my age travel year after year because their parents could afford it. I would sit silently, dreading situations in which friends discussed going on group trips and knowing I wouldn’t be able to afford them. I am deeply thankful to everyone who was a part of this journey, before, during, and after. I was able to accomplish something I had always thought was impossible.
Noemi Nunez-Ruiz ’25,Healthcare Administration & Spanish
Expect Knowledge
Our forward-thinking curriculum is as dynamic as you are.
Think of the curriculum like a compass. What you learn here will help you navigate a changing world. Engage with ideas from multiple perspectives and discover different subjects and learn what drives you. Develop the skills and knowledge necessary to maneuver the challenges of the 21st Century. Focus and build deep knowledge in your major area, and experience connections between what you learn in the classroom and the world beyond it.
 Experience |
Experience connections between your liberal arts education and life beyond the classroom, providing pathways to meaningful careers and community participation.
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 Engage |
Engage new perspectives and prepare yourself to participate in a diverse and global society.
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 Discover |
Discover the vast array of knowledge and the modes of inquiry used in different academic areas to further your understanding of the natural world and human cultures.
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 Develop |
Develop foundational skills and habits that support a liberal arts education and the growth of you as a whole student who is prepared to navigate challenges in a fast-changing world.
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 Focus |
Focus your learning by challenging yourself in two different fields that will cultivate complementary intellectual approaches needed to succeed in our ever changing and diverse world. |
Expect To Be Ready
Preparing for your opportunities
When you graduate from Austin College, you will be ready for whatever come next. 94% of graduates are employed or in graduate or professional school within one year of graduation. Our graduates receive prestigious fellowships; and we are a top producer of Fulbright recipients per capita in the state of Texas.