UNT Dallas serves the higher education needs of Dallas while also helping to drive the local economy. In addition to being the most affordable four-year institution in North Texas, UNT Dallas is a minority-serving institution, with a student body that is 85% minority and more than 70% first-generation students. UNT Dallas has been recognized as one of the top institutions for economic mobility.
The Center for Socioeconomic Mobility through Education (CSME) aligns its work to serve the UNT Dallas mission by partnering with others to accelerate socioeconomic mobility of individuals and communities through facilitating community-centered research, programs, and collective capacity-building.