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  Total
Spent
optical care $1 million
dental care $1 million
legal services $500,000
financial services (banks) $11,000

 

  Total
Spent
car maintenance/gas $3 million
auto insurance $2 million
clothes $1,300,000
internet shopping $666,000
personal services - hair, nails, tanning $556,000
videos, video games and music $53,000
pets $24,000

 

computer 13,000
software 16,500
travel packages; airline tickets 16,500
camera, cell phones, digital cameras 6,600
tires 6,000

 

Campus 10%
Dallas & Surrounding areas 38%
Fort Worth & Surrounding areas 21%
Arlington 43%



87% of UTA students live on their own.
21 years old: age of highest number of enrolled students
65% are full-time students
72% of UTA students read The Shorthorn regularly
7,500 students belong to organizations
50% of all UTA students say that Friday is the preferred weeknight to go out.

• Over 6,000 students say they use The Shorthorn classifieds to look for jobs.
5,400 of students access The Shorthorn on-line at least once a semester
50% of all UTA students use their university ID cards for discounts

• The average person at UTA eats out 4 times a week,
• The UTA community spends $950,000 a week eating out
$2 million is spent on groceries each week
1/2 million pizzas are delivered every every month

$867,027 is spent on medical care in the past 6 months
$900,000 is spent on entertainmnet and leisure activities each month
• Average disposible income of the average student is $229
1/3 of UTA community plans to move within the year
• The highest monthly expenditure at UTA is health insurance - $3,156,000


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